July 30, 2010

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Caged, they see life pass them by
Updated: Jul 23, 2010 03:59:56
Rabi was brought into Dhaka Zoo seven years ago on July 22, 2003, when he was just two. Since then he has been living a lonely life in a filthy tiny cage. The zoo provides him with beef six days a week just enough to survive on and that is about it. Rabi, the leopard, was inside the smaller side cage having his meal. The Daily Star photographer had to make the most of this opportunity since Rabi would fall asleep for hours after his meal. It is not that Rabi has much to do in his cage. He has no mates. (thedailystar.net)
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Sugar, spice prices soaring beyond people’s reach
Updated: Jul 23, 2010 03:58:50
The prices of sugar, spices and vegetables increased further in the city markets last week, intensifying the suffering of citizens with limited incomes. The New Age correspondent found that shoppers are becoming anxious over the continuous hikes of the prices of some essentials, just a week before Ramadan, when he went to some kitchen markets on Friday. (newagebd.com)
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Garment Factories, Changing Women’s Roles in Poor Countries
Updated: Jul 23, 2010 03:52:48
While visiting garment factories in Bangladesh on assignment recently, I met young women who had migrated from villages to the city in search of jobs that they needed to support their families back home. It is a fairly standard story in this part of the world. (economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Bloggers dig deep into Peelkhana tragedy
Updated: Jul 23, 2010 03:51:37
The timing of the submission of charge sheet of the CID before the trial court of the grisly BDR mutiny and massacre, seventeen months after its occurrence, coincides with a government decision to adopt a 'hard line' to suppress burgeoning opposition agitation. The opposition slogans highlight government failure to contain inflation, including spiralling food prices, and other crises of civic existence like power failures, shortage of gas and water supply, traffic disorder, industrial unrest and awful breakdown of law and order situation. (weeklyholiday.net)
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Taj Mahal-era structures disappear in Bangladesh
Updated: Jul 23, 2010 03:50:38
Across Old Dhaka, decaying and sprawling mansions are hulking reminders of the city’s 19th century commercial boom. Majestic, wrought-iron gates slump inward. Gardens are overgrown. Squatters have taken up residence in some of these empty shells, but mostly these Mughal-era (17th-19th century) structures are now regarded as less important than the land on which they sit. (csmonitor.com)
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