After the successful completion of the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, we now head towards the 2007-2008 cricket season. Just as I write the tours of the England in Sri Lanka, South Africa in Pakistan, and Australia in India is in progress. We will see some exciting cricket in the coming month.Too bad will have to wait for Bangladesh's game till December when they tour New Zealand. But nonetheless we will have plenty of cricket to be occupied with.I will have to again settle for the free online streaming video and audio link sources to watch...
September 29, 2007
Myanmar (Burma) - Pictures tell a thousand words
Watch video of the reported sniper murder of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai (via Hot Air)Burma is boiling with the saffron revolution lead by the Monks. The Military Junta is resorting to Genocide to cull the protests. Many unconfirmed deaths reported. These pictures will tell you what is happening there.(Photo courtesy Burma-Myanmar Genocide 2007)The difference between the 1988 pro-democracy protests and the recent protests are that the Myanmar...
September 27, 2007
Techguide
* Smart Gmail trick to keep spammer/scams at bay.* Why Gmail is still better than Yahoo Mail.* World’s oldest website!* Digital Cameras vs. Film Cameras* Make Google search in English (or any other language you like)* Google PageRank: What do we know about it?* Google AdSense: Facts, FAQs and Tools.* “Clean up” your identity with a blog!* How blogging can help your business.* How to make money from your bl...
September 26, 2007
Free Cartoonist Arifur Rahman
Calling for an international campaign to free the Bangladeshi cartoonist Arifur Rahman who was detained for his harmless statirical cartoon published in Alpin, the satirical supplement of the Bangla Daily Prothom Alo. He is only twenty years old.Backgrounds on this:- Bangladesh: yet another Muhammad cartoon controversy- Attack against freedom of speech: Bangladesh cartoon controversy updateThe Bangladeshi Bloggers have pressed for Arifur Rahman's...
September 25, 2007
Today's Links
* Believe it or not: The strange power of reality TV.* South Asia slow to hop on broadband bandwagon.* U.S. Tells Bangladesh to restore democracy at the earliest.* Bangladesh to militarize education* Bangladesh govt may outstay welcome - Commonwealth* Khilafatists march against press freedom in Dha...
September 24, 2007
Twenty20 World Cricket Championship: India vs Pakistan dream final
Today India and Pakistan will engage in a dream final contest at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. This is the script every cricket tournament organizers want to write, but never happened before. The neighbors feel about the game, the supremacy over one-another with a sense of rivalry zealot and of course with great enthusiasm. The 30,000 tickets of the ground has already been sold out and no wonder millions of fans in India, Pakistan and across...
Quote of the day
"Bangladesh has regularly paid its debts, expanded exports and are now being punished for its success"- Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the recently appointed permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN offices in Geneva, via Jubilee Debt Campa...
September 21, 2007
Minus three formula?
Ex-president (dictator) Ershad has been tipped for an ambassador post in China. But he has to retire from politics beforehand. Time limit for his decision has been set up to October. If he decides against it more dismissed trials against him will be invoked again.- This rumor is brought to you by the official propaganda machine.Related:Minus two formula in eff...
September 20, 2007
Attack against freedom of speech: Bangladesh cartoon controversy update
(Cross posted in E-Bangladesh)The issue gets complicated as:* The Government asks Prothom Alo publishers to suspend the publication of the newspaper’s weekly satire supplement Alpin.* The Dhaka district magistrate asked the publishers to explain within two weeks why the publication of Alpin would not be banned and legal action would not be taken against the publisher.* Three cases were filed Thursday with different courts against the editor, publisher...
Twenty20 World Cricket Championship: way to the semi-finals
We saw some extraordinary games and performances in this tournament. Some snippets of todays (September 20, 2007) games:India vs. South Africa: Would you believe it, they are into the semis with a big bang by beating England yesterday and South Africa today. As Patrick Kid in Times Online Cricket Blog puts it "Six reasons why India are back in business".See Yuvraj Singh's Twenty20 record of 6 sixes and over in the previous match against England.Today they not only brilliantly outplayed strong contender South Africa but they have eliminated them...
