Bangladesh: Hartal In Pictures
The opposition parties in Bangladesh have started a 36-hour strike (hartal) that began at dawn Sunday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PhotobloggerMonirul Alam captures some actions during the strike in a photo...
View ArticleBangladesh: Rumana Manzur - A Grim Reminder of Domestic Violence
On the 5th of June, Rumana Manzur, an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Dhaka University, became the victim of a horrific case of domestic violence when she was brutally attacked...
View ArticleBangladesh: Sexual Assault By A Teacher Triggers Student Uprising
The recent events at the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNC), a prestigious girls educational institution in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, has stirred much buzz in the Bangladeshi blogosphere....
View ArticleBangladesh: 40th Anniversary of The Concert For Bangladesh
Ever since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure arranged Live Aid, a dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine on 13 July 1985, which was aired to 2 million viewers from 150 countries,...
View ArticleBangladesh: Fatwa Violence Still Exists
Cori Fleser at BRAC Blogreports that in spite of a 2001 judgment by the Supreme Court outlawing the practice of fatwa, the practice of such extrajudicial punishments still exists in Bangladesh and the...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bloggers Will Not Be Silenced
The Jagannath University of Dhaka, initiated in 1858, is one of the oldest public educational institutes of Bangladesh. Many people in the country cannot afford expensive private tuition and depend on...
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