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Politics Takes Its Tolls 

Zahid Newaz

Several journalists from Spain, working on a documentary on child labor, visited Bangladesh in 2000. At that time they met many people and in personal talks at a private party they concluded that Bangladeshis love to talk about past, not future. “And that’s the biggest problem for Bangladesh,” commented one of them. Asked why he was making such comments, he said: Whoever we talked to they had reference to 1971, '75, '82, '90. We are not undermining your great achievements like the independence in 1971 and journey towards 1990. But, unfortunately none talked about Bangladesh’s vision for the next 10 or 20 years. full report

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