Bangladesh: Indigenous or Not Indigenous, That Is The Question

Almost 98% people of Bangladesh are Bengalis and they speak the Bangla language. The minorities include Chakmas, Khasi, Santhal and other tribes numbering more than a million (about 1.2% of total population) who mostly live in the various hilly regions. Chakmas are ethnically Tibeto-Burman, and are closely related to the Himalayan tribes. According to history, they are originally from Arakan (present Rakhine State of Burma) who hundreds of years...

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Sneak peek at Doel Basic Model

Intel ATOM Processor N455 1.66 GhzMemory 1GB10.1 inch WXGA LED BacklightGraphics Intel GMA 3150Camera 1.3 megapixelsHard Disk SATA 250 GBBangla/English keyboardEthernet/Wifi/BluetoothUSB 2/Multi card reader/ HD audio3 cell battery Warranty 1 yearManufactured by Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) BangladeshPrice BD Taka 13000 (USD 175)Primary Model BDT 10,000/Standard Model BDT 20000/Advanced Model BDT 26...

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Why Bangladesh broke free from Pakistan in 1971

I would like to translate this short story someday to English (from Bengali). The story in short: Ms. Lydia Edith, a British school teacher attended a social gathering of South Asians in London and was wondering why Bangladesh got independence from Pakistan in 1971. In that meet a Bangladeshi student sang a beautiful Ghazal in Urdu which was much appreciated by everybody including a Pakistani professor present there. Ms Edith asked the Pakistani professor to sing a Bengali song. The professor politely refused saying that he does not know any Bengali...

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Bangladesh Census 2011 and Mobile Phone Statistics

According to the fifth national census (March 2011) taken by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) the population of Bangladesh stands at 142.319 million. The ratio between males and females are almost equal comprising 71.255 million and 71.064 million males and females respectively. The population has been growing at the rate of 1.34 percent annually, 14.4 percent growth of population since last census (2001, 124.355 million. The number of households...

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Sexual Assault By A Teacher Triggers Student Uprising In Bangladesh

The recent events at the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNC), a prestigious girls educational institution in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, has stirred much buzz in the Bangladeshi blogosphere. Porimol Joydhor, a teacher of Bangla department of the school's Bashundhara campus, was accused of raping a female student of class ten at VNC while giving her private tuition in his premises.According to reports Porimol recorded...

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The Shift In Music Trends

The music industry is changing rapidly because of the advent of technological innovation and online streaming outlets. Here is an interesting graph showing the shift in music trends in the past decades: (Via Andrew Sullivan) And you know what the current fad is? R&B Club Music. "In the aughts (Authors Note: The decade from 2000 to 2009), there was still a one-in- four chance that any given week’s chart-topper came from one of four artists....

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Bloggers Arrested In Bangladesh While Protesting Against Energy Deal

Many netizens in Bangladesh are raging with anger as for the first time in the country bloggers and online activists among other protesters were arrested while striking in protest of a recent Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between the Bangladesh government and United States energy giant ConocoPhillips for deep sea gas exploration. Clashes between police and protesters erupted during the 6 hours general strike called by National Committee...

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