THE POWER POLITICS The prime minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia recently told his party leaders that " all development activiti...

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when it's not one thing it's another

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WHEN CROSSFIRE CROSSES ALL LIMITS In Bangladesh the death under police custody has been risen tremendously, which is dubbed by police as kil...

RIANNA UPDATE Hello everybody. I am a month old now. You can not imagine how many visits I have got in the past month. I received a lot of g...

45 and wet is colder than 20 and dry

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They might be giants, or just standing on them

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And the saga continues

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WE ARE THE CHAMPION I am writing the post with much discomfort. According to the Transparency International's (TI) corruption perception...

Well it hit the fan.

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EKUSH OS, A BRAVE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CLONE VENTURE Those who want an alternative to Microsoft Windows OS, really have no full-functional alte...

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THE DOWNFALL OF BANGLADESHI CINEMA Nobody thought this would happen although there were some warning calls. In a country where cinema viewer...

Will code for fun (and money)

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Started to lift again

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And now, search for your own computer

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QUOTES OF THE DAY * We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. - Henri Frederic Amiel 1821-188...

INDIA –BANGLADESH RELATIONSHIP The India-Bangladesh relation is really an enigma to many. You would be surprised to know how diverse people’...

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BLOG QUOTES * "Never a dull moment. This is the phrase that most aptly describes Bangladesh" :- Michael * Path to national unity ...

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AROUND THE COUNTRY * You don't need ballz to play football and its not unislamic at all as the bigots say. They just can't keep...

BIMAN GOES DOWN IN PROTEST There were much apprehensions of all quarters on whether Biman should continue with its current fleet of F-28s ....

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Dublin go bragh

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Bookmark this site

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working out details of last race

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Wolf Gap Race report

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THE EVER ELUSIVE ELECTION PROMISES The four party alliance plans to celebrate its 3 year rule; "success" as termed by them. Surely...

PRESS FREEDOM THREATENED BY OUTLAWS The killing of yet another journalist in the southwestern town Bogra remarks the deterioration in law an...

THE BATTLE OF THE BEGUMS CONTINUES The antagonism between the two Bangladeshi leaders (Begum Khaleda Zia & Sheikh Hasina) is not all pol...

QUALITY OF LIFE: CAN WE MEASURE EFFECTIVELY? Yet another grim news: Bangladesh ranks 164th among 173 countries and fifth in South Asia in th...

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