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The Current State of Health Care in this Country

By Arjun Janah I have learned, from experience with my aged parents and my younger sister-in-law, that elementary services, or even basic coverage, can be denied on the flimsiest of grounds.  My own experience with physicians and hospitals has been … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 4, 2009
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Horror and grief: a nation besieged

Text by Rahnuma Ahmed Photos by DrikNews BODIES of army officers had been found, they had been dumped in the sewage canals that lay underneath the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. Two dead bodies had been the first ones to surface, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 6, 2009
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The 11th Commandment

Reinhard Siekaczek was half asleep in bed when his doorbell rang here early one morning two years ago. Still in his pajamas, he peeked out his bedroom window, hurried downstairs and flung open the front door. Standing before him in … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2008
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Pukur (Pare) Churi

Their fear of items being stolen, or not being returned, was considered preposterous. When the Honorable Adviser and his excellency the Charge d’Affaires had themselves, guaranteed the safety of Bangladesh’s most prized artefacts, surely the protesters could have no reason … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 23, 2007
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A Flag Fails to Flutter

It was a bad day for cows Korbani meat being distributed outside National Museum during Eid. 21st December 2007. © Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World But the Bangladesh government had a supreme sacrifice in mind. When the most prized of your possessions … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2007
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It Should Not Have Happened

Why should the poor always have to pay for the misdeeds of the government, of the rich? This question surfaced yet again when I stood outside Rangs building on the morning of Dec 12. Rangs, one of the largest business … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 16, 2007
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The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw

The battle lines appear to have been drawn. Guimet is a respected museum, and there has been natural interest in a show that should be very special. Why then such resistance from art lovers of Bangladesh? Surely art is to … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 2, 2007
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