Launch boat to Barisal

The launch ghat in Dhaka, where at least half a dozen boats wait to fill up with families and jack fruits going down river. The bottom floor of every boat is an open seating area, where men set up prayer mats and women sit on blankets in circles with their children. The upper cabins

"In the field"

June 25th 2008
In the last two weeks in Bangladesh, I’ve spent quite a bit of time “in the field.” This is a term that gets thrown around by development workers in these parts, and is meant to mean that we have temporarily left our fancy flats and cushy social clubs and taken long journeys to unspecified destinations in rural Bangladesh, where we briefly interact with the key players and beneficiaries of t ... read more

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Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.... ... read more

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