Dhaka City expansion plan revealed in JS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said that her government has a mega-city plan to expand the areas of Dhaka city. Hasina also said her government had taken massive initiatives to digitise land survey records in efforts to build modern land administration. The government is seriously considering giving approval to the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (1995-2005) covering 1528 square kilometre, she said.

According to the plan, boundary of Dhaka city will be extended to Shitalakhya river, a part of Sonargaon thana, Meghna river in the east, Bongshi river in the west, Dhaleshwari rivers both in the west and south, and north boundary of Gazipur municipality. As per the plan, municipalities of Narayanganj, Tongi, Gazipur, Savar, Kadamrasul, Siddhirganj and Tarabo will be incorporated into Dhaka City Corporation. “The government is planning to build several satellite towns under the plan and those will be implemented in phases,” she said in a scripted answer.

While talking about the modernisation of land administration, the premier said once the modernised land survey and management system are introduced, it would reduce people's sufferings. While replying to lawmakers' queries, she said as part of a modernised land administration the land ministry would prepare a digital map of the entire country.

And besides, her government has finalised a countrywide development project under public- private partnership to mitigate people's sufferings related to land disputes.
“Land records will be digitised at union parishad level so that people can have easy access to information on land records,” the premier said. Under the land ministry's project, a digital archive of the existing mouza map and cadastral survey (CS) records will be developed at all mouzas of 64 districts. She said the digital land management system will be introduced on the basis of the latest survey conducted in 461 upazilas excepting the upazilas under three hill districts.

MEGA PLANS IN TOURSIM
The prime minister told the parliament that her government had taken a huge plan to boost up country's tourism sector.On the occasion of world cup cricket, the year 2011 will be observed as tourism year to build a positive image of country's tourism sector, she said.
Hasina said her government is preparing a five-year (2009-2014) plan. As part of the plan tourism resorts in the country is being identified in a view to developing them as major tourist attraction. “Efforts were taken to build exclusive tourism zone for foreigners,” she said, adding that the mega plans had been prepared to develop Cox's Bazar and Kuakata tourism spots. The premier said the government had initiated to enact law on exclusive tourism zone to develop tourism facilities in a planned way under both government, and private efforts.
Another law titled Tourism Board Law will also be enacted to expedite expansion of tourism industries under the concerted efforts of both government and private stakeholders, she added.

FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Replying to lawmakers' queries, the premier told the House that the government had taken initiatives to increase monthly honorarium of freedom fighters. They will also be allocated abandoned houses and khas land. In response to a query of a lawmaker over the dispute of the list of freedom fighters, Hasina said a fresh list of freedom fighters is being prepared.
She urged lawmakers to help drop the names of fake freedom fighters prepared during the BNP-Jamaat led alliance government.

news source : The Daily Star

Finally The Team Got Their Players And Auction Ended

After the amazing IPL 2011 Auction Day 1 the excitement for day2 acution was on its peak as almost all top players were auctioned  so  on day 2 the teams were on battle field and were bidding at their best to buy the best player in the team .
The deccan chargers on day 2 bided  the highest $9,00,000 for aussie Daniel Christian , the other players in the team includes Manpreet Gony, Michael Lumb , Juan Theron and it ended with Chris Lynn with lowest biding $20,000 .
The delhi daredevils bided the highest $ 7,50,000 for Umesh Yadav , followed by players in the team like Venugopal Rao , Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar, Matthew Wade , Colin Ingram , Andrew McDonald and it ended with Robert Frylinck and Travis Birt with biding  $20,000 .
The Mumbai Indians had kept a low profile on Day 1 . On day 1 they bided highest $7,00,000 for players like Munaf Patel, Clint McKay , Moises Henriques , and Aiden Blizzard  with $20,ooo .
The Kolkatta team bided the most for Laxmipathy Balaji at $5,00,000,the other players in Shahrukh’s team  are Jaidev Unadkat, Ryan ten Doeschate  and finally ended with $1,00,000 James Pattinson .
Kochi team bided highest $ 4,75,000 for Vinay Kumar , Owais Shah , T Perera , Michael Klinger , John Hastings and O’ Keefe .
Pune the new boys  bided $4,00,000 highest for Murali Kartik  and have got other players like Mitchell Marsh , Wayne Parnell , Jesse Ryder , Alfonso Thomas and  Jerome Taylor .
The Rajasthan Royals bided most  $3,00,000 for Shaun Tait  and  Pankaj Singh  for $90,000 .
The Royal Challenger’s have bought players like Abhimanyu Mithun at $2,60,000 . The team includes other players like Charl Langeveldt , Mohd Kaif, Johan van der Wath, Luke Pomersbech , Jonathan Vandiar , Nuwan Pradeep and the team ended with   Rilee Rossouw .
The Chennai team bided for players like Sudeep Tyagi at $2,40,00 with other players in the team includes Scott Styris , Joginder Sharma,  Faf du Plessis, Nuwan Kulasekara , Ben Hilfenhaus , Suraj Randiv  and team ends with  George Bailey  bided at  $50,000 .
The Punjab Kings have included players like Dimitri Mascarenhas for $1,00,000  and Nathan Rimmington bided for $20,000 .
And finally the market was closed…. Ooops the IPL AUCTION was done and the team had got their players . Now , hope the players play at their best and  atleast they justify their bided amount . And now as the auction is over people are waiting for matches to begin soonnnnn !!!!!!!!!!

Bangladesh Co-hosting World Cup Cricket 2011

 
Bangladesh is co-hosting the world cup 2011 along with India and Srilanka. It’s a great honour for Bangladesh which is comparatively new in the world cricket.The inaugural festival was held in Dhaka. It’s a great challenge for Bangladesh. Bangladesh overcame the challenge with a great spectacular show where Bangladesh and other two hosting countries nicely projected their art and culture. Prime Minister Sk. Hasina proudly opened the world cup 2011. The captains toured the stadium on traditional rickshaws of Bangladesh.For the world cup, the capital Dhaka and port city Chittagong took a colorful look. The mascots, statues of players and national symbols were stationed at different places Of the two city.The inaugural bonanza was attended by thousands of enthusiasts. Many couldn’t enter into the stadium due to lack of seats. Prime Minister, Ministers and dignitaries of different countries glorified the occasions by their presence. But there was visible absence of opposition leaders signifying the distance of political rivals in an occasion of national unity.






 
Bangladesh will also host few games, at Dhaka and Chittagong. We hope that the play will continue smoothly and in good spirit. We hope that Bangladesh will do her best and will hit a good scores to win or challenge the opponents.Bangladesh has also extra responsibility to take care of the players, guests and tourists. The safety of them should be a concern for the state.
Th traffic jam may prove bitter for the tourists and the citizens aw well if the authority couldn’t handle it properly. All the good wishes for the world cup 2011.

List of Bangladeshi Blogs

I know it has been more than a year since I last compiled the list of notable Bangladeshi Blogs. Bangladeshi Bangla Blogs have been growing at a exponential pace. However the blogs written in English did not grow much. As usual some good blogs have ceased to exist and some excellent blogs have surfaced.

So I have done some house cleaning and here is the list (arranged in no particular order) :

Blogs in English:

AMERICAS:

Active:
* Or how I learned to stop worrying -USA
* Shada Kalo - USA
* In the middle of nowhere - USA
* Dhakaশহর - USA
* Inspirations and creative thoughts - USA
* Abeer -USA
* Sajeeb Wajed Joy - USA
* Lungis.com - USA
* Ashiq's Blog - USA
* the chronicles of rabab-ia - USA
* Anthology -USA
* Green, How I Want You Green -USA
* Ajaira Pechaal - USA
* Amra Kojon Around The Clock - USA
* My thoughts - USA
* Blog Cabin - USA
* First we take Manhattan -USA
* Words & Bites -USA
* Bid Chronicles -USA
* Jagrook Bangalee -USA
* The Muse -USA
* Universe of Disturbance -USA
* Tacit -USA
* Xanthis -USA
* Mezba's blog -Canada
* A sunshine too brief -Canada
* The Bengali Fob says -Canada
* ..>Insert clever title here<.. -Canada
* Captain Chaos - Canada
* Bangladesh Watchdog -Canada
* Only Three Notes -Canada

