To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;” What can I say more than that? Far from my mother...
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Once again, Internet and Telecom connectivity from Bangladesh to the outside world is severely disrupted, and it may not return to normal levels until the end of the year. Bangladesh connects to the global Internet through one fiber-optic undersea cable: SEA-ME-WE-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe cable 4). Until November 22 of this year,...
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In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, earlier this week, the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari wrote an op-ed in The New York Times urging India and Pakistan to work together to battle terrorism. He argued that terrorists are out to destroy Pakistan and that India and Pakistan have a shared...
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On December 16, 1971 the Pakistan army in Bangladesh unconditionally surrendered to the joint Indian and Bangladeshi forces. With the signing of the Instrument of Surrender, Bangladesh came into being and united Pakistan was at an end. However, in Pakistan the state-controlled and censored media was in denial. The day after General Niazi of...
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If you cannot visit the Taj Mahal at Agra (India) then the Taj Mahal will have to visit you in your home town. Since the last few days, we have been reading a curious and interesting piece of news from Bangladesh. Apparently it was first reported by AFP and then quickly picked up by...
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December 12 2008 Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Photo: by: Iqbal Ahmed, DRIK News Transparent ballot boxes are being sent to different polling centers since yesterday by The Election Commission (EC). The much awaited Parliamentary Election will be held on December 29 of this year. An official at the law department of Election Commission (EC) was alleged...
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The development in politics might not be “proactive”, out right contradicted by a media practitioner friend who conducted a political assessment of Bangladesh in November and returned to Ottawa, Canada. He does not hesitate to predict that politicking could be “provocative”. A spontaneous reaction came from my long-term outspoken friend while in transit at...
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Members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces prepare to return to the barracks as the Caretaker Government decides to withdraw the army from across the country. Dhaka, November 05 2008. Photo:Munir uz Zaman, DrikNEWS. The festive mood has returned to the country. The two battling begums have exchanged pleasantries breaking all the ice. Finally the...
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Part -I: Aresenic mitigation or commercial ventures Photo: Arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh. Latifa Begum of Alipur, Faridpur is counting her final days lying on the floor of Faridpur Sadar Hospital. She comes from a very poor family. Her husband died years ago, and her eldest son sells newspapers to barely survive in these difficult...
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"Its not only for Lalon but a cursed event for the whole nation. The nation is being completely harassed by some people in religious cloths. Our government is silent. The people with conscience are dead."
Journalist Jahangir Alam Akash reminds that the country is under state of of emergency. However these (fundamentalists) are given...
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