I spent the morning in Tongi – just north of Dhaka – at the second largest annual gathering of Muslims in the World – the Biswa Ijtema. The three day prayer meeting attracts between two and three million pilgrims from across the Bangladesh – and more than 150 other countries. The largest tent imaginable accomodates [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 23, 2009
Symbols
District level elections across Bangladesh yesterday and lots of candidates for people to choose from. Even though most are party hacks, under the electioral laws here they have to stand as independents, each with their own symbol.
The Election Commission helpfully provides them with a list to choose from, and towns and villages everywhere are decorated [...]
