Daylight savings confusion

This was the first year that Bangladesh tried out Daylight Savings Time.  There’s a huge problem with electricity shortages here, leading to what they call “load shedding” – rolling brown-outs or black-outs, where parts of the city are left without electricity for hours a day.  In the worst parts of the year (when supply is [...]

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Shomi at 7 months!

OK, so Shomi was 7 months old last week, but 7 months – 1 week doesn’t make for such a great title.
Shomi has hit 50 pounds and seems to be staying!  She used to grow at a couple pounds a week, but lately that has leveled off, so we’re thinking this is what we’re gonna [...]

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Apparently I need to write more about Dhaka

I realize I haven’t written much about Dhaka lately.  That’s because, well, everything’s pretty much the same.
Anyways, some pictures from around town:

A pickup game of cricket, and goats in a rickshaw.
What’s new in Dhaka?  Nothing’s new.  Someone forgot to turn off the monsoon, so it’s still raining, even though technically the monsoon ended last month.  [...]

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Anti-Rat Campaign!

Bangladesh awards farmer who killed 83,000 rats
By JULHAS ALAM (AP) – 1 day ago
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a monthlong campaign nationwide to kill millions more, to protect crops and reduce the need for food imports.
Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of [...]

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