shell 'hangings' in the shell market

the common and bizarre at Cox's Bazar

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May 3rd 2008
As May Day was a holiday, me and my mum (my dad's currently in the UK on a visit) decided to go to Cox's Bazar, to have a break from Dhaka and to see and swim in the sea, namely the Bay of Bengal..why not? Cox's Bazar is on the south-easterly tip of Bangladesh, not far from the border with Myanmar (Burma) - the weird extra 'bit' at the bottom of Bangladesh, almost as an afterthought. The region ... 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