Courtesy: Associated Press By JULHAS ALAM – DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — It should have been like any other morning. But March 26, 1971, was the first full day of a war that would tear apart the region then called East Pakistan. When the fighting ended nine months later, as many […]
Courtesy: thetakeaway.org, mumbaimirror.org, amnistyusa.org http://www.thetakeaway.org/media/audioplayer/takeaway_player.swf// < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // On Friday, Bangladesh marks its 40th anniversary. The Takeaway spends a few minutes on one American hero tied to this anniversary, a former U.S. diplomat who served in what was then known as East […]
Courtesy: BBC, Gulfnews, The Dailystar and Time Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born JAI Bangla! Jai Bangla!” From the banks of the great Ganges and the broad Brahmaputra, from the emerald rice fields and mustard-colored hills of the countryside, from the countless squares of countless villages came the cry. “Victory […]
Courtesy: Platform Posted by: Mahin Khan December 14, 2011 This year a small delta nation, a land of fertile plains, luscious terrain and a remarkably rich history and heritage, celebrates its 40th birthday. In 1971, following an epic struggle for freedom, dignity and justice, Bangladesh was born. While the popular narrative […]
Courtesy: BBC News By Shahzeb Jillani South Asia Editor, BBC World Service Indian army soldiers attacking Naya Chor in Sindh in support of Bengali rebels of the liberation army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 I was born in the middle of a cold winter night in December […]
Source / Courtesy: NY Times SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jesse Roe, a ninth-grade math teacher at a charter school here called Summit, has a peephole into the brains of each […]
Previous Episodes Bangla Interactive Q & A Program Shotter Shondhane – i.e. In Search of Truth are available on Youtube. Visit www.youtube.com and search for Shotter Shondhane or click on Media Library below. Media Library Please watch these programs with your family members, friends and relatives and share […]
Source/Credit::Friday, November 18, 2011-world-brief-A-F-P A Bangladeshi man who held his wedding at the auspicious moment of 11.11 am on November 11 had his hopes of a long and happy life with his wife dashed when she left him minutes after the ceremony. Shawkat Khan said that he did not know […]
Source: Editorial: The New Age Dhaka, November 16, 2011 Govt need to act against Ahmadiyya tormentors MEMBERS of the Ahmadiyya community, a minority sect of Islam, are once again exposed to intimidation. This time, they have been barred from building a mosque at a village in Tangail, although, in line […]
Bangla Interactive Q & A Program Shotter Shondhane – i.e. In Search of Truth (Episode 13) from November 24-27 Detail schedule of this program is appended below : DAY & DATE GMT EST (NY) Time Duration Thursday 11/24/2011 14.30 09.30 A.M. 2 hours Friday 11/25/2011 14.30 09.30 A.M. […]
Courtesy: Baptist Press Posted on Oct 12, 2011 | by Goldie Frances EDITOR’S NOTE: To see an interactive map of World Hunger Fund projects in Asia and take an on-line quiz about world hunger, visit http://www.asiastories.com. For more information about the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund, visit http://www.worldhungerfund.com. BANGLADESH (BP) […]
courtesy: NY TIMES By RICK GLADSTONE Published: September 23, 2011 While Bangladesh’s prime minister has been attending the United Nations this week, stock market investors back home rioted over steep losses, the police arrested hundreds of Islamist protesters and the main political opposition party threatened a general strike for Saturday, […]
Courtesy: Associated Press By JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press – Oct 3, 2011 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A senior leader from Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party was charged Monday with war crimes for allegedly leading groups that took part in killing, looting, arson and rape during the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. […]
Courtesy: techcrunch.com DEVIN COLDEWEY posted on October 11th, 2011 Nationalized technology efforts are becoming more common as countries begin to question their reliance on foreign powers for the means to participate in modernity. China is starting todesign its own processors, India issubsidizing a national tablet, and now Bangladesh (working with […]
Source/Credit: US Dept. of State SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am very pleased to be welcoming the foreign minister of Bangladesh. Minister Moni has been here in Washington meeting with officials and civil society and discussing the program and agenda that Bangladesh is following. We have certainly watched with great interest […]
Source: NY Times Emily Berl for The New York Times Mohammed Rahman’s fish dishes, lentils and pakoras draw people to Neerob in Parkchester, the Bronx. Published: October 3, 2011 by DAVE COOK GOOD Bangladeshi cooking is hard to come by in New York. Though “Bangladesh” is stamped on many menus, […]
Source: National Secretary Publications (Audio-Visual) & In-Charge, Muslim Television Ahmadiyya Int’l, Bangladesh Studios. Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh (AMJB) Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh is going to celebrate the 100th year of Establishment of Jamaat in Bengal in 2013. In this connection, various programs have been planned to celebrate the centenary with […]
The next episode of interactive Bangla Live Q & A program “SHOTTER SHONDHANE” (Episode – XII) will start from 29th September, 2011 for 4 (four) days. This time Muhtaram Advocate Mujeeb ur Rehman sahib will also take part from MTA London Studio. July 10 Episode of Shotter Shondhane Please invite […]
Barack Obama and Sheikh Hasina Source: The Daily Star Thursday, September 22, 2011 UNB, New York US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his desire to visit Bangladesh during a brief conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York. Obama also praised Hasina for her government’s role in addressing […]
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