Year 2010 –Hopes and Frustrations

December 30, 2010
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In matter of hours yet another year is set to enter into history. Crisis struck Bangladesh has spent the year amidst tensions, expectations, hopes and despairs. There were many pains and some gains. Analysts, experts will continue to make their own observations and critical analysis. What Bangladesh achieved and what could be achieved will...
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Sailing from hell to heaven: despair for an ivory tower

December 17, 2010
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Sailing from hell to heaven: despair for an ivory tower

The boat smashed into the rock, shattered into pieces, dozens of asylum seekers are dead along with bodies of children and women in the rough sea of Christmas island just two weeks before the Christmas event. Screaming of the rest, who are not dead yet, with pieces of floating debris echoing back and forth...
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Happy Victory Day Bangladesh

December 16, 2010
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Happy Victory Day Bangladesh

Happy Victory Bangladesh. One, two, three..there’ll be thirty nine candles now on the cake today, isn’t it? We all celebrate your Victory day but we lost you, it’s our fault. The Bangladesh that was born in 1971 is a distant memory today. Every year, right around victory day, we all start soul searching; what went wrong, who’s fault...
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E-Bangladesh – Superman Final

December 15, 2010
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Soft Talk with Maskwaith, Dhaka Media Boom Final Ep

December 14, 2010
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Where liberty is a statue

December 10, 2010
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Where liberty is a statue

The frisking of Indian ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, at the Mississippi Airport, is the latest American diplomatic faux pas towards civil liberty. Encircled in the revelations by Wikileaks, the US is facing a third world uprising on the World Wide Web. Operation Payback has been launched by the fans and followers of...
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The Definition of danger: WiKileaks effect

December 9, 2010
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The Definition of danger: WiKileaks effect

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the news media during the Vietnam War, recently praised heavily for the Wikileaks. He’s comments in a discussion meeting on the eve of the documentary; “The Most Dangerous Man in America” said he wished Wikileaks existed in his time. He wouldn’t have to take...
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Soft Talk with Maskwaith – Dhaka Media Boom Ep 1.

December 8, 2010
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Interview with Jamil Ahmed, Chief, JATRI
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Promoting Bangladesh: God Bless Our Mother Land Bangladesh

December 8, 2010
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It was 1555 hours in the afternoon on 8th Dec 2010. People or in other words persons who were waiting inside the transport due to red signal at Gulshan 2 were laughing with surprise. The white jeep with number plate Dhaka Metro Gh 02-2029 was carrying dry paddy straw (which is called “Kher” in...
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Soft Talk with Maskwaith – Nano Revolution Ep 5.

December 6, 2010
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Interview with Navid Saleh, Nano Expert.
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Dissecting Ourselves, Sporty Style!

December 2, 2010
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Dissecting Ourselves, Sporty Style!

I will always remember one dialog from a former cricketer, “Form is temporary, class is permanent.” My father used to tell me not to take sports too seriously. I wasn’t that good anyways, but I am a close follower of sports. I can guarantee I know more about sports history then many sports journalist! One...
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Soft Talk with Maskwaith – Nano Revolution Ep 4.

November 30, 2010
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Interview with Navid Saleh, Nano Expert
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The Emperor Strikes Back

November 29, 2010
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What is the meaning of “strike”? In a general sense, it means to hit something or someone. In the definition of an activist, it has a special meaning. The meaning is to halt activity to show non cooperation to an authority to show the activists dissatisfaction. Now the question comes, when would you stop...
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