Now video chat on Facebook

For those who wish there were yet another way to connect with friends on computer screens, a new start-up called SocialEyes now offers video chatting through Facebook.

SocialEyes, which made its public debut on Monday, was founded by Rob Glaser and Rob Williams, who know a thing or two about digital video from their days as executives at RealNetworks. Glaser started RealNetworks in 1995 and stepped down as its chief executive last year after a stormy tenure. He remains chairman.

People log in to SocialEyes using Facebook Connect. They see their Facebook friends and can begin chats with several of them at once, individually or in a group. If someone isn t online, users can leave a video message.

Users can leave the windows open so the friends can see and hear one another even when they re not chatting. They can mute or pause certain conversations if they don t want their friend to see or hear them, but it can be a little creepy, especially if someone forgets that a chat is still going on.

Williams compares it to a physical office, where someone might walk by and start a conversation with a colleague, another might join-in and then two might go into a private room to continue talking.

Several services including Skype, Apple's FaceTime and Google's video chat in Gmail let people communicate via video. SocialEyes differs in that it offers a social element, Williams said. Most of the value is building a community around my friends, he said.

SocialEyes users can create chat groups, so a family planning a reunion could create a permanent group, or strangers with shared interests could find one another and video chat.

In that way, SocialEyes brings to mind Chatroulette, the controversial service that randomly connects Webcam users who don t know one another.

Its sudden, global popularity proved that many people had front-facing video cameras on their computers and were interested in casual chats, Williams said. But Chatroulette sessions, which could get repulsive, also proved that people didn t necessarily want to chat with random strangers, he said.

We found that really exciting, but you really need identity in order to make it work, Williams said. That s why SocialEyes connects users by making use of their Facebook IDs.

The founders say they want to wait until SocialEyes has a significant number of users to figure out how to make money. But advertisers could use it to recruit customers to evangelize about their product in SocialEyes videos, they said. Or if people start using it in the workplace, they could eventually sell a premium version to businesses.

I ve had experience with both of those, and the common denominator of either is building a huge user base and making sure it has a viral element, Glaser said.

People can log in to SocialEyes at its Web site or on Facebook, and the company is building a mobile app. SocialEyes, which is based in San Francisco, has raised $5.1 million, including a $4.5 million investment led by Ignition Partners.

Danger on street

 Pedestrians not safe even on footpaths as reckless, law-breaking bikers rule city

Coming from behind, a biker hit a seven-year-old boy on a pavement on Dhanmondi Road 7 and sped away.

The boy, with his mother, fell on the walkway rolling.

"I went over to help the lady as she broke out crying," said a witness of the accident occurred last November.

He had cuts and bumps all over the arms.

This is only an example of frequent hazards faced by the pedestrians in the capital.

Walking has become an increasingly difficult and dangerous activity here over the years, residents and experts said.

According to Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, there were 392 fatal vehicle-pedestrian collisions in the city in 2008, which translates to one collision every 25 hours.

The number of pedestrian fatalities in the city is unsurprising, said Hasib Mohammed Ahsan, director of Accident Research Institute at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).

“You don't have to be an engineer to assume how dangerous the city streets can be for pedestrians. They are the most vulnerable and neglected lot on the streets,” he added.

The pavements have little space left for walkers who need to dodge hawkers, parked vehicles, cable poles and police boxes.

Pedestrians end up walking at the edge of streets full of vehicles, noted Mohammed Ahsan.

Experts say most accidents on footpaths go unreported as those are not fatal.

But this could be devastating for the disabled and elderly, who lack the agility to cope with anything sudden and unexpected, they added.

Children, who lack proper idea about roads, may overreact and do reckless things when panicked, mentioned the experts.

A five-year-old girl was nearly run over by a private car in Mogbazar on February 5.

Startled by the huge sound of an electricity generator on the pavement, she jumped on the busy street.

“Thanks to Almighty God, the driver saw her early and stopped the car,” said Suamiya Haque, the girl's mother.

The nearby shop owners scolded her for walking close to the generator, claimed Sumaiya.

The frustrated mother noted that though the pavements are public property, shop owners take walking in front of their shops as trespassing on private property.

Experts state almost three out of every five people in city streets are walkers.

To accommodate this foot traffic, the city has 163 kilometres of pavements - only seven percent of its 2290km roads, said sources in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC).

City planners apparently made space for everything -- high-rises, malls and flyovers -- but ignored something as basic as a pedestrian's right to walk safely, claimed experts.

Residents say the pavements have turned into extensions of shops, parking lots, construction sites and a lane for bike riders.

With streets clogged with traffic, many two-wheelers now eye the pavements as an escape route.

The result is vehicular encroachment on footpaths and a nasty blow to the pedestrians' safety policies, said transport experts.

"By definition, these are footpaths because these are made for pedestrians," said Md Shamsul Hoque of Buet.

Motor vehicles running on footpaths compromise safety of the pedestrians, he observed.

Traffic officials said they are usually busy with maintaining traffic.

"But it [encroaching pavements] is a violation of traffic rules," said Selim Md Jahangir, deputy commissioner of traffic (west) adding, "I myself have fined a number of vehicles for parking and riding on pavements."

There are laws for punishing those who put pedestrians at risk. But these laws are not enforced regularly, said a young man, asking not to be named.

The DCC repairs footpaths regularly along with carrying out eviction drives to keep away encroachers, said an official.

It recently repaired and revamped a number of main thoroughfares and pavements in a Tk 54 crore project ahead of the World Cup Cricket, he added.

Residents, however, dubbed the move as “temporary decoration” to impress foreign visitors.

Urban planners believe a liveable city is an organised city with a soul, but several residents said they feel Dhaka now lacks both the qualities.

There is an excessive focus on making the capital more car friendly -- expanding roads and speeding up traffic, instead of allowing more diverse modes of transport, observe road safety campaigners.

The capital lacks planning to addresses social requirements and development needs of any neighbourhood, pointed urban experts.

Galib Ahmed, like many other city dwellers, is not optimistic about pedestrian-focused urban planning.

“From my 30 years of experience, I don't see the city becoming walking-friendly soon,” said the 40-year-old art teacher.

Dhaka has become an auto-centric city, noted silver screen actor Ilias Kanchan, president of Nirapad Sharak Chai (We demand safe road).

If the pedestrians, vehicles, traders and car parkers stayed in their own lanes, the roads would have been safer and more convenient for all commuters, he added.

News Source:  The Daily Star

700 Bangladeshs nationals stranded at Tripoli airport

Despite the stepped up efforts of the government to help the hapless Bangladeshis trapped in Libya, hundreds of workers are stranded at Tripoli International Airport.A number of workers from the airport telephoned UNB Sunday and told the tales of their misery and distress. They are passing days without any food and water.

“We’re hungry for seven days, we’re dying…. Please do something for us,” Habibur Rahman of Kishoreganj said from Tripoli airport.

He said 600-700 workers are stranded at the airport. One official from the Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli came to see them yesterday (Saturday) and disappeared without doing anything for them. Habib works in a Korean company named ISU but the company officials did not take any responsibility for them.

Yasin who works in a Chinese construction farm said mercenaries looted their money, mobile phones everything. Now, they have become pauper. They are simply starving. Yasin said since all roads are closed and no buses or trucks are on the streets, they cannot move towards Egyptian or Tunisian borders which are far away from where they are. Habib who hails from Munshiganj and works in a Chinese company told the same story of their distresses.

News Source: The Independent

Dhaka 2nd worst city for living

Dhaka has been identified as the second worst city to live for the second consecutive time, according to a survey of Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) affiliated with the UK-based weekly Economist.

Zimbabwe's capital Harare scored the least, making it the worst city to live for the second consecutive year.

The listing was based on 30 factors across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

The result of the survey titled “The Liveabililty Ranking and Overview, February 2011” was released on Monday.

Canadian city of Vancouver scored 98 points out of 100 to secure the top position as most liveable city in the world.

Melbourne has been voted as second most liveable city.

The survey factor were rated as accepted, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable in a system that "allows for direct comparison between locations," according to the report

Japanese restaurant in Bangladesh - An escape to Samdado

Traditional Japanese cuisine is said to be one of the healthiest in the world. At Samdado, their culinary art is everything that comes with a bona fide Far Eastern signature and tastes devilishly entertaining as well.

There are many places around town that use sticky rice, seaweed paper, fish – teriyaki and half-cooked with soy sauce as cardinal flavouring, but only Japanese dishes with a dash of wasabi, especially from Samdado's sushi bar are worth the mention.

Samdado, meaning the island of three rocks, is Japan brought closer to the Bengali taste. It is a very neatly decorated cosy eatery with traditional rice paper windows, skin-coloured tables and chairs, interesting artworks and wall hangings – set on two floors to cater to the pouring guests who walk in through its doors each day. The restaurant gives a formal yet relaxing atmosphere which is why it is a second-home for plenty of Dhakaites.

The friendly wait staff will immediately greet you on arrival; many of them are still working from 2003.

