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Cartoon, Painting and Photography Exhibition at Drik Gallery

October 29, 2008 12:34 am

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You are cordially invited to the inauguration ceremony of “The Right to Health”, an exhibition at Drik Gallery on Thursday, 30 October 2008 at 5pm. This exhibition is curated using different form of art media: cartoon, painting, personal stories and photography.

Mr. AMM Nasir Uddin, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh will inaugurate the exhibition as the Chief Guest.

Ola Hallgren, chargé d’affaires, a.i., Embassy of Sweden and Mr. Heiner Schnelle, Head of Development Cooperation Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany will speak at the occasion as the Special Guests.

The exhibition will remain open for all till 12 November, 2008 everyday from 3pm to 8pm.

Tanvir Murad Topu
Coordinator
Gallery & Exhibition
Drik Picture Library
www.drik.net
Address: House 58, Road 15A (New), Dhanmondi Residential Area, Dhaka
Tel: (880-2) 9120125, 8123412, 8112954

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Relief Tourism in the Sundarbans — the ethics of DIY relief work

January 20, 2008 4:50 pm

(Jan 20 - DHAKA) What do you do when a devastating cyclone strikes the area that you’re about to visit?

If your name is Michael Mangano, you raise funds from your friends and family and bring money for the relief goods with your own two hands. That’s exactly what the Boston graduate student did in early January.

Mangano used online merchant Paypal to successfully raise $1,005 USD (or approx 68,000 Bangladeshi Taka) for victims of Cyclone Sidr, especially in the hard hit Sundarbans region of Bangladesh.

Watch the video: