Twenty years can be a lifetime, but it can also be just the beginning. An early winner of the Global Bangemann Challenge (later known as the Stockholm Challenge), Drik has been a pioneer in several aspects. It set up DrikTap, the first nationwide email network in Bangladesh; the first Internet portal for Bangladesh at http://bd. orientation.com; a human rights portal at www.banglarights.net and continues to lead the alternative media, by live web-streaming key Bangladeshi events to a global audience.
However, it is in the field of photography that Drik has made Bangladesh a global leader. Drik, through its education wing Pathshala, The South Asian Media Academy and Photography Institute, has produced photographers who have gone on to win major international awards and acclaim.
According to the organisation, it is built upon the concept of social justice. Over the last two decades, Drik has played a key role in the civil rights movements in Bangladesh, and in the process it has also made an impact in the global arena >more> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=105250
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