The quick starters are on the house whether you are aiming for a heavy meal or not – a mini-bowl of crunchy kimchi, awe-inspiring salad with only one word which can explain the unique salad sauce – woah!, peanuts on sesame sauce, and a bowl of miso soup.

As soon as you are done gulping the liquid, it is time for you to rehearse the use of chopsticks with the remaining tofu and bean curd from the bowl. You can also order extra, fried vegetable or fish tempura, dumplings and gyozas.

The main course ranges from lovely wooden platters of sushi, sashmi or maki rolls up to crispy whole fish — grilled baby tai, grilled eel temaki rolls, beef/chicken or fish teriyaki and of course, the lovely glass noodles.

The best part about all these dishes is you can brush a bit of that lovely green paste for an electrifying taste, also affectionately known as the wasabi high. Eating at Samdado is never complete without that hit.

Dhaka World Music Festival 2011

 

The story that Dhaka World Music Fest 2011 weaved, sounds like this – in an epic stage of sound and lights feauring artistes of mammoth proportions, audiences felt peace explode in the form of music that was heard beyond Bangladesh.

As I arrived at one of the practice sessions before the two-day festival, I got an amazing education as to how the genre of world music sounds. The band on stage was jamming Esho Dekhi Kanar Haatbajar. I have heard this song plenty of times before, but this time it was utterly different. The heavy energy of the music had much to do with the improvised sounds of foreign instruments along with sounds of local instruments. It was like the world saluting our folk culture in their own style.

This unbelievable energy I speak of cultivated as Close Up star Rinku was on the mic with Nazrul and Shofik on dhol, Jahangir Alam playing the bashi, Jillur Rahman on the trumpet, Alom playing ektara, Ataur playing mondira, Kishon Kan on piano, Tansay Omar on drums, Oreste Noda playing conga, Javier Camilo on bongo, Jimmy Martinez playing bass, and Phil Dawson was on guitars. Sahan Satis and Yukini Hagio were the creative sound engineers that blew away my mind.

These members are all part of the bands and artistes Shahjahan Munshi, Rob Fokir, Baby Akhtar, Shumel, Motimba, Lalon, Lokkhi Terra, Dele Sosimi, Tunde Jegede, Ajob, Soothsayers and Porobashi.

Celebrating International World Mother Language through the global language of music, the first-ever Dhaka World Music Fest 2011 was held from February 4 to 5 at Sultana Kamal Mohila Krira Complex in Dhanmondi, ushering in an era of international music to this cosmopolitan city. The festival brought the eclectic grooves and hypnotic rhythms of Cuban-funk, Afro-beat, Bauls of Bengal, Reggae, Pala and Bangla-Afro-Latin fusion together in a melting pot of organic sounds and earthly vibrations.

The sound created by these musicians defined world music all over again. This jamming was so intoxicating that one could follow Alice into Wonderland while on their journey of musical madness.

This was just a practice session at an apartment with no acoustics so one can imagine what happened on-stage and at the venue. When the lights flooded the stage, the music flooded the audiences with peace, by far the best sound produced in Bangladesh at a live concert.

And the audiences just felt that when Soothsayers took the stage. Their organic mix of reggae, Afro funk, urban jazz, dub grooves mixed in a whirlpool of emotions sent ripples of trippy effects. They were one of the best and made the crowd realise why Soothsayers, led by Bangladeshi-British saxophonist Idris Rahman and trumpeter Robin Hopcraft, along with the intoxicating vocals of Julia Biel, kicked up a live storm and are hailed in the UK as one of the hippest bands.

One of the vocalists, Sohini Alam, of Lokkhi Terra said, “This is one of the greatest initiatives for Bangla folk and for our country. The bands which performed at this enormous two-day gig are big names in the UK. They are such huge names that we pay to see them live just to be musically motivated.”

Another musician from the troupe Justin Thurgur, who plays trombone for Lokkhi Terra, Motimba and Dele Sosimi, felt ecstatic about playing in Bangladesh for the third time. He was wearing a t-shirt sporting images of peace and had the loudest grin, “I have been working with Kishon for the past 15 years and it feels different playing here in Dhaka. The culture and the folk music is so rich and beautiful that we can communicate with each other with this universal language and the language which speaks about peace and nothing but peace.”

The festival's vision was conceptualised and spearheaded by Runi Khan of Culturepot Global,UK, to secure a sustainable place for Bangladesh's musical heritage in the global cultural arena. According to the organisers, it opens up a meaningful two-way musical dialogue between Bangladesh and the world at large. They wish to create an annual international music platform to present the rich variety of Bangladesh's indigenous & traditional musical styles to the world.

