CORRUPT MILLIONAIRE MINISTERS OF BANGLADESHReceived this press release titled above via email. The item was released in the name of Peter Snowman. I don't know anything about this man except that he writes in the Asian Tribune. He has also written about the ministers before.This is quite an interesting story if proven tr...
June 29, 2006
June 28, 2006
BANGLADESH BLOG BUZZ(Crossposted in the Global Voices Online)The latest happenings in Bangladesh related blogs around the world:* Tourism: A tourist in Bangladesh explores Mainamati, where a number of Buddhist archeological sites can be found.* Pictures: Zev posts photos of Sonargaon, the ancient capital of Isa Khan’s kingdom in Bengal. It is located near the current-day city of Narayanganj, Bangladesh. More pictures from Zev of old Dhaka, now capital of Bangladesh.* Society: Adhunika blog discusses two important issues in Bangladeshi society "When...
BRAVO AUSTRALIAThe Australian world cup march was finally halted by the Italians. A biased commentator of a Chinese TV has termed this win as a part of the glorious tradition of the Italian team. In fact Italy seemed way off their traditional prowess in the game and narrowly went past Australia with the help of a controversial penalty in the last minute.And there is no shortage of exultation amongst the Aussies at their achievements up to 2nd rou...
ONE NATION'S HERO IS ANOTHER NATION'S TRAITORFlight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman is a liberation war hero in Bangladesh awarded with the highest of the gallantry award "Bir Shreshtha". He died in August 1971 while trying to defect with a Pakistan air force jet to join the liberation war against Pakistan."Rehman attempted to hijack a jet aircraft during a training flight. Pakistan has always maintained that the trainee pilot, Rashid Minhas, prevented the attempted hijacking, which resulted in the aircraft crashing shortly before leaving Pakistani airspace...
June 27, 2006
IN THE EYES OF A BEHOLDERI have found yet another first-hand experience of an American who was nice enough to explore Bangladesh in the conventional way and blog about it.Some can argue the merits of his comments but at least his presumptions are not biased like this kind of literature, which was written by a person who has never been to Banglade...
June 23, 2006
June 22, 2006
WIND TURBINES IN GERMANY - RENEWABLE ENERGY The North and eastern German landscapes have changed a lot since the mid Nineteen Nineties. Today the landscape is dotted with spectacular homogeneous windmills or wind turbines, some of which are 100 meters high. In the regions of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and in Saxony-Anhalt thousands of Windmills have emerged to provide power to the national grid. One such turbine can generate a million kilowatt...
June 20, 2006
TODAY'S LINKS* Germany's soccer extravaganza.* Wikipedia protects some entries from edits.* The Asylum "Game".* 'An inconvenient truth': a preview.* Indian influence in the US.* Islamists want author Taslima Nasreem deported from India. Taslima Nasrin is one of the 12 controversial persons to sign the manifesto against Islamist totalitariani...
SIEMENS NOKIA MERGER?Nokia Corporation and Siemens AG have announced a merger of communications service provider businesses. The proposed Nokia Siemens Networks will have an expected annual revenue of $20 Billion USD. BenQ, another major cellular phone company had recently acquired Siemens' handset division. Mergers and acquisitions have become a ritual of today's global multinationals. Increasing market share, world-wide presence and economics of scale are a few of the main advantages of such mergers and acquisitions. But are people aware of the...
QUOTE OF THE DAY"In no other capital city of the world can one see such an undignified treatment of the nation's holy sites. The Statue of Liberty, the Arc de Triomphe, the National Monument in Rome wedged between an advertisement and the back of a stage?"- German Left-wing newspaper Berliner Zeitung in a commentary criticising Berlin city for allowing the Brandenburg Gate to be obscured by a giant soccer ball on one side and a public viewing screen on the other. (source: Spiegel Online)...
June 19, 2006
BANGLADESH IS A LAND OF CONFUSIONThe above is statement by a foreign investor in Bangladesh. Newsweek has recently published an article which reiterates this assumption. The article titled "Bullish on Bangladesh" is reasonably well informed than the TIME article earlier this year. It starts with: The headlines are grim. But they mask what is shaping up to be one of the world's most amazing turnarounds.It concludes: ...perhaps, Bangladesh would make headlines for something other than killer cyclones or riots in Dhaka's streets.Historically the country...