September 19, 2007
Bangladesh declares open sky at the expense of the local aviation industry
The news was on last week that Bangladesh Government was considering to declare Bangladesh an open sky for two months. That means foreign airlines will operate as many flights as they want as current restrictions on numbers of their flights to protect the local industry is lifted. The reason: to clear a backlog of 150,000 Bangladeshis who have jobs waiting in Malaysia and Middle East but no flights to get them there. And still Biman Bangladesh is a losing concern running operations in unprofitable locations with insufficient old carriers and over...
September 18, 2007
Is Bangladesh blocking access to Google?
In the wake of recent ban of Google and Gmail by Iran authorities concerns mounted in Bangladesh this month as people had difficulties to access Google properties. The problem is still persisting. Here is my analysis published in E-Banglade...
Bangladesh: yet another Muhammad cartoon controversy
Alpin is one satirical cartoon supplement of the Daily Prothom Alo, which claims to be the most popular Bangla Newspaper in Bangladesh. In the 6th page of its 431st issue a cartoon titled 'name' was published (on Monday, September 17, 2007) which created much controversy in Bangladesh.So what was in that cartoon? The controversy is not in the picture, rather in the text. The Bangla blogosphere took on this issue right from the beginning.The text...
September 17, 2007
Today's Links
* Five facts about Google Phone.* Help! Someone's stealing my Blog posts!* Bangladesh seeks Nuclear power technology from Russia.* Eyewitnesses: Nawaz Sharif's short return.* German Tor administrator arrest...
September 15, 2007
Blogger Play is fun!
"Blogger Play will show you a never-ending stream of images (in slide show) that were just uploaded to public Blogger blogs. You can click the image to be taken directly to the blog post it was uploaded to, or click “show info” to see an overlay with the post title, a snippet of the body, and some profile information about the blogger who uploaded it."- Via Blogger B...
Twenty20 World Cricket Championship: Bangladesh vs. South Africa
Looking forward to watching this match. BBC says that South Africa weeks revenge for their last World Cup 2007 defeat by Bangladesh. But Bangladesh only have victory in mind as it asserts that its Win over the West Indies was no surprise but continuation of development. Cricinfo predicts chances of rain so pace bowlers will find the conditions suitable for them. Today's (Sep 15, 2007) South Africa v Bangladesh match at Cape Town is scheduled to begin at 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT).I watched the India Pakistan match in Sky Sports 1 via sopcast...
September 14, 2007
Twenty20 World Cricket Championship: India vs Pakistan match
Watching the game live via sopcast and stats via cricinfo. India was put to bat by Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and they lost Gambhir in the first over and Sehwag in the 3rd over. India is 9/2 in 2.1 overs. The game promises some scintillating cricket. Those who want to know how to download sopcast please check this post.Well well what a match this has been. Those who did not watch it missed all the excitements. After being down to 36/4 India posted a respectable total opf 141/9 in 20 overs. Pakistan started well in reply but India came back with...
September 13, 2007
Hurray! Bangladesh won
What a game it was! Bangladesh hinted an upset against West Indies during the first over when Syed Rasel got the danger man Chris Gayle out. The bowling performance was brilliant and dull on some occasions. But most importantly they kept the West Indies batsmen within 164. I thought they could have restricted them within 140 if Samuels and Smith did not hit those hattrick sixes from Ahsraful's bowling. Aftab also dropped Chandrapaul and did some...
Abolish road signs to improve traffic?
The title may sound absurd, but the scientists have put their trust on controlled chaos theory. According to Der Spiegel:European traffic planners are dreaming of streets free of rules and directives. They want drivers and pedestrians to interact in a free and humane way, as brethren -- by means of friendly gestures, nods of the head and eye contact, without the harassment of prohibitions, restrictions and warning signs.(Image courtesy Wikipedia)They...
September 12, 2007
Bangladesh on Tsunami alert
According to weather office in Dhaka a tsunami may hit Bangladesh coastal lines after Wednesday midnight following an earthquake measuring 8.2 in Richter scale near southern Sumatra of Indonesia. The earthquake was also felt in Comilla, Noakhali, Chittagong and neighboring districts in Bangladesh.BDNews24 informs that the Malaysian authorities reported a tsunami measuring 1-3 meters in height and heading away from the epicenter of the quake. The region had been put on Tsunami alert.The Bangladesh government issued a tsunami warning for all of it's...
