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It would have been an unforgettable, joyous day for BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak.

The Straits Times, Singapore

It all began with an observation: information and knowledge are essential to development. A number of organisations, especially non-

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While working with one of the civil society organisations in Egypt in 2005, American citizen Rebecca Chao and her three Egyptian

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