June 18, 2006
June 15, 2006
TODAY'S LINKS* Suicide in religion.* World Cup 'facts' that miss by a mile.* Oriana Fallaci on trial for connecting the dots.* Israel score 7 on World Cup eve.* After life in Bangladesh, the view is different.* Bangladesh: The next IT outsourcing destination?* BhangChoor the path for the victory to the parliame...
WHEN GERMANY WINSIf you were staying in your home in Berlin and were away from the TV, you could tell the exact moment when Germany scored a goal. That's when you had heard a lot of screams and gunshots (firecrackers?) in the neighborhood. And of course the cars would be honking when the fans would be going home after the end of the match, letting you know that Germany had won.More world cup links:* The Polish invasion was stopped today by Germany backed by their black-red-gold colored patriotism. Apparently no hooligans were harmed during the...
June 14, 2006
IN A WORLD CUP CITYYou know you are in a city hosting a world cup match in the day, when:1) You hear horns honking in many cars in the streets. The cars are carrying flags as well as the fans.2) Suddenly you see a corner of a square filled with people with Yellow jersey (Brazil) and the other corner filled with people of check jerseys (Croatia). The fans were assembling, singing, partying.3) A peaceful procession of some singing Brazilian supporters is leisurely watched by some people with Croatian jersey drinking beer in a roadside restaurant.4)...
June 13, 2006
WORLD CUP BLUESThe FIFA world cup is the single event which is powerful enough to generate a festive atmosphere across continents proving that football is the most loved sports in the world. The TV coverages of this year's World Cup are projected to reach more than a billion people in 200 countries worldwide. Some are watching the game online.Examples of the football passion: the socceroo fever has gripped Australia after their win against Japan...
June 09, 2006
TOOOOOOR! The World Cup 2006 has just been started. Philipp Lahm scored the first goal of the World Cup from an wonderful kick in the 6th minute. Germany is leading against Costarica 1:0. Wait! A dramatic comeback from Costa Rica in the 12th minute. Paolo Wanchope scored from the German defender's mistake. The score line is 1:1.Germany is ahead of Costa Rica (2:1) in the 17th minute from an wonderful finish from Miroslav Klose. The game is still...
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR IS PODCASTINGGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the nation (and the world) on the occasion of the World Cup 2006 to be held in Germany. But she did it in style, like no head of nation has done before. She addressed in a video podcast. She stressed that new technologies like podcasts are not for the young generation alone. She is very happy to address this way and hopes to continue the podcasts to let people know how the German government works. She asked for readers (listeners) feedback via emails.Just imagine, you...
LOVE GENERATIONThe French house legend Bob Sinclar was little surprised when his song "Love Generation" was chosen last year by FIFA to promote its Mascot. the Germany 2006 mascot GOLEO VI, has his own album. Before a ball has even been kicked at the tournament, GOLEO has scored a No.1 hit with his first single from the album, 'Love Generation', recorded with Bob Sinclar. You can watch it he...
June 08, 2006
WORLD CUP, THE COUNTDOWN BEGINSIts less than a day till the begin of the proceedings. But the football crazy nation just can't wait. Yesterday a local news paper had a headline in giant fonts "Did you buy chips? Have you enough beer at home? Remember, only two days left." The countdown has began long ago. Yesterday Berlin staged a big party celebrating the opening of world cup festivities at the Brandenburg Gate. Over 200,000 fans gathered to celebrate...
June 07, 2006
WORLD CUP FEVER Berlin is ready for the world cup! I am getting the heat of the football madness right at the ground zero of World Cup. Many street side decorations got the shape of a ball. Even the phone booths got one ball on the rooftop. And of course the famous TV tower (up) has been painted in the shape of a ball. Some cars are carrying flags of different world cup participant countries. The world cup supplements of many magazines and newspapers...
