Posted in Opinion, tagged 'Fitna', anti-Islam film, anti-Quran, Dutch, Geert Wilders, Muslim on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In announcing the release of his anti-Quran film, Geert Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament, has generated a swell of media attention in the Netherlands in the past months. Politicians have urged him not to go ahead with the release of the film ‘Fitna’ because they say its controversial content may lead to national [...]
Posted in Opinion, tagged Bangladeshi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 19, 2008 | 14 Comments »
A Saudi-based website aims to stir hatred against 1.2 million Bangladeshis working in the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Under www.antirat.com the website features page after page of alleged crimes and misdemeanours committed by Bangladeshi labourers documented with photographs, ranging from the serious ‘rape and running prostitution ring’ to the frankly ridiculous ‘unhygienic cooking’ practices.
A plethora [...]
Posted in Opinion, tagged Erik, president HM Ershad, Shaptahik 2000 on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The police Thursday recorded a complaint from a journalist that supporters of former president HM Ershad had “confined” him in his house for three hours. Journalist Masud Kamal filed a general diary with Gulshan Police Station.
Bidisha, estranged wife of Ershad, alleged that Kamal had been taken away from in front of her
Posted in Opinion, tagged blocks blogs, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two weeks after the Pakistan government passed a new law with tough punishment for cyber crimes, hundreds of anti-establishment blogs have been blocked, bloggers said.
Access to blogspot.com, a hosting domain that contains hundreds of blogs by Pakistani students and activists opposing President Pervez Musharraf’s rule and championing causes like the reinstatement of deposed judges, has [...]
Posted in Opinion, tagged Dhaka, Rickshaw on January 3, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Author: Syed Saiful Alam Shovan
Most trips in Dhaka are short in distance, usually one to five kilometers. These trips are perfect of Rickshaws. Rickshaws are cheap and popular mode of transport over short distances. Rickshaws are safe, environmentally friendly and do not rely on fossil fuels. Rickshaws support a significant portion of the population, not [...]
Posted in Opinion on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Before the super cyclone Sidr, Bangladeshi media bestowed huge coverage to aware the people and probably that helped saving millions of lives from the wrath of it’s destruction. But the media people are not that much aware for another storm called HIV/AIDS, which is coming slowly and silently towards the nation. Author: Zahid Al Amin
Experts [...]
Posted in Opinion, tagged Bangladesh, Indigenous on September 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Author: A H M Abdul Hai
Considering the history, 152 years is not a short time. Ups and downs, extinction or rebirth of several nations or generations-all this is possible in this period. But no changes happened in the fate of the nation in 152 years. All the changes happened only in the appearance of [...]
Posted in ICT for Development, Opinion on August 31, 2007 | 25 Comments »
Intel Corporation world’s largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, processors found in many personal computers. Dr. Craig R. Barrett, the chairman of this giant chip maker company, will visit Bangladesh on September 04, 2007. The purpose of his visit is to introduce Intel World Ahead program in Bangladesh. Professor [...]
Posted in ICT for Development, Opinion on August 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
As we all know, the information or knowledge-based society is no longer a matter of the future, but a very contemporary urge of the time. In almost all aspects of our life, we need information and knowledge to get our basic needs met, to make decision, to move around, to study, to work, to participate [...]
Posted in Knowledge for Development, Opinion on August 18, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Is it a Voter list with pictures project or national identity cards (NID) project? The confusion was started from the beginning. The election commission of Bangladesh claims it as a Voter list with pictures project although Bangladesh Army claims it as a national identity cards project. Government has taken the project of preparing NID for [...]
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