tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:35:11 +0000BangladeshBangladesh NewsBangladesh PoliticsBangladesh BusinessBangladesh CorruptionDeshBangladesh EconomyBangladeshiDeshiSheikh HasinaBangladesh CricketBanglaAwami LeagueBangladesh SportsKhaleda ZiaIndiaPoliticsBangladesh EnergyBangladesh PeopleSri LankaBangladesh ArmyBangladesh GovernmentChittagongLifeBangla CricketBangladesh ExportsBNPBangladesh BankingBangladesh Nationalist PartyBangladesh TerrorismBangladesh TradeBusiness IndiaDhakaIndo-BanglaMicro-CreditSylhetBangladesh Communications IndustryBangladesh CrimeBangladesh EducationBangladesh FloodsBangladesh IndependenceBangladesh MilitaryBangladesh Political ReformsBangladesh Test CricketBusinessChinaColomboCricketDemocracyHabibul BasharHuman-RightsTaslima NasrinBangla TigersBangladesh AviationBangladesh ElectionBangladesh FootballBangladesh GasBangladesh Human Rights AbuseBangladesh InfrastructureBangladesh InvestmentBangladesh JusticeBangladesh Money TransferBangladesh MonsoonBangladesh OilBangladesh Power IndustryBangladesh RailwayBangladesh SocietyBangladesh TechnologyBangladeshis in BritainChevron BangladeshCyclone SidrDr Fakhruddin AhmedDr Iftekhar Ahmed ChowdhuryHabigangMashrafe MortazaMyanmarRohitha BogollagamaShahriar NafeesSheikh Mujibur RahmanSino-BangladeshSouth AsiaSylhet EconomySylhetiTataTerrorismUKWomenADBAFPAbdul JalilAirline IndustryAl-QaedaAndhra PradeshAnwar ChoudhuryAnwar Hossain ManjuArakahAshraful IslamAsianAsian Development BankB-LeagueBBTSBadar Uddin KamranBan Ki-moonBanghladesh LiteratureBangladesh ACCBangladesh AcademiaBangladesh AgricultureBangladesh AidBangladesh AirlinesBangladesh BimanBangladesh BroadbandBangladesh BudgetBangladesh Budget 2007-2008Bangladesh Budget ReviewBangladesh Credit Rating AgencyBangladesh CultureBangladesh CycloneBangladesh DistortionBangladesh Election CommissionBangladesh EmergencyBangladesh EnvironmentBangladesh Exchange MarketBangladesh Foreign ExchangeBangladesh Foreign ReservesBangladesh GraftBangladesh HistoryBangladesh ImportsBangladesh InternetBangladesh JudiciaryBangladesh JuteBangladesh KidnappingsBangladesh MediaBangladesh MinisterBangladesh PoliceBangladesh Political SpinBangladesh PrivatizationBangladesh Publishing IndustryBangladesh ReligionBangladesh Steel IndustryBangladesh TapesBangladesh Telecom IndustryBangladesh Textile IndustryBangladesh TodayBangladesh TransportBangladesh Urban DevelopmentBangladesh Voter RightsBangladesh+GovernmentBangladesh-MobileBashundhara GroupBibiyanaBibiyana BangladeshBiman Bangladesh AirlinesBritish High CommissionerBruneiBuddhaBuddhismBuddhistCHTCRABCementChittagong Hill TractsCityCellCorruptionCricket IndiaCricket PakistanCurrent-AffairsDanidaDav WhatmoreDefenceDevelopment ExpenditureDilemmaDinesh KarthikEDAEnergy BanglaEricssonExtremismFDIFerdous Ahmed QureshiFirst Solution UKFriendsFundamentalismGasGazipurGeneral Moeen U AhmedGuardian UnlimitedHarry PotterHazrat Shah JalalHong-KongIMFIP ConnectivityIajuddinInitiativeInternational BusinessInternational TerrorismInvestmentIranIslamIspahaniIttefaqJaved OmarMainul HuseinMaldaMittal GroupMizoramMohammad AshrafulMohammad SharifMonsoonNatural-DisasterNeighboursNewsOilPBTLPacific Bangladesh Telecom LimitedPakistanPartex GroupPayam AkhavanPeacePeoplePharmaceuticalsPrivilegesRajin SalehRakhaineRangs GroupReliance CommunicationsReliance InfoCommShah JalalShahadat HossainSigma HudaSingaporeSri Lanka CricketSri Lankan CricketSylhet HeatlhcareTantia Constructions LimitedTapan ChowdhuryThe StatesmenThe WorldThomson FinancialTigersTofael AhmedTrade IndiaTrans-Asian RailwayTripuraUAEUNBUSAIDUnited NationsVOA NewsWasim JafferWorld PoliticsWorld-Bank BangladeshYahooZiaur RahmanInside Bangladesh. Articles, videos, photos and the complete view of Bangladesh, the re-emerging tiger.http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-5804037608395989122Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:57:00 +00002008-11-12T09:00:21.366-08:00BanglaBangladeshBangladesh PeopleBangladeshiDeshDeshiLifeBangladesh often appears in the western media in the context of news stories about flood-stricken people. Such stories often neglect the courage of its people against the fury of nature and the spirit of its cultural diversity.Society on Bangladesh Blogger >Bengali Language MovementBangladesh War CrimesThe Bangladeshi MafiaImage by: G.M.B. Akashhttp://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/11/brief-history-of-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-1645081557439095999Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +00002008-11-12T08:55:04.122-08:00BangladeshBangladesh PoliticsDeshDeshiDhakaPeoplePoliticsSeen on: YouTubePolitical parties in Bangladesh say they will boycott December's general elections if corruption charges against their leaders are not dropped. Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have also condemned the Electoral Commission's decision to ban religion-based parties.Related Post: When Things Fall Aparthttp://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/11/bangladesh-elections-2008-dilemma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-608599838567392097Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +00002008-11-12T08:01:52.921-08:00BanglaBangladeshBangladesh CorruptionBangladesh PoliticsDeshShubro writes: My say on an issue like this would not make much difference, however, in the collective-sense it might have some meaning in the end. Here's my opinion of Bangladesh's incumbent ruler General Moeen.I remember the morning I woke up to find a complete blackout surrounding me. I had unwillingly become the slave of the much-hyped communication media, or this is what I realized. Nobody http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-desh-general-moeen-u-ahmed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-6566127159172650015Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:49:00 +00002008-10-09T08:50:14.736-07:00BangladeshBangladesh PeopleDeshDeshiLifeMicro-CreditIf Wall Street's investment banks need help easing their financial woes, they would do well to look to the world's humblest lenders, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said.Nicknamed "banker to the poor," won the Nobel in 2006 for inspiring a global microfinance movement that has lifted millions out of poverty by granting tiny loans. Started 30 years ago with a $27 loan to women in http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/10/banker-to-poor-on-wall-st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-562476350593073059Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:23:00 +00002008-09-01T19:24:31.454-07:00BangladeshBangladesh PeopleDeshDeshiLifeMicro-CreditBangladesh's BRAC, the largest aid and development organisation in the developing world, has won the 2008 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize."BRAC's approach to creating sustainable programmes on a massive scale has blazed a trail for development organisations," Steven M. Hilton, president and chief executive officer of the Hilton Foundation, said in a statement.Launched in Bangladesh in 1972, http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/09/hilton-prize-of-15-million-goes-to-brac.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-1999212813388581744Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:21:00 +00002008-09-01T19:22:32.059-07:00BangladeshBangladesh GovernmentBangladesh PoliticsDeshUnder the ongoing state of emergency instituted by the military, people in Bangladesh have endured widespread arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses, says Asian Human Rights Commission. Furthermore, the military-controlled government has been promulgating arbitrary laws that have lead directly to further abuses of human rights and further obstruction of all http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/09/abusing-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-6069240793446311991Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:01:00 +00002008-07-24T19:03:29.136-07:00BangladeshBangladeshis in BritainDeshiSylhetSylhetiUKThe story of Monuhor Ali who escaped unrest to open an Indian restaurant. http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-bangladesh-to-spalding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-3172914143106187754Sat, 17 May 2008 00:41:00 +00002008-05-16T17:43:16.004-07:00BangladeshBangladesh PeopleDeshDeshiLifeMicro-CreditSeen on: YouTubeDr. Yunus, awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, offers his insights into what is required to eradicate global poverty. Yunus envisions a new kind of capitalism, and demonstrates how his organizations, the Grameen-Bank and the Grameen Family of Companies, offer viable solutions to the challenge of pervasive poverty.http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/05/creating-poverty-free-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-23860488018324615Fri, 09 May 2008 00:47:00 +00002008-11-11T14:54:26.960-08:00BangladeshBangladesh PeopleDeshDeshiLifeMicro-CreditMicro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty“I don’t know … there must be a simple way. The borrower comes back with his or her deposit receipt, presents it to the cashier, and the cashier gives back the money. Whatever accounting the bank does is the bank’s business.”The manager shook his head but did not answer. “It seems to me your banking system is designed to be anti-illiterate,” I http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/05/read-chapter-and-pass-it-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-4659811626179381023Wed, 07 May 2008 05:56:00 +00002008-05-06T23:08:18.915-07:00Bangladesh BusinessBangladesh Communications IndustryDemand for mobile accessories in Bangladesh's booming mobile communications-market is increasing, according industry insiders."We've been importing Chinese mobile accessories since 1996. Our yearly-turnover has doubled since 2006,": a senior official of Anik-Telecom said, one of the leading mobile accessories importers in Bangladesh.Demand for accessories have also doubled countrywide, due to thehttp://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/05/china-connects-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-5126445786972094549Sat, 