ASIA BLOG AWARDS 2006-2007AsiaPundit is hosting this year's Asia Blog Awards Q1. The awards are based on the Japanese financial year, which ends on March 31, and nominations are now open for the April 1-June 30 period, full-year awards are to be based on the quarterly contests. Please nominate the best Bangladeshi blog in your view here and remember the last date is the 16th of June, 2006 (Samoan time). Any blog by a Bangladeshi based on original content is eligible. You can check this list of Bangladeshi blogs for reference.Oh, and please note...
June 06, 2006
TODAY'S LINKS* The horrors really are your America, Mr Bush.* Khamanei is wrong, Iran needs nukes to protect indepenedence, no matter who runs it.* Bush on Pakistan and a Pakistan version of George Bush speechwirter.* how did islam become an ideology?* Bangladesh city introduces polygamy tax.* Islamists set sights on Bangladesh.* Why I think ClickFraud is far greater than imagin...
06.06.06Today's date is the magic date. Is this the day of the devil or will this bring one luck? Nevertheless it is a day to remember. And what did you do to keep this day in your memory? The Stuttgarter Zeitung says that many couples in Baden-Württemberg chose this date to be their wedding date. Those who missed this date can wait thirteen month for 07.07....
A STITCH IN TIMENow that Bangladesh is connected to the submarine cable (SEA-ME-WE4) link to Internet, it is facing a new logistics challenge. According to this petition:From the network risk prospective, SEA-ME-WE4 is a single-point of failure which can take the entire nation down as she becomes dependent on it’s virtues. This is why it is absolutely vital for Bangladesh government to take pre-emptive steps to get onboard with the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) consortium. The AAG consortium represents a new undersea cable infrastructure that will...
June 04, 2006
INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACYBangladesh has been flooded with conspiracy theories lately. The term conspiracy (n, a secret plan by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful) is misused by all and sundry. The textile workers are protesting, bombs went off in a cinema hall:- must be international conspiracies. It seems all that can not be explained or not to be explained logically are simply branded with the term 'international conspiracy'.The latest international conspiracy was pronounced yesterday in newspapers by the Prime Minister’s son...
THE ACCENTUATION OF BENGALIIt is good to see that traders and shopkeepers in Kolkata have been ordered to use Bengali in their signboards. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya in 2001 had changed the name of the city from Calcutta to Kolkata, the Bengali original name.Actually it looks like a fight back of the Bengalis in the West Bengal on the growing influence of Hindi & English, which are strangling the use of their mother language. But Nirmalya Nag says that the government has to do much more to put the emphasis back on Bengali:Now, when...
June 03, 2006
TODAY'S LINKS* What exactly is a Blog, anyway?* The 25 worst tech products of all time.* Download great movies for free.* The movie spoiler.* Best democratic dreamscape - The Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh. * Old aids pin-prick story comes to bangladesh.* The dirt road to the information superhighway.* Iran, you're next. Here we co...
BERLIN HAUPTBAHNHOF I missed being there, watching live the opening ceremonies of the Europe's largest train station, the Berlin Hauptbahnhof. The ceremonies included a live concert and a spectacular laser show which attracted some 500,000 people and the grand opening in the early hours of 27th of May (midnight of 26th) (video clip). But I was also lucky because on that night hell broke loose as a 16 year old drunken schoolboy went on a knife stabbing...
DONATE YOUR QUESTIONDropping Knowledge, a Berlin based NGO has launched an interesting initiative. On September 9, 2006, 112 scientists, social entrepreneurs, philosophers, writers, artists and activists from around the world will be seated around a vast round-table in the historic Bebelplatz square. These inspiring individuals, renowned for their lasting creative, social or humanistic contribution will engage with 100 questions selected from the 'donate your question campaign' open to the global public. So please donate your question and spread...
June 02, 2006
ISLAM AND DEMOCRACYIn recent times the burning question has emerged regarding the religion Islam:Is Islam compatible with democracy and human rights?There are many views like the contra view, which tries to prove e.g. women are inferior under Islamic law. These views are contradicted by the pro view, which e.g. says:The Qur'an, if approached holistically, promoted equal status for women. The verse often quoted by theologians to show inferior status of women is 4:34 and ignore verses like 2:228, 33:35 and several others or try to explain away them...
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