Clinical Trial Of A Cholera Vaccine In Dhaka, Bangladesh Raises Some Questions

A recent international news on Bangladesh was presented in a very positive light - the world's largest clinical trial of a cheap oral cholera vaccine will be conducted in Dhaka, which can save tens of thousands of lives every year. The reports do not contain much except that the study involves nearly 250,000 people near the capital. This will be a cheap alternative to the currently available vaccines and two-thirds of the 250,000 people involved...

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Meghdol performing live near Charukola

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Mirpur Stadium under floodlight - wonderful settings #cwc11 #cricketworldcup #cwc2011

Only if the home team could put up a better show. Popular belief is that the jinx was selecting Ashraful in the team. He scored only...

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A dismal Bangladeshi scorecard after a flying start in first 5 overs #cwc11 #cwc2011 #cricketworldcup

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BAN Vs. IRL - And the game starts #cwc11 #cwc2011 #cricketworldcup

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Bangladeshi Fans in colors at Mirpur stadium #cwc11 #cwc2011 #cricketworkdcup

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Looking forward to see Tamim Iqbal in acti...

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Bangladeshi fans waiting for the big match #cwc11 #cwc2011 #cricketworldcup

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Ireland team practicing before match #cwc2011 #cwc11 #cricketworldcup

First look from my seat at Mirpur Stadium. Wonderful atmosphere. Fans are trickling in. Looking forward to the ga...

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At the Mirpur stadium #cwc11

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BAN Vs. IRL - This is the moment I have bee waiting for

Ladies and gentlemen I am in euphorea thanks to a friend from Germany. She handed me a great gift - a ticket for a World Cup match which I could not manage in Dhaka (I haven't tried black market).See you at the stadium. Looking for some live bloggi...

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Participants of Bangladesh Conference #bd11

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Writing From The Bangladesh Conference

The Bangladesh Conference aims at helping institutes in Bangladesh and surrounding countries to develop effective research infrastructures by strengthening information skills of a target group of 60 students, researchers, policy-makers and individual practitioners in the field of global development studies and research. The Bangladesh Conference also aims at establishing a group of local experts who will continue the work of the conference: promoting the latest information sharing and collaboration tools among students, researchers, policy-makers...

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Bangladesh Cricket - Never Stop Believing

Tweet ESPNCricinfo has published some amazing pictures of Dhaka. Don't miss them. People cross the Buriganga river covered with hyacinths using a bridge made of boats Image credit ESPN Crtici...

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Global State of Social Media in 2011

Tweet Social Media Week (SMW) is a global platform that connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media. During February 7-11 the conference took place in London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, São Paolo and will also expand to Paris, Rome and Hong Kong. Here is a presentation of Tom Smith, founder and project leader of Trendstream, a consultancy dedicated to understanding trends in technology adoption, showing the Global State of Social Media in 2011: Social Media Week Global State...

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Ekushey February: Observing International Mother Language Day

Tweet Poster for International Mother Language Day 2011. Graphic Design: Stephanie Pilar and Marine Leopold. Courtesy UNESCO. Language is an important aspect of our life. We explore the world through language. The world occurs to us through language. To promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism worldwide, International Mother Language Day is held annually on 21 February. For Bangladesh, 21st February has a different...

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Beautiful Bangladesh: Welcome to the School of Life

Tweet The opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup 2011 was awesome, specially in the context of Bangladesh. Many were impressed by this promo by Bangladesh Tourism Corporation: Credits: Red Dot Productions Producer and Director - Gazi Shubhro Colorist - Ziaul Paikar Jewel DP - Khosru Production Manager - Zahed (R.I.P) GM - Rony AD - Tonu, Dip, Manna, Joyonto, Ashraf Editor - Jewel and Prodip Agency - Grey Bangladesh Client - ICC & Parjatan BD Music - Adit, Prithwi and the others I wonder what took them so long to produce such a convincing...

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Live Blogging World Cup Cricket opening ceremony in Dhaka

Tweet Via Unheard Voice: Live Blogging World Cup Cricket opening ceremony in Dhaka <p><a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=c048c04849" >ICC World Cup Opening Ceremony Live Blog</a></p> SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Live Blogging World Cup Cricket opening ceremony in Dhaka", url: "http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2011/02/17/live-blogging-world-cup-cricket-opening-ceremony-in-dhaka/" }); ...

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Bangladesh Ready For The Cricket World Cup

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is all set to inaugurate the Cricket World Cup2011. The one and half month of cricket action will be spread across 13 venues in three countries (Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka). The tournament will feature 14 teams and 49 matches out of which 29 will be in India, 12 in Sri Lanka and 8 in Bangladesh. The Thursday's ICC World Cup 2011 Opening Ceremony will contain 135-minute long extravaganza of song, dance and laser shows...

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How Social Media Helps Media

Tweet This is how Social media works. I posted a facebook status about Shakib Al Hasan's more than 100,000 fans on Monday and today I see that Arafat from Deutsche Welle (who is on my Facebook friends list) publishes a detailed report on Shakib's Facebook fans. I am assuming there is a connection between the two, if not there is no reason why it cannot happen. Long live social med...

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Chobi Mela - Challenging The Western Hegemony In Photography

Tweet Chobi Mela (Picture fair) is a biennial international festival of photography being held in Bangladesh since 2000. Organized by Drik Picture Library Ltd. and Pathshala - South Asian Institute of Photography, this festival showcases the work of Bangladeshi artistes alongside the most exciting works of photographers from the rest of the world. Sri Lankan photographer Chulie De Silva provides the history of Drik and the Chobi Mela: The Drik...

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South Asia: Impact Of The Egypt Protests

Tweet Hundreds of thousands of people flooded to Tahrir, the Liberation Square in Cairo. This is the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power, Egypt. Photo By Mohamed Elmaymony. Copyright Demotix. The news of the recent protests in Egypt is being discussed in the South Asian blogosphere in different perspectives. The bloggers are keen on the developments of the uprising....

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