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Shakira visits Bangladesh to meet the victims of cyclone Sidr.

Dear readers As most of you know by now, Bangladesh has been hit with worst ever cyclone in its history. The details of the casualty and damaged are still unclear as the affected coastal areas are still out of reach. Several charities are arranging funds to start relief effort. Here are links to couple of charities below.. Muslim Aid , Save The Children , World Vision & Islamic Relief . Please donate generously. Remember, Allah doesnt need our help to save these people from the storm. The storm has been created to test human being, so that it creates an opportunity for the people to help the victims of devastation and get reward from it. The storm is a test on the storm victims as well, who will give the test of ultimate patience. May Allah reward them for thier patience. Allah says in the Qur'an, "Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? for (Allah) will increase it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a liberal Reward . " (Qur'an 57:1...

The student activists of the corrupted political parties are at it again. Just when I started to think that they have been silenced, they have just shown there evil might again. Following on from my previous blog, I spoke to a few students of University of Dhaka (DU). Below, there are some findings from the conversations: The police did raid the halls, but contrary to the reports of student bashing, they didn’t actually beat up any student on the second day of clash. But police did fire tear gas shells in the halls on the 3 rd day of the clash. Most of the students involved in the clash were from the Arts faculty. The Arts faculty mainly draws students from rural areas of Bangladesh. The students from those areas are usually really poor. When they move to Dhaka, they look for some quick cash. And as ever, the corrupted politicians invite them to join the student politics in exchange of money and power and a relatively good lifestyle. The students, who are new to the city environme...

Bangladesh politics has fallen into chaos again. It started off with a small incident- some soldiers based in Dhaka University beaten up some students for no good reason. But this has caused widespread violence in Dhaka University and surrounding areas and subsequently resulted in withdrawal of troops from the university campus. But the students went on protesting against the army and the government and created a chaotic situation in Dhaka by smashing cars and public properties. Police dealt with situation heavily and as a result the violence erupted. The government has imposed curfew in 6 divisional headquarters until further notice, followed by stoppage of mobile phone service and restricted media coverage. While I see the point of students’ anguish, and blame the soldiers responsible for the whole fiasco. I think the students over reacted to the whole situation. The students had no right to burn the cars and smash the properties of the innocent citizens. The university students in B...

According to the research conducted by Dr George Gheverghese Joseph from The University of Manchester, the 'Kerala School' from south west India identified the 'infinite series'- one of the basic components of calculus - in about 1350. It is a huge blow to the European scholars who have been priding themselves with the 'invention' by Sir Isaac Newton and German scholar Gottried Leibniz in the late 1600s. The team from the Universities of Manchester and Exeter reveal the Kerala School also discovered what amounted to the Pi series and used it to calculate Pi correct to 9, 10 and later 17 decimal places. This was essential to today's maths, physics and engineering. Nevertheless, the achievement of Newton can't be denied when it comes to the algorithms of calculus. But according to the researchers, "..other names from the Kerala School, notably Madhava and Nilakantha, should stand shoulder to shoulder with him (Newton)..". Full news article can ...

I was one of the pessimistic people about Bangladesh's performance in the super eight stage of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. First two matches of Bangladesh against Australia and NZ made my belief stronger. But after watching yesterday's game against South Africa I am now convinced that I should never right Bangladesh off before the game. They always seem to bounce back from no where. Ashraful was in his majestic best, Tamim and Aftab's batting showed pure arrogance, and the mighty South Africans lost their way. South Africans not only lost the game, but they lost the number one spot in the world ranking too. Not to mention that the super eights stage is wide open now for all the teams. I am looking forward to see Bangladesh's performance in the next 3 games.

I have found this video on google video. This video may not be suitable for people with weak heart. In the video, Saddam is shown as defiant as ever on the gallow, contray to what the Iraqi government officials said. He was hanged while declaring Shahadah.

Dr. Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh has won Nobel Peace Prize for 2006. I am absolutely delighted at the news. This should motivate the success hungry Bangladeshis who have been struggling since the inception of the country. I am also very proud of Dr. Yunus as he is a student of Chittagong Collegiate School where I went for my Secondary education. I hope that this success will allow the Bangladeshis to dream big and lead the country to prosperity. A profile of Dr. Yunus can be found by clicking HERE .