After Mumbai, now its Karachi. Newspapers report that four persons killed and 77 got injured in Karachi ethnic violence . GEO reports:The riots started in Banaras area where unknown armed-men opened fire at passing vehicles and also pelted them with stones, killing four including a woman and injuring 54 others.Unknown men also set on fire 7 vehicles in different parts of the city. The media is reportedly downplaying the incide...
November 29, 2008
November 28, 2008
Quote of the day
"My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with such serene satisfaction."- Barack Obama, US president el...
Mumbai blasts
Slideshow courtesy Vinu from Vinu's Online Cloud.Shock and dismay, loath and disgust. When will we bring back sanity in the world?Full coverage at Global Voices Online.Live updates at Twitt...
November 24, 2008
Bangladesh Election: The field gets heated up
After the deferral of polls to December 29, 2008 the Election commission of Bangladesh has met one of the demands of BNP and they are hoping that this will pave way for the all inclusive election. The BNP hailed the decision but is still hoping that their three demands including repealing the Section 91E of the Representation of the People Ordinance 2008 will be met. So there is still an element of doubt till the final submission of nomination, that is November 30, 2008. Amidst all that we have seen the usual hate politics has started. The country...
Video of the day
Stacking bricks on the head and carrying them out from a boat: Filmed in Khulna. Although the jobs people do can be mundane, human beings find art in it. Via : Things we woudn't know if we didn't blog...
November 22, 2008
Vote for Rising Voices
Rising Voices is one of the projects that I love to be associated with. I feel my adrenaline pumping every time I read about the efforts of common people across the world and how they are overcoming all the challenges to share them online. Bangladesh's Nari Jibon is just one of those examples. Rising Voices provides micro-grant funding for more than a dozen community blogging projects in some of the most under-represented parts of the world. (Read...
November 21, 2008
November 20, 2008
Election at last!
We have got some conflicting reports coming from Bangladesh. The government declared that the election will be on schedule i.e. December 18th after its frantic two-day negotiations with BNP-led 4-party alliance failed. The government proposals the BNP could not agree with:"Deferment of the parliamentary election by ten days to December 28, total lifting of the emergency at an appropriate time before the election taking into consideration the law and order situation, holding upazila elections on January 8, 2009, and implementing clause 91(e) of...
November 19, 2008
Uncertainties in Bangladesh
"Is everything OK in Bangladesh?" asks BDfact. The government was to announce around 3 PM today a new poll date instead of 18th December. BNP and its coalition is almost on the verge of boycotting the election. It was evident from their play with religious sentiments. Nazim Farhan Chowdhury bets that if BNP does not want something it does not happen. Let us see whether he is right or not.Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, ex adviser of the past caretaker government commented:"BNP will harm more to itself than to the country if it does not participate in the election"...
November 17, 2008
November 14, 2008
Barack Obama's Flickr Photostream
Image by Flickr user Barack Obama used under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA)US President elect Barack Obama anxiously waiting for the results on November 4, 2008.(Via Joi I...
Links of the day
After Defaming Islam & Terrorizing Muslims, Now a Film on Prophet Muhammad of Islam?No Connectivity, No Phone, No Electricty, No ProblemIndonesia Launches Tsunami Warning SystemSidr-hit Sundarbans grows back stronglyBangladesh govt bans ICL coverageBangladeshi population grows at 1.7pc in one yearBangladesh Society of New York puts your election obsession to shameWho will take over?Bangladesh Polls: Drama of Democracy?In Bangladesh: Hoping for Cha...
November 10, 2008
Absolute power, nothing else
The December 18 general election is crucial for Bangladesh as it will bring the country in the track of democracy after a corrupt BNP rule, years of dysfunctional parliament because of mindless boycott from Awami League and violent protests. While most of the parties are ready for election, BNP is trying to create more obstacles by asking more time for the submission of nomination papers. It wants its jailed and loan and utility defaulter old corrupt faces to run for them again. It feels that in this election their chances are slim and they could...
November 06, 2008
Picture of the Day
The Falling Leaves by Margaret Postgate ColeToday, as I rode by,I saw the brown leaves dropping from their treeIn a still afternoon,When no wind whirled them whistling to the sky,But thickly, silently,They fell, like snowflakes wiping out the noon;And wandered slowly thenceFor thinking of a gallant multitudeWhich now all withering lay,Slain by no wind of age or pestilence,But in their beauty strewedLike snowflakes falling on the Flemish cl...
