Bangladeshi people have exercised their constitutional rights by casting their votes in the 9th Parliamentary Election 2008. Many of the 81,058,698 enlisted voters participated in this year’s poll. 35,263 polling centres all over the country were open from 8 am till 4pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 29 2008 by: Azizur Rahim peu, DRIK News
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In the past only once had the leaders of the two dominant political parties and rivals Khaleda Zia and Shiekh Hasina cooperated. The heads of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Awami League (AL) have not met or even spoken to each other for more than a decade since 1990 when they had worked unitedly...
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Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is delivering speech in an election meeting at Paltan ground today afternoon. Hundreds of thousands of Awami League supporters came to see her in this meeting. AL President Sheikh Hasina will address public meetings at Comilla and Feni on Saturday en route to Chittagong. by: Amdadul Huq, DRIK News...
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Photo- Noor Alam,Drik*NEWS. Today is Christmas Day. This day honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. To celebrate this day the Christian community performs lots of customs like gift giving, church celebrations, paying homage to the grave of beloved one, various decoration that includes Christmas tree nativity scenes etc. Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 25 2008.
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Street performance in Rasel square Bangladeshi physically and mental challenged performers take part in a street performance in Rasel square at Dhanmondi, to create awareness against violence free elections. The upcoming parliamentary election 2008 is not any election that had happen in Bangladesh. New electoral law, last persistent emergency, people’s perception regarding corruption and...
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Photo:Munir uz Zaman, DrikNEWS Large fire caught in a slum known as sweeper colony in Hazaribag caused more than 100 houses burnt down. Fire fighters rushed to the place in time and brought the fire down before it cause any casualties and huge lose of properties. Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 21 2008.
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Sand artists’ of the Aryan Group, Md. Moynul Haque, Deep Roy, Kuljit Das, Jun Das and Rahul Roy making sculpture on sand dunce against Terror in mighty Brahmaputra near Guwahati the capital city of India’s Northeastern state, Assam, India. November 12 2008 Photo-Rajib Jyoti Sarma, Guwahati,India.DrikNEWS.
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BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed mumble in a rally organize by BNP lead 4 party alliances in Engineers Institute auditorium while an arrest warrant issued against Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed few days ago in Barapukuria coal-mine graft case. Already The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) finally submitted...
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Photo:Amdadul Huq, DrikNEWS. Dhaka, Bangladesh. August 22 2008. Tattered and torn bank notes can be easily exchanged for new ones even outside commercial banks for a certain amount of commission. This is a common practice on the busy streets in the Gulistan area of the capital where men, who have been in this business...
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We are not respected by anyone because we are sweepers. But in truth we are not sweepers; we should be called CLEANERS- Joshna Rani Das. Residing in a ‘sweepers’ colony’ at Tikatoly, Dhaka many like Joshna Rani give vent to years’ of suppressed emotions. This colony, a five storied building, alone houses nearly 210...
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