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Brick Lane

Film Review: Brick Lane

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099]

Leaving her beloved sister and widowed father behind in her hometown in Bangladesh, Nazneen came to Brick Lane at age seventeen for an arranged marriage with Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant Chanu Ahmed.

Destinations: Bangladesh
Topics: Photography | People | Religion | 20th Century History | Traditions

French sailor's "floating hospital" brings hope in Bangladesh

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

The "floating hospital," a former oil tanker, dispenses healthcare to thousands of Bangladesh's poorest and most deprived who live on the Jamnua river's many chars, or islands . . .

Destinations: Bangladesh
Topics: People
Is this a real reform?

Is this the real reform?

Rahman Nasir Uddin - rnucu [20]

The deeds of present caretaker government under the faultless leadership of Dr. Farkruddin Ahmed is hailed and appreciated from the different corners of the society. Alike, I also appreciate the...

Destinations: Bangladesh
Topics: People

Bangladesh's Dhaka club

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

DHAKA, April 22, 2004 - When successful entrepreneur Geeteara Saffiya Choudhury was elected the first woman president of Bangladesh's elite male dominated Dhaka club there was apprehension among the...

Destinations: Bangladesh | Dhaka
Topics: Economy | People
31-year-old Bangladeshi 'professional traveller' and anti-drugs activist Mohammed Ashrafuz Zaman has cycled around the globe for seven years, and now he is tackling Southeast Asia on foot.

44 Countries and counting . . .

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

* * * * * Singapore, April 22, 2004 - For seven years Bangladeshi "professional traveller" and anti-drugs activist Mohammed Ashrafuz Zaman has cycled around the globe, and now he is tackling Southeast...

Destinations: Bangladesh | Dhaka
Topics: People
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