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QUOTES FOR THE DAY Let them hate, so long as they fear. - Accius A word after a word after a word is power. - Margaret Atwood 1939-, Canad...

The fundamentalists strikes a blow to the free speech in Bangladesh

Humayun Azad, a professor of Dhaka University and a prominent writer (published 50 novels, poems, essays) was attacked by knife and seriousl...

SAUDI ANTI-SEMITISM AND DOUBLE STANDARD

Recently a Saudi Arabian Tourism Web site, promoting a new program to encourage more foreign visitors, lists four groups not entitled to tou...

POLITICAL TURBULENCE IN BANGLADESH

Mr. Mollah Mohammad Shaheen sums up the situation: The political landscape in Bangladesh is turbulent now. The AL, the main opposition part...

Initiative to end extreme poverty

The Seattle Initiative for Global Development is an alliance of business and civic leaders of United States whose goal is eliminating extre...

And finally, the Everest

Dalchhut, an adventure magazine arranged a countrywide competition to chose the team comprising of 3 students of Dhaka University, who will...

How low can reality TV go?

Steve Johnson of Chicago Tribune reports : Asked for the most outrageous show idea he turned down, Endemol USA President David Goldberg said...

PUBLIC SERVICE WORK CULTURE IN BANGLADESH

MUSIC BREAK Lets hear some soothing vocal excellence supported by cords, drums & strings and no electrical instruments: Hat Tip: Pedram

A BLOGGING FAMILY Meet Abez , her sister Aniraz and her Mom all happily blogging.

TRACKBACK IN HALOSCAN Haloscan introduced trackback features for free! Don't forget to incorporate this feature if you are using Halosca...

MORE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY For information on "Ekushey February" please read this & this . The internatio...

QUOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. - Gaston Bachelard 1884-1962, French Scientist, P...

Same-sex marriage

Judging from the pros and cons (?) of same-sex marriage can you hear a revolution coming up in the western society? I doubt whether it wil...

Valentine the infidel

The times of Oman reports : Saudi Arabia's religious police arrested more than 200 workers from Bangladesh and Myanmar as they celebrate...

Is the recent image of Islam based on false notions?

The Charlotte Observer has published a review on the book "FOLLOWING MUHAMMAD: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World" writte...

ON KILLING OF 5 BANGLADESHI WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA I picked this up from a Malaysian blog " Eric Mudasi's World View ". Daily...

QUOTES OF THE DAY You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. - Sam Keen True love beg...

ON VALENTINE'S DAY

We love ourselves more than anybody else. Those who like what we like, are our friends. They can participate in a prolonged discussion with ...

WHAT CAUSES RAPE?

Alas a blog! posts an anotomy of rape culture. Although it is in the context of US, the problem is universal. The findings are: * The over...

LETTER FROM SYDNEY A friend writes to me on his expat life in Sydney: ....materialistic life is unable to turn out much more than the better...

A 450 Seat Parliament - ploy of ruling coalition to win the next election After spending a pleasantly unproductive two and a half years of p...

THE DIGGING SAGA CONTINUES

If you have experience of living in Dhaka, then you know how common it is to see the newly paved road being dug out to install some utility ...

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT We are for aiding our allies by sharing some of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental ...

AID WITH CONDITIONS

Receiving aid can sometime be discomforting when it comes with some conditions. Most NGOs and other projects with foreign aid active in Bang...

REUSE OF PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES There is a huge controversy in Bangladesh regarding reuse of Plastic Water Bottles which is widely popular th...

BANGLADESH STAYS OUT OF BIMSTEC FREE TRADE TREATY

The group of economic cooperation consisting of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand (BIMSTEC) has recently signed a free trad...

PROS & CONS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING

Worldchanging discusses about the pro and cons about electronic voting and the importance of homogeneous ballot paper designs. While some p...

QUOTE OF THE DAY Our right is only over our actions, not over the fruits (outcome) of the actions. - The Bhagabat Geeta -47th verse/2nd Cha...

WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US Our good friend Laura had faced some struggles. She prayed to God for solace but she felt that God is million mile...

THE HAJJ STAMPEDE INCIDENT -SOME QUESTIONS

8 Bangladeshis were among the 244 pilgrims who were trampled to death during the stoning of the devil ceremony of Hajj on 1st of February. W...

Australians prefer to work overseas According to this article in "The Age", some new generation Australians have these to say abo...

REGIME CHANGE IN BANGLADESH

Don't be shocked or worried seeing the title, however I feel many might be having this thought considering Bangladesh's political un...

QUOTES OF THE DAY

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. - Helen Rowland 1875-1950, American Journ...

SACRIFICE OR WASTE?

Tomorrow is Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two biggest religious festivals of Muslims. For Muslims all over the world, the celebration is mainly sl...

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