Dhaka

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Biswa Ijtema festival

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:34:26 +0000

Bangladesh's Biswa Ijtema festival is the second largest annual Islamic event after the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The faithful gather by the river to discover the roots of their faith...

Bangladesh on the Web

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 03:39:15 +0000

CIA World Fact Book . CIA World Fact Book on Bangladesh. Information includes background information, geographical facts, population, statistics, and environmental issues. Also other interesting...

Bangladeshi Stamps Anyone?

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:20:54 +0000

Bangladesh, struggling to override an image shaped by monsoon floods and political unrest, is hoping to show a different side of the country through its stamps. The Bangladesh Post Office has...