Dormant:
* Naeem Mohaiemen/Shobak.org - USA
* Life in Champaign - Urbana - USA
* Ahsan's rant - USA
* Optically active - USA
* Mudphud chickness - USA
* Sajjad's weekly blogs -USA
* Beyond my mind - USA
* My Days - USA
* Blissful days of my life... - Canada
* Ipshita’s blog -Canada
* Faruq Faisel -Canada

AFRICA:

* Bangladeshi in Ivory Coast

EUROPE:

Active:
* E Bangladesh -UK
* imperfect|world|2008 -UK
* Addafication - USA & UK
* Serious golmal -UK
* Past Present and Future -UK
* BangladeshWebBlogs - UK
* Bangla in use globally - UK
* Fug's Blog - UK
* My Dear Bangladesh - UK
* No more shisha - UK
* The Thing About This Is... - UK
* Journal of a Disturbed Mind -Norway
* Easy come easy go, little high little low - Sweden
* Tasneem Khalil - Sweden
* Skakia's spot -Sweden
* Gagan (From My Lil Window) - Finland
* The 3rd world view-Germany

Dormant:
* Cathersis -UK
* The color of rain -UK
* Me, myself and Bangladesh - UK
* Thought, and thereafter -UK
* Bangladesh and our thoughts - Ireland

OCENIA:


* Mukti - Australia
* Ulta manush -Australia
* AuddieLand - Australia
* C'est la vie -Australia
* Tan Curve -Australia
* My World -Australia
* My Readings -Australia
* One Knowledge, One Work - Australia

EAST ASIA:
* A sneak peek into Yawar's mind - Malaysia
* Glittergirl -Singapore
* Journey2Infinitive -Singapore
* Nadine Update -Singapore

SOUTH ASIA:

Active:
* ShahidulNews - Bangladesh
* An Ordinary Citizen - Bangladesh
* Life in Eskaton - Bangladesh
* Bangladesh from our View - Bangladesh
* Tahmina's Weblog - Bangladesh
* Dhaka Dweller - Bangladesh
* Bangladesh Corporate Blog -Bangladesh
* Creating the Longest Marketing Idea Chain in the World -Bangladesh
* Bangladesh and Media -Bangladesh
* South Asia biz -Bangladesh
* Law Chronicles Online -Bangladesh
* The Bangladesh poet of impropriety -Bangladesh
* Shah Zaman Mazumder's Blog - Bangladesh
* Angelmorn - Bangladesh
* eLeCtRiKbLuEs - Bangladesh
* Dhumay Adda - Bangladesh
* The story teller -Bangladesh
* Bangladesh Blogger - Bangladesh
* Bangladesh Talk - Bangladesh
* Little dogs day -Bangladesh
* Scattered words -Bangladesh
* Himu's Window -Bangladesh
* Bitter sweet symphony -Bangladesh
* Black and grey - Bangladesh
* Conversations with an Optimist - Bangladesh
* Nothing to lose and Nothing to gain.. - Bangladesh
* Ideas for brighter Bangladesh - Bangladesh
* Why did Bangladesh cross the road? -Bangladesh
* BD Fact -Bangladesh
* Promethean Dreamer - Bangladesh
* Lifeless Ordinary -Bangladesh
* Dhaka (underground) -Bangladesh
* Ondhokar theke alor pothe -Bangladesh
* Khan is Khan - Bangladesh
* Cruel, crazy beautiful world - Bangladesh
* Of the world and boiled eggs - Bangladesh
* Monwar's Blog - Bangladesh
* Russel's cyber journal - Bangladesh
* Bunch of me - Bangladesh
* Abar Zigay - Bangladesh
* Desh calling -Bangladesh
* Life, dreams and reality -- Sohel's blog
* The crystal cave -Bangladesh
* Boolean Dreams -Bangladesh
* Hasan's blog -Bangladesh
* blog.sanjoykumar.com -Bangladesh
* Khorshed Khokon, MBA -Bangladesh
* The Urchin's Own - Bangladesh
* Ashraf's Column - Bangladesh
* Naz's Diary - Bangladesh
* Nawed - Fortunately Unfortunate or Unfortunately Fortunate -Bangladesh
* Shaon's Weblog -Bangladesh
* Hatti Matim Tim -Bangladesh
* Share the Magic -Bangladesh
* Maverick Tanvir's Journal -Bangladesh
* Back to Bangladesh -Bangladesh
* Global Experiences -Bangladesh
* pieces of me... -Bangladesh
* Shananaus -Bangladesh
* Nisshobdo Rati -Bangladesh
* Bangladesh: The Competent Land -Bangladesh
* Kapalicana - Bangladesh
* My Bangladesh - Bangladesh
* eduBangla.com, Education anywhere! - Bangladesh
* BanglaFootball.net - Bangladesh
* Joy Bangla Blog - Bangladesh
* Here I am… - Bangladesh
* EngineerRower in Bangladesh - Bangladesh
* Ahmad Ferdous Bin Alam - Bangladesh
* Arif's Blog -India
* Annabelle -India

