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Bangladesh Blog Buzz:

Categories: South Asia, Bangladesh, Citizen Media

What the Bangladeshi blogs around the world are saying:

1) Demolition: Dipu, the “Spoony Writer” reacts [1] on the news that Modhumita Cinema Hall, one of the oldest and popular movie theatre in Dhaka will be demolished.

2) Branding: Shafiur describes [2] his recent experience that ‘curries’ and ‘celebrity sex’ are re-branding Bangladeshis in the UK.

3) Probe: Journalist Tasneem Khalil posts an investigative report [3] on Hizb_ut-Tahrir [4]— one of the most radical Islamist organizations in the world.

4) Arranged marriage: Like many desi girls in the West, Kia Abdullah is going through the nightmare of arranged marriage by parents. Read her blog ‘Young, free and desperate?’ [5] dedicated to recording the process and pitfalls of arranged marriage.

5) Drama: Mahreen shares [6] some pictures of the Rabindranath Tagore play “Tasher Desh” in which she performed recently.

6) Video: Shakia made a short documentary (2:04 minutes) titled ‘seasons beginning’ [7]which is worth watching.

7) Pain: Scribbles got her first injection and describes [8] her fears and emotions about it.

8) Law: Sadat Shahriar thinks [9] that the anti-smoking law in Bangladesh is becoming a paper tiger.

9) Ranking: Sakib finds [10] out that Bangladesh is the 31st richest country in the world considering the total GDP of the country's population.

10) Bangla blogging milestone: The bangla blogging platform ‘Bandh Bhanger Awaz [11]’ has achieved [12] 1 million page views after approx. three months of its release.