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3 January 2012

Bangladesh: Titas is the Name of a Murdered River

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

In Bangladesh a long diversion road has been hurriedly built through the Titas river and its tributaries obstructing its flow in many parts. It was done to facilitate transit of Indian over-dimensional cargo lorries through Bangladesh. Netizens are outraged by the developments.

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15 November 2011

Bangladesh: A Bold Protest Against Dowry

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Farzana Yasmin, a young Bangladeshi bride sent ripples across the country when she divorced her husband right after the wedding, after his family, with his consent, asked for a dowry from her family.

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1 November 2011

South Asia: Celebrating the 7 Billionth Child

Written by বিজয় · Translated by Rezwan · South Asia

On the 31 October, the earth welcomed Oishi, a newborn in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka. She carried a special message - she is the 7 billionth child of the world. Also in South Asia, Muthumani from Sri Lanka and Nargis from India, both newborn girls, were celebrated as the symbolic 7 billionth human in the world.

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22 October 2011

Bangladesh: Occupy Dhaka, Joining the Movement Against the 1%

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Occupy Wall Street and We Are 99%, the peaceful protests that started last month in New York City's financial capital have already spread in many countries of the world. Hundreds of Bangladeshis have joined in protests titled "Occupy Dhaka" in solidarity with the campaigns.

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10 October 2011

Bangladesh: Beheading of 8 Bangladeshi Workers in Saudi Arabia Sparks Rage

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Eight Bangladeshi migrant workers were beheaded in public in Saudi Arabia on 7 October for being involved in the robbing a warehouse and killing of a security guard. Netizens were enraged by this horrific punishment and questioned the transparency of the trial.

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4 October 2011

Bangladesh: Bloggers Will Not Be Silenced

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Blogger Asif Mohiuddin, 28, was recently detained by police for organizing rallies through Facebook and blogs to support students protesting against the privatization of Jagannath University. Asif was later released after submitting a bond to refrain from such activities; here are reactions from netizens.

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9 September 2011

Bangladesh: The Facebook Status Controversy

Written by বিজয় · Translated by Rezwan · South Asia

Facebook is becoming a popular social media in Bangladesh like the rest of the world, but your Facebook status can sometime cause you trouble. Actions have been taken by a Bangladeshi court against a teacher living abroad, as a consequence of his Facebook status.

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30 August 2011

Bangladesh: Coming Home For Eid

Written by বিজয় · Translated by Rezwan · South Asia

Eid is the biggest religious festival in the Muslim majority country Bangladesh, and a key part of the celebration is going home to celebrate with family in distant places. Bijoy has a roundup of Bangla blog reactions on the struggle, frustration and the joy of reaching home to celebrate Eid.

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15 August 2011

Bangladesh: Tragic Deaths Puts the Spotlight on Road Safety

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

The untimely death of award-winning film director Tareque Masud and internationally renowned cameraman and TV journalist Ashfaque Munier Mishuk in a road accident has shocked Bangladeshis. Netizens are mourning their death and are asking questions about the road safety on Bangladeshi highways.

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1 August 2011

Bangladesh: 40th Anniversary of The Concert For Bangladesh

Written by Rezwan · South Asia, North America

The 'Concert For Bangladesh', a benefit concert organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar on August 1, 1971, is not widely known. Bangladeshi bloggers celebrate the 40th anniversary of the epic event and tell the world why it matters for Bangladesh.

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Updates about Bangla

18 July 2009

Bangladesh

Monjuraul at Muktangan discusses[bn] the condition of child labourers in Bangladesh.

• Aparna Ray

15 July 2009

Bangladesh

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, not only as a thing of beauty, but also as a reflection of socio-cultural imagery.

• Aparna Ray

14 April 2009

Bangladesh

ASM Rahat Khan posts pictures of the Pahela Boishakh (Bangla New Year) celebrations and comments [bn]: “after seeing all these colors who will say that Bangladesh is a land of struggles and have nots.”

• Rezwan

30 January 2009

Bangladesh

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 in Bangladesh will eventually perish.

• Aparna Ray

20 January 2009

Bangladesh

Munir Uddin Shamim takes us on a photo trip to the famous Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Known as the Kantaji temple , this is a fine specimen of terracota art from 1752 A.D.

• Aparna Ray

12 December 2008

Iran

Bangla blogger Jajabor Aronnyok writes about the detention/disappearance of well-known Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan aka Hoder. A supporter of freedom of expression, Aronnyok wants justice and freedom for Hoder.

• Aparna Ray

10 December 2008

India

On a trail less travelled shares the link of a new site (Kashphool.com) which aggregates news headlines (সংবাদ শিরোনাম) from Bangla/Bengali online newspapers published from Bangladesh and India converting them in Unicode from different dynamic-font schemes.

• Rezwan

3 November 2008

Bangladesh

In the beauty of all the Earth posts a documentary video on child birth in the rural Bangladesh. The bloggers says: “I hope you will find the time to view it and get a glimpse at what life in Bangladesh is like. I think you will also get a sense of why I so easily fell in love with the Bangladeshi people!”

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29 October 2008

Bangladesh

Arild Klokkerhaug of the largest Bangla blog community ‘Somewhere in..blog” describes the unique characteristics of the Bangladeshi blogosphere: “I guess there is no other country in the world that has a higher % of the bloggers connected through community blogs.” He calls for synchronizing unique blogger identities among the growing number of blog communities.

• Rezwan

10 October 2008

Saudi Arabia

A Bangladeshi blogger Juboraj was refused visa from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ghana and denied to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia citing the reason that only citizens of selected countries (USA, EEU, Australia, UK etc.) are allowed to receive Saudi Visa from a third country. When he asked why Bangladeshis do not get the opportunity he got this reply from the counselor: “Because you are from Bangladesh. you are Miskin (beggars).”

• Rezwan

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