Gadhafi Tries to Woo Italian Gals to Islam Nov 17, 2009
Bangladeshi Girls Joined at Top of Head, Shared Blood Vessels and Brain Tissue. Wanda E. Barzee Will Plead Guilty to Multiple Charges; Competency Hearing Draws Near for Alleged Accomplice Mitchell. (CBS News)
* Ending the silence on honor killing Nov 1, 2009
Her Bangladeshi-born mother had suggested that Zena might be allowed to poison herself rather than be murdered for bringing shame on the family ... Women aged 16 to 24 from Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi backgrounds are three times more likely to kill themselves than the national average for that age and it is impossible to tell what pressures some must have been under. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
‘In the Kitchen’ an overcooked tale of clashing cultures Oct 27, 2009
These are laudable concerns for a novelist to engage in but the surprising thing - the ironic thing, really, considering that Ali s first novel, Brick Lane, was such a convincing portrait of the Bangladeshi immigrant community - is that Ali s new book works best when it s in the kitchen. Two-thirds of the way into it, after Gabe goes off the deep end, Ali loses control of her novel. (Boston Globe)
What crisis? Sep 30, 2009
Where do millions of Bangladeshi coastal inhabitants move when their habitats become inundated or become too saline to support a living. As it is Bangladesh is overcrowded beyond sustainability. (BBC News -- Africa)
Timeline: India Sep 3, 2009
2001 April - 16 Indian and three Bangladeshi soldiers are killed in border clashes. A high-powered rocket is launched, propelling India into the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bye-Bye, Dubai Aug 15, 2009
These jobless Bangladeshi men can't return home because, as frequently happens, their employers confiscated their visas, effectively leaving them shackled. Living four to a room in a labor camp, they haven't been paid in seven months. (FastCompany)
Minority councillors help urged Aug 15, 2009
For example, there's a Bangladeshi community in Cardiff of at least 10,000. They think I might understand their issues better than a white male councillor. (BBC News -- UK)
Obama to give 16 'agents of change' US Medal of Freedom Jul 31, 2009
Obama will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12 to Tutu, a South African anti-apartheid veteran, British physicist Hawking and Yunus, a Bangladeshi micro-financier who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Other figures tapped to receive the nation's highest civilian honour included six women from sport, entertainment, science and government; a Native American war chief, a civil rights leader, an African-American actor, two US politicians and a doctor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Bouncers in Brooklyn as NYPD pitches up community cricket Jul 27, 2009
The officers set about learning the game and recruiting youths aged mainly between 14 and 19 from the Pakistani, Bangladeshi and West Indian communities. They got permits for the fields and set up transport in police vans. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
English Summer = Forced Marriages? Jul 12, 2009
At least 5,000 women and girls were sent abroad to Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian communities to marry last year, according to a government report ... Most are teenage girls from Britain's large Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian communities. (ABC News)
British warning: Summer is forced marriage season Jul 3, 2009
Most are teenage girls from Britain's large Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian communities ... Thirty-six such orders have been issued so far, including the landmark case that freed Humayra Abedin, a physician in training, who was duped into traveling to the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where she was held captive in advance of a forced marriage. (Christian Science Monitor)
Tarun Vijay: No Lalgarh in red China Jul 3, 2009
The home to Naxalbari, a fertile ground for violent Maoism and a hotbed of Bangladeshi infiltrators who have been sheltered by the Left Front leaders to get their votes. Can we, anyway, compare the Indian communists to the communists of China in their patriotism. (India Times, India)
Forced marriage message to schools Jul 2, 2009
But I would say to every school that they should be looking at this. "It may be possible that some have been uncertain about the cultural issues here. "But I should make it absolutely clear there is no culture and there is no religion in which forced marriage should be acceptable or indeed is acceptable. (ITV news, UK -- News)
New on DVD: 'Seventh Seal' on Blu-ray, 'Crossing Over' Jun 22, 2009
They include (via interlocked stories that are not always his own cases) Korean and Bangladeshi Muslim teens, a Mexican mother and an Iranian family of stature plus an Australian actress/hottie reluctantly willing to bed a Ford colleague (Ray Liotta, redefining dissipation) to gain citizenship ... In terms of "career catch-up," the Bangladeshi teen is played by Summer Bishil and the hottie by Alice Eve, following up nicely on their notable impressions in, respectively, Towelhead and Starter for... (USA Today -- Life)
Bangladesh: Executions, Torture by Security Forces Go Unpunished May 18, 2009
(New York) - The Bangladeshi government should take urgent action to make good on its campaign promise to end impunity for human rights abuses and to establish the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today ... "Forces such as RAB and the military intelligence agency DGFI have become symbols of abuse and impunity." The report concludes that Bangladeshi governments since independence in 1971 have been unwilling to prosecute and punish state officers responsible for grave... (AlertNet)
South Asian children miss dentist May 15, 2009
Children of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani origin use NHS dental care less frequently than any other ethnic group, research shows ... The Department of Health says Bangladeshi children from deprived backgrounds are the worst affected ... According to Sue Gregory, Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England only 45% of boys and 46% of girls of Bangladeshi descent have visited the dentist in the last 12 months. (BBC News -- Health)
Islam in Britain and South Asia: A single space May 1, 2009
