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December 19, 2010
In this world this edifice has been made, to display thereby the creators glory.
Emperor Shahjahan's tribute to his wife Mumtaj Mahal who died in 1631 when giving birth to her 14th chi...
December 18, 2010
December 17, 2010
At The Manthan Awards
8 Countries, 120 speakers 100 exhibitions and 1000 - these numbers represent the 2010 Manthan Awards program for two days in Chattisgar, New Delhi, India. After an eventful journey via Kolkata I finally arrived in New Delhi early in the morning. After a brief rest we proceeded to the venue of the Manthan Awards. Its great to be part of a Bangladesh team that showcases the innovations using ICT in Bangladesh. I am hoping that at least one of the...
December 05, 2010
Bangladesh: Grameengate And Beyond
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Bangladeshi Nobel Laurate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Image from Flickr by World Economic Forum. CC BY-SA
The hottest topic in Bangladesh now is the allegation against Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus of diverting foreign aid from Grameen Bank to another sister company called Grameen Kalyan. The objective of Grameen Kalyan is to provide financial support in the form of loans and grants to the staff and members of Grameen Bank and their families....
November 24, 2010
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November 06, 2010
The mighty Padma (Ganges) reduced to a tributary
Was really saddened to see that the mighty Padma at Rajshahi has dried up. Huge Char has accumulated and the width of the river was been reduced to one fifth of its original si...
Mobile Service
The mobile usage cost is one of the lowest in the world. I am surprised to see that after 5 years since I left the country, the mobile companies are competing for market share with low cost packages - as low as 1 US cent per minute. One of the heavy users told that he pays one third of what he used to pay per month.In the picture a street shop in Rajshahi town offering mobile telephone service @ BDT Tk. 2 (US cent 3). I arrived here yesterd...
November 02, 2010
The overbridges are in wrong places
I am on a cng autorickshaw now stuck in the traffic. The Bangla Motor - Firmgate - Bijoy Sharani road gets clogged the whole day causing delays to thousands of passengers. Today I was hearing to a traffic policeman stressing the need for an overbridge to alleviate pain of many. He was using explicit words for the engineers who are responsible for the other overbridges in the town saying that they ignored the busy areas and opted for the site of their interest.In my opinion underpasses can also ensure smooth flow of traffic in the crossing areas.However...
October 27, 2010
CNG losing its potential as fuel alternative in Bangladesh
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Compressed natural gas (CNG)as a vehicle fuels was first introduced to Bangladesh in 1982 through a World Bank pilot project. In 1999, four private companies obtained permission to set up about 5 stations each (source).
This "greener" fuel alternative has sunken the transport cost for many vehicle owners. The high price of conversion of Engine (Tk. 56000 eq. US$800) did not deter many people from using this as fuel cost becomes 5 to 10...
October 25, 2010
Land Grab And Protests In Bangladesh
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The population of Bangladesh is increasing and there is a growing demand of land mass for housing. As it is already considered a densely populated country, finding empty lands for development of housing complexes can be a tough ask. Political and business powerhouses grab government and private lands and the security forces or the law can barely do anything to protect the rights of general people.
Shahjahan Siraj describes in a podcast report...
October 24, 2010
Walkman (1979-2010): The End Of An Era
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I remember, it was in 1985 when I first used one of these and it soon changed the way I listened to music. The mp3 players (and now my smartphone) have only emerged in the past decade. I had fun with it and interesting is that it is probably lying somewhere among the junks a boy produces to reminisce after decades.
Its sad to hear that Walkman will no longer be produced by Sony after selling 200 million of these cassette tape models. However,...
October 18, 2010
Goodbye Jakarta
At last the day came after almost 5 years when I am finally going home to Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has been an exciting period of my life, living an expqt life in Europe and Southeast Asia, travelling to many countries, and following my homeland from faraway. My life will change too, I had already applied for a new job in Dhaka and am going to join shortly.More details will follow. I am on the way to airport now. And for Jakarta,it was interesting living he...
