The universe is again in balance. The deep disturbance in the cosmic force we felt has diminished, and we hear the birds signing. The dark cloud of decency and lawfulness that was threatening to envelope Bangladesh has been lifted! It was causing us major consternation when the prime minister directed the deputy commissioners to...
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People seem to be happy with the assurance of the key persons of Bangladesh energy sector management to the Bangladesh media that there will be no energy crisis in the country by 2012. Natural gas production will be doubled in two years. But the reality is in November 2009 Bangladesh is suffering from the...
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Students for a Free Tibet, Bangladesh (SFTBD), the Bangladesh chapter of the Students for a Free Tibet organization, in partnership with Drik Bangladesh, has organized a photography exhibition on Tibet named “Into Exile | Tibet 1949-2009” at Drik Gallery in Dhaka which was scheduled to start today and run for a week. Drik Bangladesh...
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A funny thing happened on the way to the exhibition. On Sunday, Bangladeshi police descended upon Drik Gallery in Dhaka to prevent the launch of a photo exhibition on Tibet. BDNews24 reports: Dhaka, Nov 1 (bdnews24.com)—Police prevented Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi from launching an exhibition, titled ‘Into Exile: Tibet 1949 – 2009′, on Sunday....
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Since the independence of Bangladesh until the 1990s, Bangladeshi citizens could not travel to Taiwan. The passports clearly stated: “Valid for all countries of the world except Israel and Taiwan.” Not that is stopped people: it was easy to go to Taiwan via Hong Kong; as long as the passport did not get stamped...
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“You speak good Chinese”, said Qian Kaifu, Cultural Councellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh. A soft-spoken elderly gentleman. Standing beside him was a quiet, smartly dressed woman, Cao Yanhua the Cultural Attache, who passed him a bag. “We’ve brought some presents for you.” The 2010 calendar would be...
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