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Living with the sea Mahfuz Sadique reveals how the inhabitants of the cyclone-ravaged coastal islands of Sandwip and Kutubdia could be changing the way people across the world deal with natural disasters... Desert capital Nawshad Ali Hussein reveals how in ten years, Dhaka’s underground reservoirs of water may completely dry up or become polluted, and how the government is silently waiting for the catastrophe to hit... Should I be a CNG convert? Car-owners fear CNG conversion damages the car engine, and yet fuel prices are spiralling upwards leaving us no choice. So should you convert? Where? For how much, and what are the risks? Adnan Khandker has the answers... One Taka Dhaka Naushad Ali Hussein didn’t lose a bet. He was genuinely curious as to whether you can buy anything for Tk 1 in modern-day Dhaka. For one week he went incognito on the streets of the capital on a mission impossible, and came back with a bag of junk. This is his blog... My face is okay but my soul is burnt Women who have survived acid violence tell Samira Khan how social sanctions and insensitivity still stand between them and their dream of leading normal lives...

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