Posted on 18 September 2007 by Rezwan
[Rezwan, Germany.]
Perhaps not yet but this question was raised by Canadian expatriate blogger Shawn as problems in accessing Google started from around September 8-9.
Shawn informs:
This problem seems to affect Bangladeshis trying to access Google
Posted on 12 September 2007 by Rezwan
[Rezwan, Germany.]
According to weather office in Dhaka a Tsunami may hit Bangladesh coastal lines after Wednesday midnight following an earthquake measuring 8.2 in Richter scale near southern Sumatra of Indonesia. The earthquake was also felt in Comilla, Noakhali, Chittagong and neighboring districts in Bangladesh.
BDNews24 informs that the Malaysian authorities reported a tsunami measuring 1-3 meters in height and heading away from the epicenter of the quake. The region had been put on Tsunami alert.
The Bangladesh government issued a tsunami warning for all of it’s coastal regions, urging people to take shelter in safer ground. Reports in Bangladesh now says that around 3am this morning, a wave 2 to 3 ft higher than regular ones will hit Teknaf, Sandweep and neighboring areas.
Posted on 07 September 2007 by Rezwan
[Rezwan, Germany.]
The Bangladesh government temporarily shut down its first 24 hour private satellite news channel CSBNEWS on charges of forgery. If the TV authority can not answer satisfactorily the charges of forgery within 7 days, the station will be shut down permanently. News reports in BBC
, The Daily Star and BDNews24.
Tiktiki has the background and time line of events concerning CSB news in Dristipat blog. Shada Kalo sheds a light into the forgery charges.
VOA News has an Audio Report (Download Real Audio).
Posted on 04 September 2007 by Rezwan
[Rezwan, Germany.]
People say that here is never a dull day in Bangladesh politics. On the 3rd of September early morning the military-backed (care-taker) interim government in Bangladesh had arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on corruption charges. His son was also arrested on the same charge. Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying has detailed timeline of the events leading to her arrest. It was surprisingly a televised even as the news of the arrest was leaked and the media was trailing the security forces convoy rolling to her house.
Posted on 23 August 2007 by Rezwan
[Rezwan, Germany.]
Bangladesh was virtually cut off from the world during the night. Here are some of the latest as the bloggers are reporting.
Posted on 15 August 2007 by Rezwan
Artwork: Anonymity/Graham Lampa.
[Rezwan, Germany.]
All over the world, there are regimes that discourage free speech and try to suppress dissidents. They keep an eye on its netizens and in recent years many bloggers across the world have been interrogated, arrested, tortured and sent to prison for the “crime” of speaking critically about their governments.
Bangladesh is under a state of emergency now. Although the situation of press freedom is much better than many countries quoted above, a few bloggers have already been detained and abused for their writing. Certain journalists were questioned or cautioned by the security forces. This fear has contributed to an alarming trend of self censorship in the Bangladeshi media. One can wonder; how do you express yourself freely and without fear? There is always someone to edit what you write in traditional media. So asking for total press freedom is really pointless in this situation.
One tip for those who want to speak their hearts out is to write in blogs. You can write on controversial issues and taboo topics, be a citizen journalist, exercise your literary talents or just write mere daily journals what the public media won’t publish. And to protect yourself from danger, you have the advantage of blogging anonymously. Anonymous blogging can also help in those situations when you are writing about your work place or about a big corruption without divulging your identity.
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