Every ball bowled in Melbourne, 8,904 kilometers away, a humming noise filled the air of Bangladesh.The humming turned into shouts and screams as the boys in Melbourne Cricket Ground took wickets. In every household, families remained glued to the TV set releasing ‘Yaas’ and ‘Noos’ as Taskin and Mashrafee threw the ball at the Indian […]
Everyone wants to eat healthy. However, this a very difficult thought in today’s Bangladesh. A majority of the foods available on the markets are tainted. From vegetables to spices. fishes to dried fishes, oranges to pineapples and from beef to chicken, all are supposed to be adulterated in one way or the other. And a […]
With the ongoing blockade called by Begum Khaleda Zia, leader of opposition party BNP, running into mid-March it seems that the country doesn’t seem to find a respite from the crippling effect of hartals and oborodhs (a convenient word meaning blockade without any specification of how, when and where). Khaleda Zia called for indefinite nationwide […]
Professional photography has taken a fantastic shape on the Kuakata beach. More than 51 local young men, who used to be fishermen,van pullers, day laborers or unemployed in the recent past have formed a society to work on the beach taking pictures of hundreds of tourists and delivering those to their hotel rooms. Not long […]
The 200-year-old wooden sail ship, salvaged from under the beach in Kuakata at a cost of over one crore taka now lies in tatters due to a lack of conservation efforts. In 2013, engineers of the Bangladesh Army salvaged the ancient ship, believed to be a schooner. They painstakingly laid railway tracks over a distance […]
With motorcycle accidents being commonplace all over Bangladesh, it seems that safety for the two-wheeler drivers have become critical to say the least. It is widely accepted that a mistake whilst riding can lead to serious injury and even mortality in many cases. Although the motorcycles are immensely popular amongst road users in the country, […]
Traveling in Bangladesh is hazardous. Every day there are reports of buses plunging into ditches, lorries ramming into crowded bazars and unruly students and transport workers creating traffic jam on the roads. As the population grows, our roads are set to get even worse. However despite all the hazards Bangladesh offers one of the most […]
The distance between the third Buriganga bridge and the small town of Kalatia, by the river Dhaleshwari in the outskirts of the capital is hardly 12 kilometers. On this short stretch, 33 speed breakers, some up to two feet high, have been built by villagers trying to tame reckless driving. To add to this, more […]
With a national debt of 316.97 billion Euros as at the end of 2014, Greece is facing the largest economic crisis in its history. After one of the largest bail-outs in global economic history in 2010, the Greek economy has been a serious cause for concern in the Euro-zone. After joining the EU in Jan, […]
In ’89, it looked as though the war had finally ended. For five decades the conflict had ground on, and both sides had grown weary of it all. There had been previous pauses in the hostilities, even a détente or two, but this truce looked permanent. Sure, there were still tensions after ’89, and a […]
