September 04, 2010

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Dhaka set to become an uninhabitable city
Updated: Sep 01, 2010 03:47:07
Dhaka, the country’s ever expanding capital city, would soon become uninhabitable, if encroachment of rivers, canals and wetland in and around the city continues at the present pace, a top urban planner has warned. (The New Age BD) Sarwar Jahan, president of Bangladesh Institute of Planners, feared there would be no wetland in Dhaka metropolitan area by the year 2035, causing a severe crisis of water-logging, temperature rise and destruction of biodiversity. (bangladesh-web.com)
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Visually challanged can now listen to Prothom Alo news
Updated: Sep 01, 2010 03:43:19
rom now on, visually impaired people who have internet access can listen to news of daily Prothom Alo by logging into a new link of its website. Prothom Alo yesterday launched the web link named "Prothom Alo Sruti" where they can listen to its audio Bangla news uploaded using a Bangla language processing software. A team of Centre for Research on Bangla Language Processing (CRBLP) of Brac University has developed the software named Bangla text to speech (TTS). (thedailystar.net)
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Bangladesh's Secular Revolution
Updated: Sep 01, 2010 03:35:35
In the pantheon of Islamic states, Bangladesh seems an unlikely place for a secular revolution. It is a dry country with no bars, casinos or horse races. Bangladesh is not liberal in its social mores, compared to Muslim-majority countries like Turkey or Indonesia. And secular principles are far from being consistently upheld: Madrassas receive state funding, while citizens are often hounded for perceived slights to Islam. (online.wsj.com)
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Bangladesh confirm bookie approach
Updated: Sep 01, 2010 03:34:05
Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal were approached by bookmakers during a home series against India in January 2010, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed. The incidents were immediately reported to the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus told Cricinfo. (cricinfo.com)
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E-stalkers on the prowl
Updated: Sep 01, 2010 03:33:39
While conventional stalking has received much attention lately, harassment through mobile phone and the internet has grown to be a silent epidemic in the last few years, experts and victims said. The Daily Star has recently interviewed 30 women at random about the issue, and found every one of them has been harassed electronically. (thedailystar.net)
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