03 May 2008 23:13:00 +00002008-05-03T16:19:38.263-07:00Bangladesh IndependenceIndo-BanglaSheikh Mujibur RahmanBollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to take part in a film based on the life of Bangladesh's founding leader.Amitabh will play the role of Bongobondhu in the film, named The Poet of Politics, while his son Abhishek Bachchan will act as the young Sheikh-Mujib, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, the producer, told ANA.Shyam Benegal, the only director to won India's National Film Award for Best Feature http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/05/big-b-for-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-7170694706212520499Thu, 01 May 2008 22:27:00 +00002008-05-01T15:32:09.571-07:00BangladeshBangladesh GovernmentBangladesh PoliticsDeshSeen on: YouTubeDr Fakhruddin Ahmed talks candidly about the political reforms in Bangladesh.http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/05/view-from-top.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-1805557512476200987Thu, 01 May 2008 17:58:00 +00002008-05-01T11:00:06.034-07:00BangladeshBangladesh PoliticsBangladesh TerrorismDeshAt a press conference inaugurating his tenure as the thirteenth U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh, Mr. James Moriarty noted that "promoting democracy, ensuring development, and denying space to terrorism are the key challenges.The United States, he said, "will remain a close partner to the people of Bangladesh in each of these areas." Mr. Moriarty expressed admiration for "the achievements of the http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/05/us-bangladesh-relations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-6918437481842721542Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:44:00 +00002008-04-30T15:45:55.554-07:00BangladeshBangladesh GovernmentChinaSino-BangladeshBangladesh is heading towards the path of becoming the third nuclear nation in South Asia. The topic came in discussion during meetings between the Chinese minister Yang Jiechi and Bangladesh's foreign advisor Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. The Chinese minister was on a two-day tour to Bangladesh recently.The foreign advisor of Bangladesh said, China is a partner and the visit of Chinese minister http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/04/bangladesh-nuclear-dream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-7283966266221613520Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:23:00 +00002008-04-29T16:25:49.820-07:00BangladeshBangladesh GovernmentChinaSino-BangladeshBangladeshi Foreign Affairs Adviser, Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said, the country needs to re-adjust its foreign-policy as a new era begins in Asia.He said Asia is progressing fast in an unprecedented speed. So, the policies of Bangladesh need to be realigned with the global changes. Otherwise, the country would lag behind, a foreign office press release quoted him as saying.Iftekhar said: "http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/04/bangladesh-change-of-policy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-4606206445113689716Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:33:00 +00002008-04-23T12:35:23.727-07:00BangladeshBangladesh PoliticsBangladesh TerrorismDeshBangladesh has a number of organized & lavishly funded fundamentalist militias and a government that yields to their pressure on all matters.Understandably, there has been growing concern over the possibility of Bangladesh becoming a country like Afghanistan under Taleban rule.Addressing a press-conference in Dhaka on 5th September 2004, Joseph Cofer Black, the US State Department's http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/04/bangladesh-next-afghanistan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-7488021694318858668Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:45:00 +00002008-03-07T12:46:48.689-08:00BangladeshBangladesh FootballBangladesh SportsDeshNokia, a major mobile phone giant, has apparently signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), to promote the game in the country."We are happy to have Nokia with us. But we won't give you the financial details," said BFF president SA Sultan at a press conference."The world loves football and the Bangladeshis are no exception. And we at Nokia take pride in having our logo http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/03/nokia-subscribes-to-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-6691252177880871837Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:27:00 +00002008-02-14T20:29:08.512-08:00BangladeshBangladesh CrimeBangladeshiHuman-RightsThe torture of journalist Tasneem Khalil by Bangladesh's notorious military intelligence agency highlights abuses under the country's state of emergency and the government's failure, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report.The 39-page report, "The Torture of Tasneem Khalil", graphically details Khalil's 22-hour ordeal in May 2007 