Cricket:- Twenty20 World Cup - South Africa vs West Indies match highlights
Yesterday was the curtain raiser of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. And what a exciting match was the South Africa vs West Indies one. I watched the match live via sopcast ( espn live stream at channel no. 10912) without trouble till about the last phase of the South African Innings. Then I had to switch to the BBC live audio broadcast. It was a feast of runs and butchery of bowlers by the batsmen.Scott Wickstein aptly puts it:I remember back in the day when going at 5 runs an over was a fair rate of knots. In this brave new world of Twenty-20, even...
September 10, 2007
Propaganda: threat to rebuke dissent in a foreign land
This news was overlooked by many Bangladeshis. A news article have been published in one popular Bangladeshi newspaper the Daily Ittefaq, owned by one of the advisers of the Caretaker Government which warns against the dissents against the Governments actions among Bangladeshi diaspora communities in USA. Some excerpts (translated by Rumi Ahmed):It has been learned that a list is being prepared of those who are protesting the arrest and demanding...
Picture of the day: shelter
This is a typical cellar door found in all private apartment blocks and large private houses in Switzerland. After the Second World War and especially during the cold wars it was mandatory to build blast shelters inside cellars. In Switzerland the lightest shelters are constructed of stainless ste...
Twenty20 World Cricket Championship watch and listen online: free live streaming audio & video links & ball-by-ball commentary
The ICC Twenty20 World Championship will be starting from tomorrow. But I will not be able to watch it on TV as I don't get the channels here through local cable feeds and I am not ready to spend a lot of money installing required subscription enabled sat receiver scrapping the old one. So again I am resorting to the net for the video. And of course I will be hearing BBC commentaries while I am working.I have a high quality internet connection but sometimes I do not get quality feeds, and frequent stuck ups of the stream can annoy but nevertheless...
Indoor politics is back in Bangladesh: what next?
At last the stranglehold on Bangladesh politics has been relaxed for the better. Today the chief of Caretaker (interim) Government has declared in a televised speech to the nation that:* announced an end to a long-running ban on indoor politics from Monday.* no more cases would be filed and nobody would be harassed in connection with the incidents at Dhaka University and other public universities across the country late August. * the national taskforce on corruption would not publish any new list of corruption suspects after the current month....
Glimpse of poverty
This news just broke my heart. But I salute the fighting spirit of the people of Bangladesh who just don't break down and life goes on. Sadly you don't find these people in the current politics of Bangladesh. They are just vote banks to be exploit...
September 08, 2007
Bangladesh's garments sector growth is decreasing
The Daily Star has a rather worrying report. It informs that:The RMG sector, which accounts for more than 75 percent of Bangladesh's export earnings, fell behind the export target of the EPB (Export Promotion Bureau) for the first time in history, notching a negative growth of 6.03 percent in knitwear products and barely edging past with 0.16 percent rise in woven items during the last fiscal year. (Stat: The Daily Star) The reason behind is that...
Bangladesh cellphone network - a strength of the country
Last year I reported that:India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil was shocked when he found mobile phones in the country's eastern frontiers functioning, courtesy of the sophisticated rural telephone network of Bangladesh instead of the Indian communications network coverage.This year Bangladesh is moving ahead with GPRS/EDGE enabled mobile phone network making access to internet possible in rural areas with or without Pcs.The Uncultured Project (by a Canadian expat) thinks that Bangladesh cellphone service is better than Canada:I’m writing now from...
September 07, 2007
Government shuts down Bangladesh's first 24 hour news channel CSB
The Bangladesh government temporarily shut down its first 24 hour private satellite news channel on charges of forgery. If the TV authority can not answer satisfactorily the charges of forgery within 7 days, the station will be shut down permanently. News reports in BBC, The Daily Star and BDNews24.Tiktiki has the background and time line of events concerning CSB news in Dristipat blog. Shada Kalo sheds a light into the forgery charges.Drishtipat...
September 06, 2007
Cricket: Twenty20 World Championship and the Bangladesh cricket team
Twenty20 is the shortest form of cricket consisting of twenty overs of play for each team which takes three hours to complete. It was introduced in UK in 2003 and gained popularity in recent years.The ICC Twenty20 World Championship is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket and the inaugural tournament will be held in South Africa starting on September 11, 2007. It will feature 12 teams, including all 10 Test-playing countries, in a Thirteen-day event. The future tournaments will be hosted by England in 2009, Sri Lanka in 2012 and Bangladesh...
