Nabila Nazrul

Toothpick Beef
Food

Xiao Long Bao brings a Chinese touch to Lalmatia

Project Alok creates  learning opportunities for children with special needs from disadvantaged communities. 
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Project Alok: Helping children overcome both poverty and learning disorders 

A Bangladeshi migrant, pending temporary documentation, watches from the port of Kos, Greece, a ferry bound for the port of Piraeus near Athens on 10 August 2015. Photo: Reuters
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How aspiring migrants are being taught to spot the trafficking trap

New address, familiar flavours: Inside Evviva’s Gulshan home 
Food

New address, familiar flavours: Inside Evviva’s Gulshan home 

Young people are positioned as change agents who can question social norms and encourage their communities to create change. Photos: Courtesy
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How local NGOs are being put in the driver’s seat of development  

Roll Xpress Cafe: Two decades of rolls, memories and comfort
Food

Roll Xpress Cafe: Two decades of rolls, memories and comfort

While most cafes in Dhaka are built around eating, talking and photographs, Kolpokar is where visitors get involved. Photos: Courtesy
Panorama

Kolpokar: One of Dhaka’s last creative spaces closing its doors

Photo: Iffy Biffys
Food

Liberty Pizza: Does Banani’s New York-style pizzeria live up to the hype?

Livelihood support helps women in fishing communities move into alternative income-generating activities, including small shrimp farms, fish cultivation and other businesses. Photos: Collected
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Caught between debt and the sea: Coastal Bangladesh’s fishers fight poverty while protecting biodiversity 

Mymensingh leads Bangladesh’s aquaculture production, where farmers are increasingly exploring modern technologies to improve fish quality, productivity and profitability. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Can smarter ponds transform Bangladesh’s fish economy?

Ethnic minority communities prefer temples over schools as temporary shelters during emergencies. Photos: COURTESY
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How local-language warnings are transforming disaster preparedness in Chattogram Hill Tracts

When farmers work out in the open, a safety shed can provide essential protection from lightning strikes.
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How shelters are protecting haor communities from lightning

Affected people's needs quickly begin to diverge once the water starts to recede. Photo: Courtesy
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Cash, choice and dignity: A different approach to flood relief