Bangladesh's sea fish trade hub enters fish drying peak season

STORY: Bangladesh's sea fish trade hub enters fish drying peak season SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fish drying 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD RAFIQ UDDIN, Dry fish trader 3. various of fish drying 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): MD KAISER, Dry fish trader 5. various of fish drying STORYLINE: Fishermen in Bangladesh's southeastern Cox's Bazar district, which is situated along the Bay of Bengal, are now busy drying fish in the traditional way. In Bangladesh, mid-October to mid-February is the peak fish drying season. In Cox's Bazar's Nazirar Tek village, the largest dried fish-producing village in the country, thousands have made temporary settlements for fish drying under the sun. Locally known as "shutki palli," meaning the place where dried fish is produced, Cox's Bazar meets 85 percent of the country's demand. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD RAFIQ UDDIN, Dry fish trader "Qutubdiapara in Nazira Tech i

GLOBALink | Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flung district

STORY: Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flung district DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: various of the schoolSOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD TAHIR JAWAD, Provincial director of Education DepartmentSOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): NAMATULLAH, Local resident STORYLINE: An Afghan woman has helped in constructing a school for girls in the country's northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. In Aqcha, a far-flung district of the Jawzjan province, Hajji Bibi Nazira has built a 12-classroom school on 650 square meters of land at a cost of 65,000 U.S. dollars, largely solving the school shortage for girls in the district. She has become the first woman who built a girls' school from her own wealth since the Taliban took over the power of Afghanistan in mid-August last year. Local officials said local female students, who used to attend classes under tents, now have finally found

Tribute At The Scene Of Sunday's Hate-Motivated Vehicle Attack - Ontario

Tribute At The Scene Of Sunday's Hate-Motivated Vehicle Attack - Ontario

Nazira Naz Tareen, founder and first president of the Ottawa Muslim Women's Organization, wipes her eyes as she stands with Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna at a vigil for the four family members who were killed in a vehicle attack that police say was motivated by anti-Muslim hate, in London, Ont., in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tribute At The Scene Of Sunday's Hate-Motivated Vehicle Attack - Ontario

Tribute At The Scene Of Sunday's Hate-Motivated Vehicle Attack - Ontario

Nazira Naz Tareen, founder and first president of the Ottawa Muslim Women's Organization, wipes her eyes at a vigil for the four family members who were killed in a vehicle attack that police say was motivated by anti-Muslim hate, in London, Ont., in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Photo by Justin Tang/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM