· September, 2010

Stories about Bangladesh from September, 2010

Should Bangladesh Send Troops To Afghanistan?

The Bangladesh Army has earned a reputation in contributing troops for different United Nation Peacekeeping Operations across the world. However, recently the country received an extra-ordinary request for troops to join NATO forces to help secure Afghanistan against Taliban advances.

30 September 2010

Bangladesh: Income Tax Fair

Bauani informs that the tax authority in Bangladesh is arranging a tax fair (26-30 September, 2010) to increase awareness about Income Tax issues among the people of Bangladesh and provide...

26 September 2010

Bangladesh: Four days without newspaper

Journalist and Blogger Mahadi Hasan Talukder reports that due to Eid holidays no newspaper has been published in Bangladesh from last Friday to Monday. This may be a good opportunity...

14 September 2010

South Asia: Bloggers on ‘Burn a Qur'an Day’

In the past week pastor Terry Jones caused much controversy in the US and across the world with his planned burn a Koran day event to mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. We will look at some reactions from the South Asian bloggers.

11 September 2010

Bangladesh: The Plight Of Migrant Workers

Rubayat Ahsan at E-Bangladesh demands that the Bangladeshi government should investigate the deaths of more than eight thousand migrant workers in last five years.

11 September 2010

Bangladesh: Koran Burning Is Unchristian

Bangladeshi blogger Jerome D'Costa opines that Pastor Terry Jones and the Florida Church's Koran burning program is unchristian and immature and this will adversely affect the Christian minorities across the...

9 September 2010

Bangladesh: Photo Essay Of Karwan Bazar

Photoblogger Anil Advani took a long time to put together a photo essay Of Karwan Bazar, a “chaotic whole-sale market for poultry, fish, meat and vegetables” in the middle of...

7 September 2010

Bangladesh: How To Mug A PC

The Fortnightly Tablet writes how several gangs use innovative ways to mug PCs from the owners in Dhaka city.

1 September 2010