Archive for the 'Bangladesh' Category

Bangladesh Population Reaches 16.13 Crore (161.3 Million)

November 27, 2008

This is an email I got in bdresearchers group:
Bangladesh population reaches 16.13 crore ( 160. Million ) : UNFPA report

…population with the present growth rate will reach 25.41 crore ( 250. 4 million ) in 2050
The population of Bangladesh has reached 16.13 crore marking a 1.7 per cent growth in the last one year, according [...]

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer

June 27, 2008

Robert Roy Britt has reported in Live Science that north pole could be ice-free this summer. It seems that we are going to see changes caused by global warming much sooner than expected. Only twenty years ago people used to disbelieve the idea of global warming. But it has become a reality much quicker than [...]

NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’

June 25, 2008

A prominent NASA scientist is still hopeful about the possibility of avoiding the worst of global warming. But he calls for action immediately to which very few people are lending ears. Here is the news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_sc/sci_warming_scientist

Bangladesh: Ground Zero of Global Warming

June 23, 2008

Bangladesh is a country under severe threat from global warming. Scientists and climate experts are expressing their concerns for Bangladesh for quite a long time now. While visiting the country, the U.N.Secretary General. Kofi Annan has warned the world about it. But nobody seems to care. I think very few Bangladeshis are aware of the [...]

A just step which was long due

June 17, 2008

Government has sued Niko for Tk 746cr over Tengratilla loss. In U.S. dollars, this is $108,786,005.024 in today’s exchange rate. This was due a long time ago. But corrupt politicians did not let it happen as they had their stakes involved with Niko. Because of a conflict of their interest a minister of previous government [...]

A good article by Motiur Rahman

June 11, 2008

http://www.prothom-alo.com/index.news.details.php?nid=MTY2NTU=
It is in Bangla.

5 to 7 elections needed for change???

June 5, 2008

Khandaker Delwar Hossain said today that five to seven general elections are needed to have change in party politics in Bangladesh. In my opinion, either he is mad or he thinks the people of Bangladesh are utter fools. I don’t know which one is true but we should be aware of this kind of politicians [...]

In a democracy people get the government they deserve

June 4, 2008

Today I searched the net with this “democracy people get what they deserve”. These are some of the links I got:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080514193701AAT1Qnh
http://onyxstone.blogspot.com/2007/06/democracy-we-get-what-we-deserve.html
http://www.perspectives.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=171995&forum_id=6&page=2
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070403035533AAc38xU
Looks like not everyone agreed on the topic. However, looking at Bangladesh, I think it is true. It is us who elect the corrupt politicians, traitors and god fathers. Then it is also us who [...]

Bangladeshi Inventor Has Demonstrated Fuel Free Magnetic Power!

June 4, 2008

The story can be found here. Giasuddin Kachi invented a generator which needs external energy to start but then on produces energy indefinitely without any need of further external energy. This is too good a story to be true. Some expressed doubts that this machine violates fundamental principles of electricity and energy preservation. Nonetheless, if [...]

Bangladesh: A rush to the election, then what?

May 21, 2008

Here is a good article by GM Solaiman discussing some very important points which people of Bangladesh should mull over. Now that the election is nearing, people are forgetting some things which will return us to the old days of politics. All of the hard work since last year will go in vain if these [...]