Dormant:
* Adda - Bangladesh
* The song of my life - Bangladesh
* Close your eyes & try to see- Bangladesh
* Ahsan's Laboratory - Bangladesh
* Apache007 - Bangladesh
* Fun And Jokes with Morals - Bangladesh
* Ex Nihilo -Bangladesh
* Just another day -Bangladesh
* Spoony Writer -Bangladesh
* S Mehreen's digital portfolio -Bangladesh
* Mishuk’s Perspective© LIVE from Dhaka - Bangladesh
* Brainstorm - Bangladesh
* deshi Blog - Bangladesh
* Shawrav's Blog - Bangladesh
* Imran Hashim's Tech. Blog - Bangladesh
* Dak Bangla intelligence scan - Bangladesh

Organization Blogs, event blogs and journals on Bangladesh:

* Unheard Voices - A drishtipat group blog initiative -USA & UK
* Drishtipat Writers Collective
* The Progressive Bangladesh
* Joy Bangla: Events and Travel in Bangladesh
* BRAC Blog -USA
* Concern Worldwide, Bangladesh
* The Dhaka Project
* LiveJournal Bangladesh community blogs -Mostly USA
* Adhunika Blog -USA
* Shuchinta -USA
* Cehtona 71 -USA
* GUPSHUP -USA
* Onnesha.TK
* Disha Bangladesh -Bangladesh
* Free Sheikh Hasina
* Change Bangladesh - one step at a time -USA
* Bangladesh Military Forces Blog
* Somewhere in Dhaka
* Lamb School - Bangladesh
* BlueNote
* The Chobi Mela Files
* Global Voices Online on Bangladesh

Blogs by persons of Non Bangladesh Origin on their experiences in Bangladesh:

Active:
* The uncultured Project
* Morris the pen
* bideshi blue
* What's cooking abroad?
* Expanding Dr. Yunus’ Sphere of Influence…
* Haseen♥Mawa♥Views
* Akash and Nila
* Madame Boss
* MikeyLeung.ca
* The Dhaka diaries
* Window on my world
* Gabrielles Blog
* banglabravader
* Kristin Boekhoff
* Bangladesh Connections
* Wading Through Water

Archive:
* A Whisper from the heart
* Root: Adventure in Bangladesh
* Bangers and mash
* Bangladesh backchat
* Dhaka diary
* Sarah's boble
* Dana in Bangladesh
* The Yacoub ramblings v.2
* To Bangladesh and back
* Kelly in Bangladesh
* Bideshi blonde
* The world around
* Bdeshini
* Bangladesh Barta
* Lucy in Bangladesh
* OrangenSaftNotiz.de -In German
* Aumi in Bangladesh -In German
* Alex and Jake in Bangladesh
* A Blank Page
* Benji Braves Bangladesh
* Lyndsay Hersikorn
* Adventure in Bangladesh
* Roland's Journal

