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Entries from December 2008

December 11, 2008

The streets of Dhaka

The streets of Dhaka have returned to normal, after two days when the blood flowed and the city smelt like a butcher’s shop.
It was Eid Ul-Adha on Tuesday, the Muslim festival when animals are sacrificed by those who can afford it, and the meat is then shared with relatives, neighbours and the poor.
Camels were lined [...]

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