SCARE Shit really happens. I was really scared when I had discovered that half of the template of my blog was deleted as I was merely updating a post. I could not see any post including the archives. It took sometime to overcome the panic and fortunately I was saved by a recent backup of the current template. Thanks god nothing happened with my posts as I reinstated everything by republishing the entire site. So if you are a new blogger user better save a copy of your template somewhere. You never know when you are going to be needing this. And...

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MORE ANARCHY AND VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH This & this are barbaric acts. What is really happening in Bangladesh? Who are behind all this? It seems the lethargy in the judicial system and political influence on trials are making the country a heaven for hooligans. You can get away with almost everything (specially when the acts are politically motivated). The fault of the slain opposition (AL) Member of Parliament was that he was an honest & very popular leader in his constituency. He achieved a landslide victory in the last election when...

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BANGA BAZAAR STRETCHES TO CALCUTTA STREETS If you are a resident of Dhaka, then you definitely know what Banga Bazaar is. It is a wallet friendly apparels market which sells the factory rejects. The fact is that Bangladesh's main export earning (almost 60%) is from readymade garments export. The buyers are renowned labels like Levis, GAP, C&A, Wall Mart etc. They have stringent quality control requirements. So it usually happens that a portion of garments with smallest of defects, which you can never discover (Like stiching wrong size label,...

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ASIA WEBLOG AWARDS 2004 Another year, another round of awards. This time it is hosted by MISOHONI Forums. The creator of Misohoni is Giles Dawe, a Web Site Design Freelancer who started Misohoni to promote his two favorite subjects - Art and Soccer. I am already nominated in the best Bangladesh weblog category. This year there are many Bangladeshi bloggers who can be in the forefront and deserve more recognition than me. So I would request the...

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QUOTES OF THE DAY * If you are pre-occupied with life and death then you aren't ready for heaven. * If you're too busy to help those around you succeed, you're too busy. - Source unknown...

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GMAIL and proliferation of blogs The word is out that the blogspot users are getting invitation for GMAIL beta version (I have got one too). Its not open for all yet. Its features include: * 1000 MB of free email space * You can use google search to search through your mail * You dont need to delete your mails, you just archieve it, and you can search for the mail you want through google search. 100MB is hell lota space. * The only web based email client with keyboard shortcuts. Now that news should induce more and more people to use blogspot...

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BANGLADESHI BLOGS Here is an updated list of Blogs maintained by persons of Bangladesh Origin: * Close your eyes & try to see- Bangladesh * I look I see -Bangladesh * Bongo Vongo -UK * Man Machine: Diary of an Android -Congo * Feerozac -My Blog -UK * Gene Expression (Group Blog including Razib) -USA * Tarfia -USA * Electric Blues -USA * The Desh in Me -USA * Glittergirl -Singapore * Blu3crash v 8.0 -USA * Ullah.net -Canada * Ish's Random Thoughts -Australia * Lungis.com - Modern Lungis for modern deshi man -USA * Kabir's Blog -USA * LiveJournal...

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