Some notable Bangladeshi photoblogs:

* Nazzina
* Desher Chobi - The face of my motherland
* Dhaka Daily Photo
* M A K Photo
* Andrew Biraj
* Palash Khan

Blogs in Bangla

Blogging Platform, directories and aggregators:
* বাঁধ ভাঙার আওয়াজ-The largest Bangla blogging platform with thousands of blogs in Bangla
* সচলায়তন-Online writers forum in Bangla
* আমার ব্লগBangla Blogging Platform
* এভারগ্রীন বাংলা ব্লগBangla Blogging Platform
* প্যাঁচালী - বাংলা ব্লগিং প্লাটফর্ম
* বাংলা ব্লগস্ - list of Blogs in Bangla script maintained by Debashish
* বাংলা ইউনিকোড ব্লগ Bangla Unicode Blog Aggregator
* গ্লোবাল ভয়েসেস অনলাইন: পৃথিবী কথা বলছে। আপনি কি শুনছেন? - Global Voices Online Bangla Version

Bangladeshi:
* না বলা কথা
* উত্স সন্ধানে
* …করি বাংলায় চিত্কার…
* ছেঁড়া পাতায় কথামালা
* আসিফ আহমেদ অনীকের বাংলা ব্লগ
* অমি আজাদ
* সসংকোচ প্রকাশের দুরন্ত সাহস
* আমি এবং আমার পৃথিবী
* পুড়ে ছাই ধ্বংসস্তুপ থেকে বেঁচে উঠি পুর্ণবার
* রয়েসয়ে
* নিরিখ বান্ধিলাম দুই নয়নে……
* বিবর্ণ আকাশ এবং আমি….
* ভয়েস অফ বাংলাদেশী ব্লগারস
* এইটা তোমার গান
* প্রাত্যহিক ভ্যাজর ভ্যাজর
* কবিয়াল
* অজ্ঞাতবাস
* ধৃসর গোধুলী
* সাধক শন্কু
* বলো গো
* মোকাবেলা
* খিচুড়ী ব্লগ
* আড্ডা
* ভালবাসা
* হাজার বর্ষা রাত………
* কাকশ্য পরিবেদনা!
* আধুলি জমানোর ম্যাচবক্স
* কীন ব্রীজে গোধুলি এল অন্তরালে কালান্তর ভোর
* দিল কা লাড্ডু
* অনন্ত ন্বপ্ন
* ..খেরোখাতা..
* যাপিত জীবন
* বাংলা ভাষী
* বাংলা ভাষা
* সুহ্রদ সরকার
* সম্ভাবনার মৃত্যু ঘটুক … নতুন সম্ভাবনার তাগিদে
* সীমাহীন সংলাপ
* যূথচারী
* আলী মাহমেদের ব্লগিং
* মাহবুব সুমন ও তার অগাবগা বচন
* শুভ্র প্রকাশ পালের ব্লগ
* অলস বিকেলের শেষ রোদ
* শেঁকড়ের সন্ধানে
* টকিজ
* খসড়া কবির খসড়া কবিতা
* আমার ভাঙা পথের রাঙা ধূলা
* স্বপ্নলোক
* হিডেন হার্ট
* ত্রসরেণু অরণ্যে
* গ্লোবাল মিডিয়া
* আমাদের কথা -নারী জীবন বাংলা ব্লগ
* New Gaul Order -USA
* Ontorjatra
* আলোকধেনু
* জিকোবাজি
* কাপালিকানা
* আবজাব
* মুক্তাঙ্গন: নির্মাণ ব্লগ

Indian:
* স্লোগান দিতে গিয়ে
* আমার কিছু বক্কা
* খোলা জানালা
* মনের পাতা
* ট্রিভিয়াল বাইটস
* ধূসর ফিনিক্স …এবং কোমল গান্ধার
* বিবর্ণ কবিতা
* জীবনানন্দ দাশের কবিতা

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