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Children Park – a type of real social business (example of MOON PARK & MOON HOUSE)

October 31, 2010
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      Children Park – a type of real social business (example of MOON PARK & MOON HOUSE) This was also published in The News Today 09 Dec 2010 and other blogs http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=14376&date=2010-12-09 http://www.bdcomcn.com/English-Articles/children-park-a-type-of-real-social-business-of-moon-park-a-moon-house.html  http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=343086    Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, of Bangladesh while addressing the prize giving ceremony of a painting competition at Dhaka…

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CHT: Beyond Narratives

June 24, 2008
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Several blog posts have been written in the recent months since the Sajek incident in CHT (Chittagong Hill Tracts) followed by two well-publicised fact finding reports. These reports also brought the Kalpana Chakma campaign in the forefront, once again, reviving her cause in the public domain. While activists are mobilising, organising, speaking for justice, the…

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Microcredit, Poverty, and the Merchant of Venice

May 18, 2008
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Without resorting to any research jargon let me start by saying that on a number of occasions I had the opportunity to talk to ‘microcredit’ borrowers. From them, I particularly wanted to know more about microcredit and its effects on their lives. Some of the stories they told, were both enlightening and disturbing. Strangely, these…

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Thoughts on “Generation Bangladesh” article in the Daily Star

April 28, 2008
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If I were you I would refrain from using terms such as “shining India” or “rising China” as something positive. These are just buzz words, and their premises are not as clean as the leaders (including their business leaders) of these two countries are trying to make their people believe. For God’s sake, are we…

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Bangladesh Genocide Archive Online: An Appeal

March 26, 2008
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Our heartfelt congratulations to everyone involved in this mammoth initiative. A solid contribution indeed; one of the decisive early steps that would take us a long way towards justice for 1971. As said, it is a “continuing and collaborative” project. So in the end it is up to all of us to make sure that…

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Of Generals and Judges

March 17, 2008
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‘The High Court giveth and the Appellate Division taketh away.’ This week, we observed how another decision of the High Court got over turned by the Appellate Division. We hear, a number of “rogue” benches in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have become a constant source of embarrassment for the present Caretaker…

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Hospitality, Dhaka Style: Akhavan, Sloan and Another

March 12, 2008
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Hospitality, Dhaka Style: Akhavan, Sloan and Another

“The injustices in the world are so overwhelming, so enraging, that it is unacceptable, indeed immoral, not to fight for justice with every bit of one’s strength.” [Incidental Blogger, UK] Today I have decided to write about the person who made the above statement. His name is Payam Akhavan, the renowned human rights lawyer representing…

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