October 10, 2010
At Duck King
Hainam Rice, Tofu Dish, BBQ Duck and Chicken Combo, Chinese Jasmine tea - a savory lunch at The Duck King Pondok Indah Mall 2, Jakarta, Indones...
October 06, 2010
Worldmap Of The Online Communities
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Worldmap Of The Online Communities by XKCD (Click here for larger version - 4.2MB) CC BY...
October 05, 2010
Shahabuddin Ahmed: Painting Bangladesh With His Heart And Mind
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One of the most renowned Bangladeshis painters in the world is Shahabuddin Ahmed. He was born in 1950 and studied at the Academy of Fine arts. In 1971 he joined the Liberation war for Bangladesh and fought for independence. Later Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman learnt about his painting skills and met him. He told him to go to Paris and learn painting like Picasso, Van Gogh et al. His life cherished desire was to become a Zainul Abedin,...
September 30, 2010
Blog Action Day 2010
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Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue that impacts us all. This year's theme is 'water'.
Please register your blog here and participate on October 15th, the blog action day.
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September 27, 2010
The Islamic Community Center In Ground Zero - An Inside Story on CBS
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See and hear for yourself the truth behind all the fuss and propagan...
September 23, 2010
September 19, 2010
An example of citizen media
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In Bangladesh citizen media is yet to flourish. Now in the age of audio and video technology in our hand (cellphone, digital camera etc) we should be seeing more instances like this video depicting the anomalies in our societies and systems:
[In this video: a student is being tortured by a teacher of Notre Dame College in a very uncivilized way.)
And the job of citizen journalists are not to create sensations or make judgment on any piece of evidence. It is the job of the media and the society to take the issues forward and resolve the...
September 18, 2010
Mixed Grill and Es Teller
@ D'nanta Bistro, Jalan Panglima Polin, Jakarta - an exclusive Indonesian restaura...
September 16, 2010
Why we need online RSS reader clients
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Ever since I started to use rss readers it changed my life. Earlier I used to read newspapers regularly by actually going to the sites. But instead I subscribe to certain newspapers and certain keywords in Google search and I can follow news or opinions targeted to a specific region or community at ease.
However, it seems rss could not appeal to many people who want more dynamic and updated information. Twitter, Facebook etc. provided them...
September 09, 2010
The Eid Exodus
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In comparison: The city crowds going back to their home towns and villages during Eid Holidays -
In Bangladesh
Courtesy Facebook user Baakbakum
In Indonesia:
Image courtesy Megatriks99
In Indonesia this tradition of going home during the Eid holidays is called Mudik.
Tomorrow is Eid-ul-Fitri in Indonesia and the exodus has started a couple of days ago. 2.2 million out of a population of 9.6 million are expected to leave Jakarta this...
September 06, 2010
September 05, 2010
September 04, 2010
Rice Terrace at Tegalalang, Bali
Its drizzling a bit so could not take a better view of the Rice Terrace at Tegalalang, BA...
Ganesha in celuk, Bali
Yes. We are in Bali now. We could not book a preferred destination (Manila) during the upcoming Eid holidays as almost every affordable flight was sold out. So we looked and found that Bali was booked during Eid holidays too but is available this long weekend. So we went for it. Today is a bit overcast but looking forward to a rainless day as we head towards Kintamani hill area. We arrived yesterday via Air Batavia, Indonesian domestic airlines....
September 02, 2010
How To Protect Bangladeshis From Cyberstalking
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Time and again we have heard stories about how women and kids and even men are being stalked online in Bangladesh. As internet is new to the Bangladeshi societies and most of the users are young and in their teens they do not take any precaution in their engagement.
Just today I was reading an article about how e-stalking is thriving in Bangladesh. Examples include:
Faking a Facebook account and posting obscene pictures
Threats on Cell phones
Cyber...
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