BRAVO BANGLADESH!
Bangladesh secures an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fifth one-day match played in Dhaka to clinch the series 3-2. It became only the second team to win a five-match one-day series having been 2-0 down.
Set 199 to win, the match was turned around in Bangladesh's favor between the fourth and eighth overs of the home team's reply as the score leapt from 1-18 to 71 without further loss. The chief destroyers were Aftab Ahmed, who made a spectacular 81(not out) off 87 balls and Mohammad Rafique, who made a dazzling...
January 30, 2005
BANGLADESH'S IMAGE PROBLEM
Elisa Griswold's article in the New York Times about the possiblity of Bangladesh giving birth to "The Next Islamic Revolution?" has sparked many controversies in Bangladesh. The government predictably refuted the claims and named it "one sided, baseless and politically motivated". The report tells about the notorious Bangla Bhai, a Taliban trained extremist who fought the Afghanistan wars. He has about 10,000 (and increasing) followers and is said to be protected by two of the ruling BNP lawmakers. The police could...
ARGES STRIKES AGAIN
Bangladeshis were astounded and sparked with anger with the news of another grenade explosion at an opposition rally in Hobiganj (northeastern Bangladesh) last Thursday, which had killed at least five people including the country's former finance minister, and wounding dozens of others. The bomb was aimed at Mr. Shah AMS Kibria, a Member of Parliament, former finance minister, career diplomat (his tenure includes representative of Bangladesh at UN) and a Awami League think tank and he was killed while he was being taken by...
January 24, 2005
DON'T SEND US TO BANGLADESH
Small children from Mahakalapada block of Orissa’s Kendrapara district protest:
"The government says we are Bangladeshis. It wants to send us to Bangladesh. We are Indians. We know that you love children. Please have mercy. Save us from dying in Bangladesh,"
But nobody could save the two-month-old baby, who died due to night chill while being detained as an illegal Bangladeshi in New Delhi. His father was deported to Bangladesh sometimes back. Many will wonder what these poor people have done to deserve this?
A savage...
NGOs ON TOP
Have you ever wondered what is the role of an NGO (Non governmental organization alias aid groups or charities) and what are their mission or vision? Michael Hill writes in the Baltimore Sun about how the NGOs are shaping up in the developing world:
"The reality is that disaster relief is only the tip of the NGO iceberg. In fact, the organizations are as richly diverse in their goals and methods as private corporations. Many have specialties, ranging from trade policy to environmental concerns, democracy building to disaster relief."
Hill...
POST EID BLUES
The Eid holidays were great. This time I mostly stayed at home out of the reach of PC and keeping my cell phone off. I am finding it hard to have some solitude of my own. Dhaka looked gorgeous with its extremely light traffic (nearly four million went out during these holidays) and pre "SAARC Summit" touch ups. Although I do not like to see blood on the street (read "sacrifice or waste"), I really did not pay much attention to that. Nothing extra-ordinary happened except for usual family visits and filling the tummy with many delicacies....
January 15, 2005
ALL ABOUT PAANPaan is a widely used chewable made by taking a betel creeper leaf and wrapping up ingredients like betel nut, lime paste, almond powder, grated coconut, tobacco etc. with it. The delicacy of paan is enjoyed all over the Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh. Paan eating, rather chewing is deeply rooted in our culture and specially the older people love it. Generally Paan has two categories, one is with tobacco and another is without...
STRAY CAT
I am rarely getting free time at home because of my busy schedules during weekdays. The time I spend at home Saturdays -Thursdays is like:
7:30 - Waking up and all morning rituals including bath
8:00 - Breakfast with eyes on the newspaper.
8:20 - Leaving for office
9:30 - 10 PM arriving home with a tired body and mind.
10:15 - Flirting with my daughter and watching TV till 11:30 before sleeping.
So you see its a pretty boring life except for the time with my daughter and most of the time she falls asleep within 10:30. One day I noticed...