in Bangladesh's clandestine detention and torture system -- a http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/02/torture-of-tasneem-khalil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-4209519864802204613Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:06:00 +00002008-02-10T12:08:24.272-08:00BangladeshBangladesh PoliticsDemocracyDeshPoliticsDavid Miliband urged Bangladesh on Saturday to return to the democratic process "as soon as feasible"."We hope the state of emergency will be lifted in due course and parliamentary elections will be held by the end of the current year as pledged by the caretaker government," Miliband told a news conference at the end of his two-day visit.Miliband voiced Britain's support for ongoing reforms in http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/02/milibands-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-8661940870796140961Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:05:00 +00002008-02-02T12:07:23.263-08:00BangladeshBangladesh CorruptionBangladesh PoliticsPoliticsThe extortion-trial of the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has formally begun. But the businessman who filed the case told the court that it was not Sheikh Hasina who had demanded the payment, but one of her cousins.Sheikh Hasina and family-members deny receiving payments of about $435,000 from the businessman from 1996 to 2001.'Politically motivated'The special court set up on http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/01/trial-of-sheikh-hasina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-6739187412157195850Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:24:00 +00002008-05-06T23:08:04.426-07:00BangladeshBangladesh Communications IndustryDeshDeshiBangladesh has ended 2007 with 34.37 million mobile phone subscribers, up from 33.10 million in November last year, according to the latest update BTRC.Grameenphone had 16.48 million customers, up from 16.01, while bangalink ended the year with 7.08 million customers, up from 6.51 million in Dec-2007.Aktel has been losing customers during the year and ended December with 6.40 million subscribers http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/01/mobile-communication-boosts-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-8877829506169113201Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:14:00 +00002008-01-19T17:15:45.983-08:00Bangladesh NewsBangladesh PoliticsDeshDeshiKhaleda ZiaFormer Bangladesh prime-minister Khaleda Zia and her two sons were temporarily released from jail to attend the funeral service of her-mother, an official said."The authorities have released Khaleda-Zia and her two sons on parole for several hours to attend the funeral service of her mother," home ministry spokesman Shahnur Mia said.Zia, the country's last elected prime minister and the leader ofhttp://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/01/khaleda-zia-out-on-parole.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-6672499127416141732Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:56:00 +00002008-01-16T17:58:12.995-08:00BangladeshBangladesh CorruptionBangladesh EducationDeshStudents have continued their protests in Dhaka against the leakage of question-papers for exams under the National-University.Students of Dhaka-College on Tuesday took to the streets and blocked traffic on Mirpur-Road. "The students should not pay for this kind of errors, which is a fault of the authorities." they demanded.Via Bangladesh-Bloggerhttp://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/01/student-protest-continues-in-bangladesh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-3258286036425207323Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:33:00 +00002008-01-15T15:35:20.895-08:00BangladeshBangladesh CrimeBangladeshiHuman-RightsA nine-year-old rape victim who has spent six-months in a Bangladeshi jail, has been released following a national-outcry over her-plight."She was kept in jail for the convenience of the investigation, because if she was given to her mother; she might not have been found for the court hearing," said Jesmin Ara Rosy, of the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association."Whenever I went to the http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/01/bangladeshi-child-rape-victim-released.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475421431009003199.post-2484217174941232861Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:34:00 +00002008-01-10T14:37:20.559-08:00BangladeshBangladesh Human Rights AbuseBangladeshiDeshThe detained son of Bangladesh's most recent elected prime-minister has said he was tortured during questioning-on-corruption allegations, reports have suggested.Rahman was arrested last March as part of the military-backed emergency government's graft crackdown.Tareque Rahman, the son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda-Zia, told a court bail hearing that he was blindfolded and http://newsfrombangladesh.blogspot.com/2008/01/former-pms-son-tortured.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0