Centuries-old bamboo craft fading away
The centuries-old tradition of bamboo craft in the northern districts of Bangladesh is fast fading, as modern lifestyles, high prices and declining demand drive artisans away from their ancestral trade...
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Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food
People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge...
BSF reinforces border fence with bamboo in Lalmonirhat
Indian Border Security Force have allegedly attached slices of bamboo to the erected barbed fence along the Zero Line of the border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat...