Collage of unimaginable shades of musty yellow, hues of grey, black and sallow brown. A lone low watt electric bulb makes a tiny halo of illumination that hardly reaches the floor. At regular intervals constant whirring and deafening clanging ring throughout the place. At first glance one would not be able to distinguish the...
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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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Photo- Stringer, Burma/*Drik*NEWS.
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Farida Parvin (30), a slum dweller mother passes time with her two years old child. Although today is International Mother’s Day many mothers in Bangladesh like Farida don’t know about it. The day has been observed all over the world on the second Sunday of May for the last few years. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May...
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