Today's Links
* Vacuum spreads in Dhaka.* Political purging in Bangladesh* Bangladesh's military-backed government moves against the country's political elite.* The mandate that Khaleda Zia wasted.* Why Khaleda was arrested.* Koko & commission* Why shouldn't they be punished?* Was the August 20 instigated or instantaneous?* Bangladesh president to stay in job.* Has ban on politics lifted?* Who wins in Banglade...
Remarks from an expat on Bangladesh's political situation
Gregor writes a touching piece from Bangladesh in a forum. Some excerpts:The political situation in Bangladesh has an impact not only on the business community but also on the people. Unfortunately the responsibility is not with the caretaker government but with the previous governments, lead by said ladies. It was them who ran the country into turmoil and, to a large extent, destruction. They are responsible for the deteriorating relationship with our neighbors, the energy crisis which leaves millions of people without electricity for the better...
September 05, 2007
State of IT Education in Bangladesh
Believe it or not the above are from text books for higher secondary level (HSC) and these are authorized by the education board of Bangladesh. (Via Sakib)I am stunned reading all these. They could not think beyond the old style of memorizing tables of differences between computer and Internet. And how could they do this to the students making them learn these craps like:"Computer cannot understand people's command: Internet can understand people's...
Five-nation naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal
Warships from five nations, India, USA, Australia, Japan and Singapore have started a joint navy exercise in the Bay of Bengal. Earthtimes.org reports:Malabar-2007, as the Sep 4-9 exercise is named, features 25 vessels participating in a variety of manoeuvres. Given the vast scope of the war games, the operational area of Malabar-2007 stretches from Visakhapatnam on the eastern seaboard to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that guard the approaches to the Strait of Malacca, considered the world's busiest waterway.Indian left wing communist parties...
September 04, 2007
UNICEF helps
I came across this information that UNICEF constructed wells for clean drinking water for Bangladeshis under one of its hygiene projects. But one article of Fred Pearce published by UNESCO states:Tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands will die.Why? Because nobody tested for the natural poison, arsenic, widely found in underground water. And when a doctor did find traces of the metal, and when Bangladeshi villagers did start turning up at doctors' surgeries with the tumours and telltale signs of arsenic poisoning, the results were swiftly buried so...
September 03, 2007
Khaleda Zia behind bars
People say that there is never a dull day in Bangladesh politics. Today early in the morning the military-backed (care-taker) interim government in Bangladesh had arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on corruption charges. His son was also arrested on the same charge. Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying has detailed timeline of the events leading to her arrest. It was surprisingly a televised even as the news of the arrest was leaked and the media was trailing the security forces convoy rolling to her house.Earlier in midnight a case was filed...
Today's Links
* Study: US preparing 'massive' military attack against Iran* How much paper would it take to print out Wikipedia?* Boom Boom Afridi.* Nobel Peace Prize-winner Prof. Yunus featured on BENCHMARK* The Thai doctrine* Bangladesh detains suspected Islamist milit...
September 02, 2007
Bangladesh through lense
I am highlighting a brilliant photographer Bir Azam's works in Flickr. He is an undergrad MIS undergrad student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and is involved with business and social work. In his own words:My (second) aim is to bring up the beautiful places and views of my homeland Bangladesh to the eyes of the other people of the world so they can picture that Bangladesh is just not a country with poverty and flood but a beautiful place where the beautiful people live.Via Limelight on Banglad...
Unnayan TV
Unnayan TV (development TV) claims to be the first online video channel of Bangladesh which publishes regularly video contents on development, human rights and educational issues of Bangladesh.Explore it. (Via Global Experienc...
Saying no to military dictatorship is not the same as opposing the military
Sohail Motahir Chowdhury wrote a brilliant article (in Bangla) titled above. I am translating the same for you:"In today's world a military ruled country means a country remaining in the dark ages. I think even the chief of the army will agree to this. When the adviser of the care-taker government Barrister Mainul Hossain declared that this is a military backed government, then the army chief was the first one to explain that the army has no relation to this government. It proves that even the chief of army knows that a military backed government...
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