· July, 2009

Stories about Bangladesh from July, 2009

Bangladesh: A Concrete Island

When it rains it pours in Bangladesh. Sabih Uddin Omar woke up today and found himself in a concrete island: “It's water! Water everywhere! Water clogging the streets, water in...

28 July 2009

An Indian's Perspective On Tipaimukh Dam

A Minority Of One comments on the controversial Tipaimukh Dam from an Indian's perspective: “I feel that the responsible course of action is to re-consider the project, or at least...

27 July 2009

Bangladesh: Exchanging Business Cards

Shehzaad Shams at Bangladesh Corporate Blog comments that: “from my work experience I have realized that we like exchanging business cards in pretty much every business situations in Bangladesh.”

26 July 2009

Bangladesh: The Aged Student Leaders

Half of the newly appointed leaders of the student wing of the political party BNP of Bangladesh are in their mid 40s and the remaining are in their late 30s....

20 July 2009

Bangladesh: The art of the Nakshi Kantha

Sudipto Salam of Amarblog, draws our attention to the traditional Bengali art of the Nakshi Kantha (embroidered quilt). In this post [bn], he discusses the importance of the Nakshi Kantha,...

15 July 2009

Bangladesh: Replica Of Taj Mahal

Taslima Akter at Bangladesh From Our View posts some pictures of the replica of Taj Mahal located 18 miles northeast of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.

13 July 2009

Bangladesh: Through The Eyes Of Expatriates

There is a vibrant expatriate community in Bangladesh and many of them work as volunteers or are employed in numerous non-government organizations. Some of them are also blogging and are sharing their experiences and these are generally true and more authentic than what is reported by the international media about Bangladesh.

12 July 2009

Bangladesh: Who was corrupt?

Syed ABM Ashrafuzzaman notes with concern that some members of the ruling party detained on charges of corruption are getting bails. He thinks that the time will come when the...

12 July 2009

Communicating via missed calls

Uber Desi on the recent ICT research conducted by Lirneasia.net across 6 Asian countries. The findings indicate that communicating via ‘missed call’ signals is a common way for people to...

11 July 2009

Bangladesh: Climbing Mt. Annapurna IV

Mohammad Farhan Husain at Had I been in Voyager 1!!! celebrates the feat of a group of Bangladeshis who climbed Mt. Annapurna IV, the first time for any Bangladeshi.

10 July 2009