The passions generated by the Bangladeshi variety of Islamism are as lively in London as they are in Dhaka ... Some British-based Bangladeshis are dismayed by the influence the Islamists enjoy in the diaspora ... In March the Bangladeshi authorities raided a madrassa that was full of guns and ammunition. (The Economist)
Community garden gives Hudson jump on Earth Day Apr 19, 2009
Hudson s diverse demographics are all represented at the garden, Hudson natives, New York City transplants, and members of the Haitian and Bangladeshi communities, who are bringing their own culture and native seeds to the garden. The women of the Haitian community work together here, Caroline Murphy, Who has used the garden to plant Haitian staples for five years, said, they plant seeds they get from the island. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Outside influence Apr 1, 2009
"The Congress has played the politics of the Bangladeshi vote banks for 60 years now. This time, it will not work," says AGP chief Chandra Mohan Patowary ... "Our states gave shelter to millions of Bangladeshis during the country's freedom struggle from Pakistan. We all made the sacrifice. The least we can expect is that Bangladesh will not shelter our trouble-makers," said Mr Sarkar. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Britain's immigration shift curries no favour in Indian' kitchens Mar 22, 2009
Bangladeshi chef Abdus Salam Belal stands in the kitchens of the Sonargoan curry restaurant in London's Brick Lane ... Eight out of 10 of them are owned and staffed by Bangladeshis, serving a type of Indian food that does not exist anywhere on the Indian subcontinent ... So the Pakistani and Bangladeshi pub owners developed hybrids. (Globe and Mail)
Inside London Mar 17, 2009
"Twenty-four hours in London? Do the big stuff first, because you must. Take a boat trip along the Thames, from the Tower of London to Westminster, which takes in all the sights of the old city, including the tower itself, Tower Bridge, St Pauls Cathedral, and the sweep of the river round to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Skip the pigeons at Trafalgar Square, doff your cap to Admiral Nelson, and head straight to the National Gallery, the worlds greatest collection of European paintings,... (iAfrica.com)
Playing to diversity, with lots of violence Mar 13, 2009
When a zealous Muslim teenager, Taslima (Summer Bishil), the daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, delivers a na. ve essay on the Sept. 11 hijackers at school, the speech doesn't prompt any soul-searching. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
As world trade falters, workers head home Mar 5, 2009
Thousands of foreign workers, including London School of Economics graduates with six-digit salaries and desperately poor Bangladeshi factory workers, are streaming home as the economy here suffers the worst of the recessions in Southeast Asia. Singapore is an epicenter of what analysts call a new flow of reverse migration away from hard-hit, globalized economies, including Dubai and Britain, that were once beacons for foreign labor. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Bodies found after Bangladesh mutiny Feb 28, 2009
Firefighters and security forces searching the headquarters of a mutinous Bangladeshi border guard unit Friday discovered the bodies of dozens of officers in shallow graves, raising the death toll to 66, officials said ... AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Bangladeshi civilians and the army take part Friday in a funeral of victims of the mutiny Wednesday in Dhaka, when a fierce gunbattle broke out inside the headquarters of Bangladesh's border security force - a mutiny by guards against their... (Insight on the News)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Feb 28, 2009
Rebel soldiers in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka surrendered today after being confronted with government tanks. Thursday, 26 February 2009. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
One dead as Bangladesh soldiers mutiny Feb 25, 2009
Border guard mutiny in Bangladeshi capital - Times Online ... Border guard mutiny in Bangladeshi capital. (Times Online)
Rohingya migrants; Wake up America Feb 21, 2009
Because such a large percentage of the original Rohingya refugees went back home, the Bangladeshi and Thai governments feel justified in denying refugee status to subsequent arrivals from Myanmar, calling them economic migrants ... Nevertheless, even in the unlikely situation that the Rohingya are shown to be economic migrants, their treatment by the Bangladeshi and Thai governments violates standards set by international human rights accords. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Confucius Classroom launched in Bangladesh Feb 15, 2009
Bangladeshi Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Kalam Azad said at the launching ceremony that education and cultural exchange between China and Bangladesh will be further promoted through the Confucius Classroom. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Zheng Qingdian said he firmly believes the Confucius Classroom will be a new platform for Bangladeshi students to understand China and Chinese culture. (Xinhuanet, China)
Sene office flooded with panties Feb 14, 2009
Freedom to talk to protect terrorists, freedom to offer a part of the country to Bangladeshi, Pakis or China, freedom to write like Arundhuti Roy, freedom to draw nude Hindu Gods (not nude Jesus or nude Mohammad or nude Mary or Aisha), freedom of violence and nothing to worry even if do in Parliament or a Mumbai, you are not going to be hanged ... About 3 crore illegal Bangladeshis and tens of Pakis live here and carryout antinational activities and terrorism. (Express Buzz)
Rohingyas are not Bangladeshis Feb 9, 2009
The Myanmarese military regime is deceiving the world by giving false statements on their website that we are Bangladeshis. We Rohingyas have never spoken the Bangladeshi language ... Linguistic similarities are not reasonable reasons to relate us to Bangladesh or Bangladeshi people. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Where would we be if women ran Wall Street? Feb 7, 2009
Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi microfinance pioneer whose Grameen Bank lends to women rather than men, said the current crisis would almost certainly not have happened if women had shaped financial practices. "Women are more cautious," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
