Sharing a poem of a fellow Bangladeshi blogger:
Translation:
Writing
- Jerome D'Costa
I want to write.
I will write.
I will definitely write.
But I can't write.
I just cannot write.
I cannot write at all.
Via: Bangladesh Canada And Bey...
March 31, 2010
March 27, 2010
Earth Hour 2010
Earth Hour in Abu Dhabi.http://www.flickr.com/photos/chu11/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Show your support for earth hour 2010.
Jakarta, Indonesia:
Indonesia has plunged into darkness for Earth Hour with the National Monument, Yogja Monument, Pemuda Statute and Arjuna Wiwaha Waterfall among the major Indonesian icons flicking the switch for climate change. Famous musicians Nugie and Katon Bagaskara, the official Earth Hour Ambassadors for Indonesia, recorded...
Machine Readable Passports: Yes Bangladeshis can travel abroad during April 2010 and beyond
There is much confusion and rumor among Bangladeshis about the delay in implementing machine readable passports by the Bangladesh government.
The rumor revolvs around a deadline - that after April 1, 2010 every Bangladeshi has to posses a machine readable passport to be able to travel to other countries. We all know that Bangladesh government has failed to meet the target of issuing the machine readable passports by April 1, 2010 due to a lot...
March 23, 2010
Is Bangladesh Becoming A Police State?
Some days ago I wrote about Drik's upcoming exhibition on cross fire or extra judicial killing by the police and RAB of Bangladesh. One could predict that the authorities might be reacting, especially when we have a precedence that the Tibet exhibition in Dhaka (also by Drik) was stopped by police.
Here are the Twitter messages by Shahidul Alam from Yesterday:
Mar 22nd 4:07 PM police at Drik. Demanding "Crossfire" show be stopped.
Mar 22nd 4:07 PMEarlier RAB media cell rang saying we needed special permission to show pictures related to RAB....
March 17, 2010
In Berlin
After 9 months I am again in Berlin to attend a conference. I have neglected the blog for long because of lack of time. I don't have roaming and the local SIM I bought do not have internet connection. So it was not possible to update via phone.
Its great to revisit all the places and to do things I have missed during my 3 years in Berlin. Will be posting pictures so...
March 16, 2010
Cross Fire
Cross Fire or encounter killing is a well known term in the Indian subcontinent. Its the killing of people under custody of police/RAB and making a story like they wanted to escape and was shot in the back while fleeing. However its ironic that no member of police/RAB was killed in the cross fire.
Sultana Razia, a researcher with Odhikar sheds a light on the history of encounter killing in Bangladesh:
In 1972, the paramilitary group Jatiya Rakkhi...
March 15, 2010
Facebook In Asia - Indonesia leads
Here is an interesting statistics of Facebook users in Asia which has the latest figures.
(Image courtesy Budiputra, COuntry director Yahoo Indonesia)
An interesting comparison:
Indonesia 19 mill (8% of population)
Phillipines 10.5 mill (11.5% of population)
India 7 mill (.6% of pop)
Bangladesh 750000 (.5% of Pop)The Bangladesh figure is surprising as the number of active internet users are about 1 million.But one has to count the millions...
Most Corrupt Country In Asia Pacific
According to Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC), Indonesia is the most corrupted country among 16 countries in the Asia Pacific. Here is the list.
If you have any doubts, I can vouch from my personal experienc...
Quote Of The Day
Hurt Locker is neither adventurous nor cutting edge, and not much better aesthetically than a TV show like CSI. Ultimately it’s a really boring movie with bad dialogue that poorly fleshes out a series of tension and release sequences that draw on music video and video game aesthetics. It is full of cliches about poor American soldiers who cannot make sense of a chaotic environment not of their choosing as they enter the labyrinth of a surreal war landscape populated by an alien Other. Framed as an “American tragedy,” once again an invaded country...
March 13, 2010
The Future Of Bangladesh Cricket
Pessimists predict that this can be the future of Bangladesh cricket - when everybody will lose interest in the game and the cricket bat, ball and stumps will be put in good use - nothing will be wasted.
However, lets hope that this never happens.
(Image received in a chain ma...
March 12, 2010
India: The IPL Extravaganza
The game of cricket is now almost a religion to the Indians. The glorious era of Indian cricket started from its 1983 world cup win. Other popular games like hockey and football lost their popularity and cricket become a widely loved and followed sport in the country. In 2007 India became the world champion of the shorter version of the game - Twenty20 cricket. The result of this victory prompted Indians to take a great interest in this format of...
March 07, 2010
The State Of The Twittersphere 2010
After the state of Blogosphere here comes the state of the Twittersphere.
HubSpot released a new report that captures the state of the Twitterverse, opening a window that instantly transforms speculation into analysis and setting the stage for informed discourse and exploration. (Via Brian Solis)
Some salient features of the report:
Twitter’s user growth peaked at 13% in March 2009 falling to just 3.5% in October 2009.
The average user is following...
March 06, 2010
Photo Of The Day
Mall Culture: Mall Of Indonesia, Jakarta
"One can say that malls have replaced churches, community centres and brothels all together." - Sunday posts...
March 05, 2010
England vs. Bangladesh 3rd ODI in Chittagong
Click here for live cricket. (Embedding disabled because of annoying popu...
March 04, 2010
Bangladesh Police Arrest Facebook stock tipster
I know many would raise their eyebrows reading this news:
A Dhaka-based Facebook stocks tipster with over 10,000 followers has been arrested on charges of illegally manipulating Bangladesh's overheated stock exchange, police said Thursday.
Mahbub Sarwar, 26, a prolific blogger who provided online stock tips through the popular social networking site, will be charged with market manipulation, Mohammad Sohel, spokesman for the Rapid Action Battalion...
March 03, 2010
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