Bangladesh

Bangladeshis reject "smutty" Bengali films

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 03:53:11 +0000

* * * * * DHAKA, April 20, 2004 - The lurid, hand-painted film hoardings towering above a Bangladeshi movie hall foretell a familiar tale of sex, violence, betrayal and revenge. Popularly known as...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - the World's Longest Beach

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 01:46:17 +0000

Bangladesh's fledgling but troubled tourism industry is slowly luring foreign and domestic travellers, industry officials say. One of the most popular destinations this winter was this beach resort...

Bangladesh's Dhaka club

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 03:35:28 +0000

DHAKA, April 22, 2004 - When successful entrepreneur Geeteara Saffiya Choudhury was elected the first woman president of Bangladesh's elite male dominated Dhaka club there was apprehension among the...

Asian Libraries - Bangladesh

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:46:05 +0000

North South University Dhaka Bangladesh The holdings of the library cover scholarly and scientific disciplines, particularly business, economics, management, computer science, environmental studies,...

Film Review: Brick Lane

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:44:45 +0000

Leaving her beloved sister and widowed father behind in her hometown in Bangladesh, Nazneen came to Brick Lane at age seventeen for an arranged marriage with Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant Chanu Ahmed.

Bangladesh's polluted Buriganga river cries out for help

Anonymous — Wed, 07 May 2003 21:59:14 +0000

Dhaka, May 4, 2003 - A cruise on Bangladesh's historic Buriganga river used to be a must for visiting dignitaries but these days they are confronted with foul smells and rotting fish resulting from...

Bangladesh's "Puppet Man"

Anonymous — Tue, 27 May 2003 22:12:51 +0000

Puppet shows are part of Bangladeshi folklore, but one man is trying to use the medium to spread social messages in a country that has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. Mustafa Monwar,...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 05:33:09 +0000

A story told with photos.

Intrepid travellers find Bangladesh a bargain

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:43:50 +0000

You have to be adventurous. There is no other way to travel in Bangladesh,...

Bangladeshi Artists Try to Revive Dying Traditions

Anonymous — Thu, 22 May 2003 10:05:07 +0000

Bangladesh's only scroll artist Shambhu Acharya learnt his skills from his father in a remote village in the south of the country, but is now putting on exhibitions in the capital to revive the dying...

Recipe: Bangladeshi Seafood Dopeaja

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:12:39 +0000

This spicy seafood curry will make your taste buds sit up and take notice. The spice paste is a classic Bangladeshi blend, in a tomato-based sauce with lots of whole shrimp and chunks of fish.

Surfing Cox's Bazar

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:22:52 +0000

Trying to find waves off the beaten track? Try Cox's Bazar - Tom Bauer, founder "Surfing the Nations" likens the surfing conditions in southern Bangladesh to those at the famous Huntington Beach in California...

Would you 'Adam and Eve' it? Cockney slang turns Bangladeshi

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:53:18 +0000

LONDON, Aug 22, 2005 - Cor blimey! The traditional Cockney London English is becoming tinged with Bangladeshi twang, according to research for a BBC project. The working class accent and dialect from...

French sailor's "floating hospital" brings hope in Bangladesh

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:50:00 +0000

The "floating hospital," a former oil tanker, dispenses healthcare to thousands of Bangladesh's poorest and most deprived who live on the Jamnua river's many chars, or islands . . .

44 Countries and counting . . .

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 03:39:49 +0000

* * * * * Singapore, April 22, 2004 - For seven years Bangladeshi "professional traveller" and anti-drugs activist Mohammed Ashrafuz Zaman has cycled around the globe, and now he is tackling Southeast...