The universe is again in balance. The deep disturbance in the cosmic force we felt has diminished, and we hear the birds signing. The dark cloud of decency and lawfulness that was threatening to envelope Bangladesh has been lifted! It was causing us major consternation when the prime minister directed...
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People seem to be happy with the assurance of the key persons of Bangladesh energy sector management to the Bangladesh media that there will be no energy crisis in the country by 2012. Natural gas production will be doubled in two years. But the reality is in November 2009 Bangladesh...
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Students for a Free Tibet, Bangladesh (SFTBD), the Bangladesh chapter of the Students for a Free Tibet organization, in partnership with Drik Bangladesh, has organized a photography exhibition on Tibet named “Into Exile | Tibet 1949-2009” at Drik Gallery in Dhaka which was scheduled to start today and run...
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A funny thing happened on the way to the exhibition. On Sunday, Bangladeshi police descended upon Drik Gallery in Dhaka to prevent the launch of a photo exhibition on Tibet. BDNews24 reports: Dhaka, Nov 1 (bdnews24.com)—Police prevented Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi from launching an exhibition, titled ‘Into Exile: Tibet 1949 –...
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Since the independence of Bangladesh until the 1990s, Bangladeshi citizens could not travel to Taiwan. The passports clearly stated: “Valid for all countries of the world except Israel and Taiwan.” Not that is stopped people: it was easy to go to Taiwan via Hong Kong; as long as the...
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“You speak good Chinese”, said Qian Kaifu, Cultural Councellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh. A soft-spoken elderly gentleman. Standing beside him was a quiet, smartly dressed woman, Cao Yanhua the Cultural Attache, who passed him a bag. “We’ve brought some presents for you.”...
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First, a question to the journalists in Bangladesh. On August 21, 2004, 22 people died in a grenade attack at a AL meeting. The wife of the current president of Bangladesh was one of the victims. Hundreds of others, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were injured. But Daily Star...
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Last Sunday (18th of October, 2009) I attended a conference on the Bangladeshi Genocide. It was organized by the Human Rights Institute and the Bangladesh Genocide Study Group at Kean University. This was the second such conference at Kean. The first one, which I also attended, was held in...
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Australia is more than two times larger than India. India is about 20 times larger than Bangladesh. Yet Australia has only a population of 21 million, while our Dhaka has a population of about 15 million. Major Australian Cities Melbourne, Sydney are at least 8 times larger than Dhaka. To...
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The Bangladesh Government has proceeded to conclude production sharing contracts (psc) of offshore drilling with two international oil companies (IOC) after a transparent approval process. A portion of civil society are against this government initiative for exploring and exploiting national resources. They are protesting on the streets which is...
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Education agenda is one of the main schemas for every political party in Bangladesh as well as many countries across the world. This agenda is always politicized by the politicians and the party. It is good news for Bangladesh that recently the Chairman of the National Education Policy- 2009...
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Baul Shomrat (king) Shah Abdul Karim passed away on the September 11th, 2009. I had the privilege of listening to him singing many years ago and I still remember how it felt he was immersed in the song that was pouring out of his heart.
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News: A three-month-old infant died of Swine Flu last Thursday, pushing the official death count from the H1N1 virus to two in Bangladesh. Total 311 swine flu cases were detected so far. Some 46 children drown everyday in Bangladesh and 17,000 annually as the drowning death toll peaks during...
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By 2025 one-thirds of Bangladesh is set to disappear under water. Tropical cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal and accompanied storm surges take the highest human toll in the country. Between the melting Himalayas and the Khasi-Jaintia Hills in the north and the rising Bay of Bengal and...
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Bangladesh needs massive investments in almost all sectors and the sad fact is that the country is now experiencing serious investment crunch. 35 Thousand crore taka in country’s commercial banks is lying idle. potential investors are not feeling confident to infuse money in business mainly due to lack of...
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