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a foreign service officer on the way to her first assignment in dhaka. these views are my own, not those of my employer.

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Coca Cola (Taken with Instagram at Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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coca-cola in bengali!!

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Meet Henry Rollins.

Rollins, frontman for both Black Flag and Rollins Band, has been traveling the world for more than a quarter century. In recent years, he has decided to document his travels, which have taken him to countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, and North Korea to name a few. His first photo book, Occupants, has just been published last fall.

Rollins wrote some captions for each pictures but since it’s not possible to do in a photoset, I’ll post them below.

#1 “She and her parents were picking through a massive pile of garbage in the Karail slum in Dhaka (Bangladesh). The parents didn’t seem to notice me, but she did and smiled as I took the photo.”

#2 “I was in the Karail slum (Dhaka, Bangladesh) and saw this group of men cutting the needles off syringes. I asked them if they were being very careful, the potential for spread of disease being very real. The man on the right spoke English and told me they were being careful. He then proceeded to take a syringe and pretend to stab his friend with it. I don’t know what they were going to do with all the syringes. If you look carefully, the needles are all over the ground.”

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a 25 minute documentary from the program 101 East - 

Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world.  To support their families, millions of children are employed to work, many of them in hazardous conditions. Last year, the government came up with an ambitious plan to stop all children under 14 working by 2015. 

It is a staggering task, when poor families have relied on child labour for generations. Previous efforts to stop child labour have backfired. When the US introduced the Child Labor Deterrence Act in 1993, an estimated 50,000 Bangladeshi children lost their garment industry jobs overnight, leaving many to resort to more hazardous and exploitative jobs such as stone-crushing, street hustling and prostitution. But social commentators claim that there are cultural reasons for widespread child labour in Bangladesh – including the belief it will train young people for work as adults and stop them becoming involved in crime.  On this edition of 101 East, we look at how Bangladesh is tackling the issue of child labour.

"Too young to work" won the Best Short Documentary Award in the prestigious biannual international Gold Panda Awards in China.

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from aljazeera english - bangladeshi band wails against piracy

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great video from global post on the challenges of growing megacities

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i must go here!

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the trial is set to begin on 10/30

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BBC News | Bangladesh to Survey Beggars in Dhaka

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Sesame Street in Bangla! I don't know what they're saying yet. Maybe it'll help me learn my alphabet :)

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a beautiful travel video from Bangladesh

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rafimafia:

A new generation Boeing 777 gets dressed up as a Bangladesh International Airliner in a Boeing warehouse 

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thesavageking:

The Taka is the currency of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country controls the issuance of the currency except one taka and two taka notes, which are the responsibility of Ministry of Finance of the government of Bangladesh. The most commonly used symbol for the Taka is Tk and ৳, used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. One taka is subdivided into 100 poisha.

via- Wikipedia

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Conference in DC put on by the Wilson Center's Asia Program

Monday 9/19 1:30-5:30. There will also be a live webcast of the event.

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fyeahbangladesh:

Dhaka, one of the busiest cities in the world, filmed in miniature.

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Facebook is becoming a popular social media in Bangladesh like the rest of the world. It is not only limited to interaction between friends but also used as an useful tool to disseminate news and information. More importantly Facebook is also being used to discuss political views.

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banglacurator:

Bangladesh at the Venice Biennale 2011

The exhibiton Parables represents the first participation of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in the International Art Exhibition at la Biennale di Venezia. It takes place in the year of...