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Shop-owners desperate to stay afloat | The Daily Star


Shop-owners desperate to stay afloat
“Brother, what do you need?” Shop assistants line the roads in the capital’s Bangshal to identify potential customers from passers-by. Keeping shutters down so as to not draw the attention of law enforcers for not abiding by the ongoing lockdown restrictions, they try to continue their trade of selling motorcycle parts and accessories. Once a product is sought, they scurry away into the alleys for its retrieval from storage. The transaction completes right on the street. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Palash Khan
Anyone visiting Dhaka s Bangshal road, known for spare parts of bikes and bicycles, would see a different scene. ....

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How a tiny music store in the backstreets of Dhaka influenced Bangladeshi Rock


How a tiny music store in the backstreets of Dhaka influenced Bangladeshi Rock
Photo: Prabir Das
Tim Fletcher
Tim Fletcher
I was a music-mad teenager in 1980s England, and heavy metal was going through a resurgence. The older bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, who had started in the late 60s and early 70s, were still going strong, but a new cohort of exciting younger bands had begun to appear. The NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) bands such as Iron Maiden, Saxon and Def Leppard were getting radio airplay on Tommy Vance s Friday Rock Show on BBC Radio 1, and appearing regularly on TV. They even had hit singles in the pop charts. ....

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