January 11, 2005
January 10, 2005
BANGLADESH SECURES ITS FIRST TEST WIN
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
It was a team effort. No centuries scored were scored in the match. But there were some fine bowling performances by Md. Rafique, Enamul Haque Jr. & Tapas Baishya. The final score is:
Bangladesh 488 & 204/9 d. and Zimbabwe 312 & 154
Result: Bangladesh won by 226 runs
Series: Bangladesh leads the 2-Test series 1-0
Will blog later. Its party tim...
January 09, 2005
CANDLELIGHT COMMEMORATION FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN BANGLADESH
People light up candles to commemorate victims of the tsunami disaster at Central Shahid Minar in Dhaka on January 7, 2005. People from all over the country took part in the candlelight vigil organized by civil organizations Angikar Bangladesh, Prakritajan and Barci...
WHO LET THE BLOG OUT?
It was a question asked by a fellow Bangladeshi blogger Ishtiaque when he was surprised to find that his blog was nominated in the Best Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan Blog category of the Asia Weblog Awards 2004. Probably he missed out the fact that it was I who nominated ten of Bangladeshi blogs of my choice. My intention was to highlight as many Bangladeshi bloggers to the international readers which might encourage them to carry on with more interest. Blogs are also a showcase of one persons culture, thoughts and interests as...
PROFITING FROM THE TSUNAMI DONATIONS
Some disturbing news regarding misuse and exploitation of the tsunami donations are cropping up which disheartens me a lot.
Fake collection efforts by email and by fake collection jars by crooks were seen all over Europe and elsewhere. A woman who registered the domain name tsunamirelief.com says she was conned to donate it by someone who then tried to sell the site name for $50,000 on eBay. Daniel Brett slates Oxfam for their pointless effort in sending the victims thousands of "£60- family aid packages"...
January 05, 2005
OUTSOURCE FROM BANGLADESH
The Bangladesh IT sector is not moving forward upto its potential. No major software company emerged, except for a few medical transcription or call center ventures. However the hardware sector and the cybercafes have seen exponential growth this year. Recently a web portal OutsourceBangladesh.com has been launched with a view to promote and increase outsourcing from Bangladesh. This portal will aid specially the small ventures which does not have the ability to spend much in advertising to acquire international contacts....
TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction...
January 03, 2005
STINGY OR NOT - GESTURES OF GOODWILL IN QUESTION
The Washington Times reports:
"A United Nations official yesterday backpedaled from his claim that the United States is being 'stingy' in its response to the Asian earthquake disaster after Secretary of State Colin L. Powell disputed the remark. "
Yeah what could he say when the stingy US pledged $350 million (ten folds from initial pledge). The British citizens have personally contributed in excess of $100 million (three times more than what there government pledged). Japan pledged $500...
January 02, 2005
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Our generation wants to be remembered for something more than the war against terror or even the internet. Just as they pulled down the Berlin Wall and drew back the Iron Curtain and ended apartheid, these seemingly impossible hills can be climbed. It might take 20 years or 40 years but I really believe we can be the generation that turns this shift of indifference around."
- Bono, Rock star (U2) & global peace activist...
January 01, 2005
THE GREATEST TROPICAL SYSTEM DISASTER Many do not know about the two major disasters Bangladesh faced:Bangladesh Cyclone, November 1970:The greatest tropical system disaster this century occurred in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in November 1970. Winds coupled with a storm surge killed between 300,000- 500,000 people. Actually there was no proper census or death count at that time. These cyclones usually cause the most misery, loss of life, and suffering in low lying areas in Bangladesh (East Pakistan) and coastal India. The West Pakistan, the...
TSUNAMI UPDATE
* Death by bureaucracy: Daniel Brett slates Indian red tapism, which delayed a rescue and aid effort by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, which have strict regulation on travel of foreigners.
* Myanmar shrouds its tsunami deaths in secrecy: Nitin predicts that the military junta is not taking any chances to expose its human rights abuses to the foreign aid workers, which might intervene is the true scale of tragedy would come out.
* Bangladesh postpones regional SAARC summit: because of massive destruction...
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