12:50 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/bangladeshi-blogs-update-here-is.html

BANGLADESHI BLOGS - an update Here is another updated list of Bangladeshi Blogs: * The 3rd world view -Bangladesh * Mac's Blog -Banglad...

4:14 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/comfortably-numb-i-have-this-guilty.html

COMFORTABLY NUMB? I have this guilty feeling being lucky among the people who are not affected in the recent flood. I am able to do nothing ...

3:42 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/flood-update-most-happening-thing-in.html

FLOOD UPDATE The most happening thing in Bangladesh at the moment is of course flood. I believe the world media has covered that well. But w...

Global worming

Global worming

1:08 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/global-worming.html

Okay, folks, we know what you're thinking. So Google got hacked, huh? Actually, we didn't. What happened yesterday was that someone ...

2:22 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/quotes-of-day-when-tree-falls-in-forest.html

QUOTES OF THE DAY * When a tree falls in the forest, does it call for help? NO. When a friend falls into an addiction, will they ask for h...

1:31 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/water-water-everywhere-this-year-flood.html

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE This year the flood is turning to be fatal like 1998. The lower parts of Dhaka City is submerged in floodwater. The ...

12:35 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/minor-infractions-of-civil-liberties.html

MINOR INFRACTIONS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES According to the Reporters sans Frontiers more journalists were physically attacked or threatened with ...

10:46 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/towards-more-financially-sustainable.html

TOWARDS MORE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE ICT MODELS The Bangladesh Hajj online information website has proved to be a successful initiative tak...

3:39 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/links-of-day-jeff-jarvis-provides.html

LINKS OF THE DAY * Jeff Jarvis provides a starter list of Blogs to the US media guys. * This is for those who love spicy food. * Lance...

3:18 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/copa-america-2004-another-brazil.html

COPA AMERICA 2004 Another Brazil - Argentina Final is scheduled in Lima on 25th of July, 2004. Argentina reached the final after 11 years wi...

11:26 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/click-here-for-recent-posts-dhaka.html

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECENT POSTS DHAKA HOTTIES The latest internet craze in Dhaka is an online competition for the hottest male and female i...

11:57 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/bangladeshs-image-problem-bangladesh-is.html

BANGLADESH'S IMAGE PROBLEM Bangladesh is doing better than most less developed countries. But the image of Bangladesh as seen by outside...

9:56 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/lost-in-translation-watched-movie.html

LOST IN TRANSLATION   Watched the movie yesterday. It was an unconventional drama with a touch of comedy. The writer/director Sofia Coppola...

1:39 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/leave-kids-alone-it-seems-government.html

LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE   It seems imposing government ideology in textbooks of schoolchildren is not only Bangladesh's problem. According...

11:24 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/cause-of-recent-flood-nasa-images-show.html

CAUSE OF THE RECENT FLOOD   NASA images show the cause of recent flood in India, Bangladesh & Nepal is due to excessive rainfall.

10:18 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/ancient-medieval-stupidity-syed-kamran.html

ANCIENT MEDIEVAL STUPIDITY   Syed Kamran Mirza writes this controversial article " Killing by beheading is Islamic!"  and tries r...

Racking up an honor

Racking up an honor

11:38 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/racking-up-honor.html

We're five years old and already they're sticking us in a museum. The Computer History Museum, to be precise, a neighbor of ours her...

12:33 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/floods-in-bangladesh-i-am-sure-everyone.html

FLOODS IN BANGLADESH I am sure everyone is aware of the flash flood in Bangladesh's north-eastern region because of the media publicity....

11:26 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/slavery-in-21st-century-this-should.html

SLAVERY IN 21ST CENTURY This should have brought into light much earlier. At last Human Rights Watch publishes a 135 page report "Bad D...

11:04 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/dont-beat-your-wife-once-again-another.html

DON'T BEAT YOUR WIFE! Once again another wife-beating incident took place in Dhaka, where an Imam let his muezzin beat his wife because...

Warning: we brake for number theory

Warning: we brake for number theory

6:48 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/warning-we-brake-for-number-theory.html

If any Silicon Valley drivers have found that traffic is moving more slowly than usual these days on the southbound 101 right around Ralston...

1:42 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/todays-poem-my-dependence-by.html

TODAYS POEM MY DEPENDENCE -by Rabindranath Tagore I like to be dependent, and so for ever with warmth and care of my mother my...

1:19 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/lyrics-time-money-money-get-away.html

LYRICS TIME MONEY Money, get away. Get a good job with good pay and you're okay. Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands a...

Pluralism in Islam

Pluralism in Islam

10:42 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/pluralism-in-islam.html

I have been battered with one thought for the last couple of days. It all started since the Friday sermon I attended in a Mosque. The Imam...

10:26 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/lifestyle-bangladeshi-takes-no-offence.html

LIFESTYLE "A Bangladeshi takes no offence at having what he has served at dinner verbally torn to shreds. In his mind he has shown hosp...

11:40 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/perils-of-cough-syrup-aggrevated-by.html

Perils of a cough syrup aggrevated by smuggling Phensidyl is a codeine based popular cough syrup, which the kids like me were used to be pre...

Which came first? The fallacious arguments:

Which came first? The fallacious arguments:

10:13 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/which-came-first-fallacious-arguments.html

The controversy regarding the first proclaimer of independence of Bangladesh lingers on as the BNP government (led by Khaleda Zia, the wife ...

3:44 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/quotes-of-day-life-is-really-simple-but.html

QUOTES OF THE DAY * Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated." - Confucius BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, P...

12:48 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/class-division.html

CLASS DIVISION ..And if you thought that class division is primarily a feature of the South Asian countries, read this .

10:28 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/be-happy-five-simple-rules-to-be-happy-1.html

BE HAPPY The five simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5....

4:24 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/the-sms-revolution-and-bangladesh.html

The SMS revolution and Bangladesh Bangladesh has probably the lowest teledensity in the world as there are only about 2.3 telephones per 100...

11:05 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/apostasy-in-islam-arafat-without-yasser.html

Apostasy in Islam Arafat (without Yasser!) writes an interesting piece on this issue. He analyzed Rushdie and found: 'Where there is no...

10:15 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/the-relevance-of-understanding-islam.html

The relevance of understanding Islam Here is an interesting article which portrays the difference of understanding of Islam among Arab ...

9:48 PM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/earthquake-prone-dhaka-dhaka-is-fast.html

Earthquake prone Dhaka Dhaka is fast becoming a megacity of humans and bricks. Unofficial sources say almost 13 million people now live in D...

Quote of the day

Quote of the day

4:14 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/quote-of-day.html

* "It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk." - Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956, German Dramatist, Poet *...

3:44 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/much-ado-about-bread-although.html

Much ado about bread Although a traditional breakfast of the Bangladeshis contain Roti/Chapati or Parata, urban people are habituated with b...

Islami Banking in Bangladesh

Islami Banking in Bangladesh

12:56 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/islami-banking-in-bangladesh.html

There are almost 50 banks operating in Bangladesh (about 20 are government owned), out of which 6 or 7 (all private) are running on Islami B...

Not quite a walk in the park

Not quite a walk in the park

9:43 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/not-quite-walk-in-park.html

The great Steve Prefontaine used to say that running is about "having guts." Last Wednesday, on a hot, humid day in Central Park, ...

5:20 AM

https://iskablogs.blogspot.com/2004/07/euro-2004-update-this-years-euro.html

EURO 2004 update This years Euro champions league has produced some flare and surprises. As you can see from my voting template in the side ...