This Street in Bangladesh Has a Colorful World Cup Celebration to Rival Brazil

Image by S. M. Mobasser Hussain. Used with permission. What was before an ordinary lane in the Bangladeshi capital's historic neighborhood Old Dhaka is now a vibrant strip of street art celebrating the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A group of about 200 volunteers transformed the street in less than 24 hours as part of The World Cup Goal-E, a collaboration by youth organization One Degree Initiative and advertising agency Zanala...

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University Student Posts Suicide Note In Facebook, Friends Fail To Save Him

Suicide is a long term social issue of Bangladesh and of all the people reported dead due to suicide worldwide every year, 2.06% are Bangladeshis. Mahbub Shaheen, a student of Dhaka University, posted a Suicide note in Facebook at 7:08PM on 2nd of June, 2014. He wrote: I am lying on Rail Line. The Train is coming. And I am going to kick out bloody myself, the useless eater. Once I've posted a comment "I should leave" then after I posted "I have to leave". Some of you asked me- "From where & where will you go?" I don't know where I am...

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