Obama, hopes and reactions
US president elect Barack Obama received a clear mandate from USA and with the support of the world became the first Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since 1976. Here are some of the interesting reactions found around the web:A reader writes in Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish:Everything in my life is exactly the same as it was 30 minutes ago; and yet I feel as though everything is different.I know Obama isn't going to fix the economy overnight, I know he won't be able to provide healthcare to all Americans by February '09. I know...
The Bangladesh-Myanmar maritime boundary dispute
On the 1st of November four drilling ships from Myanmar started exploration for oil and gas reserves within 50 nautical miles south west of St. Martins Island, in Bangladesh. A South Korean company was awarded the oil and gas exploration contract in that place and two Myanmar naval ships escorted the drilling ships. Three naval ships of Bangladesh went to challenge them but the Myanmar Navy responded by alleging that the Bangladesh Navy ships are...
November 05, 2008
Obama for Bangladesh
First published in Global Voices OnlineThe US presidential election was closely watched by many nations in the world. Bangladesh was not far behind. In a recent post in Voices without Votes we see how Bangladeshi blogs engaged in cheering for Obama and McCain.What impact the victory of the US presidential elect senator Barack Obama had on Bangladesh? Back to Bangladesh is a blog of a Bangladeshi who came back to the country after living many years in USA. The blogger writes about the sentiments this great victory produced:Today was a very special...
Yes we can!
The next first family of USA.A change has come.Related links: Full text of Obama's victory speechObama's victory speech video:President-Elect Barack Obama: The blogosphere reactsWorld leaders hail Obama’s ‘brilliant’ victoryThe World's View of Obama's Win at T...
November 04, 2008
US Presidential Election 2008 resources
Live results:A list of web and mobile tools to monitor the US 2008 elections: MyFairElection - Report your polling station’scondition on Election Day. (in partnership with ABC News)TwitterVoteReport - Use twitter, SMS, audio call or an iPhone and Android applications to send in reports on Election Day. (in partnership with NPR)Video Your Vote - Encourages people to video themselves voting and to upload those to YouTube. (in partnership with PBS)VoterSuppression.net - A wiki where users can learn about and enter in reports of voter suppression.Our...
Liveblogging US presidential election
Columbia University's international affairs blog, The Morningside Post, is hosting a global liveblog of the US presidential election today.Voices without Votes liveblogs global reactions. An hour-by-hour guide to election nig...
Facebook users: 120 million strong
Allfacebook reveals that according to the site statistics Facebook has surpassed 120 million active users. If that was a population of a country then it would be the 11th most populous country in the world. In UK it is more popular than BBC. And is this a bit over ambitious?"While numbers provided by Facebook vary and are not exact, the company is on track to potentially surpass 200 million active users by the end of the year."Will wait and s...
Halloween in Germany
You might wonder what is the connection of a pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead with Germany? This Spiegel article reveals:In the mid-1990s, few in Germany had ever heard of Halloween, and even fewer celebrated it. Now, it's a €150 million a year industry. Dieter Tschorn, a German businessman started promoting the event in 1994 and it took off.In 2007, 4,600 tons of pumpkins were sold in Germany, says Tschorn. One can buy Halloween bread...
November 03, 2008
Voices Without Votes
From the Washington Post:Voices Without Votes is an aggregator of the international blogosphere. An offshoot of the nonprofit site Global Voices, which aims to summarize the goings-on in every blogging corner of the World Wide Web, the site focuses solely on the U.S. presidential race. Voices Without Votes was born in early February -- yep, in time for Super Tuesday -- and it's edited by Amira Al Hussaini, a 35-year-old journalist from Bahrain...
November 01, 2008
The real situation of the US economy
Juan Enriquez (2008) Pop!Tech Pop!Cast from PopTech on Vimeo10 commandments for the next US President Elect by noted debt crisis expert Juan Enriquez:Combining information and ideas from many sources, Juan enumerated an urgent, non-partisan10 point plan, to be implemented during the next administration’s first 60 days. Enriquez posited that failure to act – or, in his view, further misguided efforts – run the risk of triggering an irreversible economic collapse that could plague the American economy for decades. More he...
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