· January, 2009

Stories about Bangladesh from January, 2009

Bangladesh: The Future Of Jute In Peril?

With both the demand and prices of jute falling in the International market, many of the jute mills in Bangladesh are facing closure. At Muktangan, Monjuraul wonders whether the jute industry...

30 January 2009

Rohingya Muslims facing cultural genocide

Prof. Marranci writes that Rohingya Muslims are “victims of their lack of strategic value, both for their native Southeast Asia and the wider international community.” The Rohingyas are also “facing...

30 January 2009

Bangladesh: Urban Life

Ashley Wheaton at The Dhaka Diaries portrays the urban life of Bangladesh through a series of photo essays.

29 January 2009

Bangladesh: The Trousers Island

Maverick Tanvier's Journal comments that Bangladesh is becoming a ‘Trousers Island’: “one in every seven trousers sold in the USA is made in Bangladesh”.

27 January 2009

Bangladesh: Drug Users And HIV

HIV infections are on the rise in Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Photo Journalist Monirul Alam posts a photo in his Photoblog showing street drug users injecting with used...

21 January 2009

Bangladesh: Elections Over, Now Its Time To Keep Promises

On the 29th of December, 2008, Bangladesh successfully conducted its 9th parliamentary elections. The Bloggers discussed what they want from the new government and also mentioned that they will be watching closely whether the election promises are fulfilled or not.

21 January 2009

Lessons From Gaza

A Bengali In TO summarizes some lessons from the recent Gaza conflict and says: “The Muslim world has a surplus of martyrs and a deficit of scholars.”

20 January 2009

Bangladesh: Learning English

Kotha-Chhilo (something to say) thinks the politicians and cricketers of Bangladesh should take English language courses to express themselves freely to international media.

19 January 2009

Bangladesh: Power from Human

Bhaboghure Jhor (Vagrant Storm) has a brilliant idea to solve the power problem in Bangladesh using surplus population: “We will mount thousands of cycle in a building and generators will...

14 January 2009