One of the organisers of this magnificent event Mikhail Islam said, “The great cities in the world have a tradition of holding music festivals and since Dhaka is becoming a mega city, it is high time that we have such events. I think Kishon Khan worked here as a great catalyst bringing all these bands here since he collaborates with most of them in the UK which fantastically complements the whole idea of a world music fest.”

The festival has been organised and curated by Culturepot Global,UK, Excalibur Entertainment, JatrikTravels and Symbiance Partners, Bangladesh and sponsored by Grameenphone.

The venue was decorated and boasted an ambience which elevated the psyche of the crowd and orchestrated a fusion of peace, love and understanding. With the juice bars in the back and brilliant live music, this gig will certainly be one of the biggest events of 2011.

Nuclear power plant in Bangladesh

Russia has agreed to build energy-starved Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant, the government said Friday.Bangladesh's Ministry of Science said officials from the two countries signed an agreement in Dhaka late Thursday for the $1.5 billion plant.Russia will supply two reactors capable of generating a total of 2,000 megawatts of electricity for the plant, which is to be built by 2018, the ministry said. It will also supply fuel for the plant and take back the spent fuel, it said.Russia also will train workers to run the plant, to be built in Rooppur, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Dhaka. Relations between the two countries have been close since Russia backed Bangladesh in its 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.Bangladesh's decades-old gas-fired power plants are unable to generate enough electricity for the country's 150 million people, with a daily shortfall of about 2,000 megawatts. Businesses complain that the shortages interfere with production.The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank say Bangladesh's economy, which has grown by more than 5 percent in recent years, will suffer if more electricity is not generated to support industries and agriculture.

Padma Bridge World Bank approved USD 1.2 billion

The World Bank has approved a USD 1.2 billion concessional IDA credit to Bangladesh for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project in order to improve connectivity and boost opportunities for people in the southwest Bangladesh.
Spanning the Padma River, the world’s third largest 6.1 km long bridge will connect nearly 30 million people in the Southwest region to the rest of the country, enhancing their access to markets and services while accelerating growth as a whole.
The bridge, the largest IDA credit ever, will reduce distances to capital Dhaka by about 100 km while cutting travel times in half from most areas of Southwest Bangladesh.
Given its size, complexity and expected impact on local communities, the bridge includes state of the art safeguards and accountability features. Transparency has been emphasized throughout every step of its preparation and design.
“We’ve been working closely with the Government of Bangladesh on a `Governance and Accountability Action Plan’ that ensures strict supervision to prevent fraud or corruption, and guarantees quality and transparency,” said Isabel Guerrero, World Bank South Asia Vice President.

Cell Phone Radiation Affects Normal Functioning of the Human Brain

 

 

Maryland, February 23, 2011 (ENS) - Using a cell phone for 50 minutes is associated with increased activity of the brain in the region closest to the phone antenna, finds new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Elevated brain glucose metabolism, a marker of brain activity, showed up in a study designed to assess whether cell phone exposure affected regional activity in the human brain, led by Nora Volkow, MD, of the National Institutes of Health.

The study, published in today's issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association," is the first investigation in humans of glucose metabolism in the brain after cell phone use.

"Fifty-minute exposure to a cell phone was associated with increases in glucose consumption by the brain, which indicates that the brain was being activated by the radiofrequencies from the cell phone," said Dr. Volkow.

"Even though the radiofrequencies that are emitted from current cell phone technologies are very weak, they are able to activate the human brain - they have an effect," said Dr. Volkow, a specialist in brain activity who serves as director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and works with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

The randomized study was conducted between January 1 and December 31, 2009 at a single U.S. laboratory among 47 healthy participants recruited from the community.Cell phones were placed on their left and right ears and brain imaging was performed with positron emission tomography, PET, scans. The imaging was used to measure brain glucose metabolism twice, once with the right cell phone activated but sound muted for 50 minutes - the "on" condition - and once with both cell phones deactivated - the "off" condition.The PET scans were compared to assess the effect of cell phone use on brain glucose metabolism.

The researchers found that whole-brain metabolism did not differ between the on and off conditions. But metabolism in the brain region closest to the antenna was approximately seven percent higher for cell phone on than for cell phone off conditions.The researchers say that the mechanisms by which radio frequency and electromagnetic fields, RF-EMFs, could affect brain glucose metabolism are "unclear."

The study does indicate that "the regions expected to have the greater absorption of RF-EMFs from the cell phone exposure were the ones that showed the larger increases in glucose metabolism," the authors write. "These results provide evidence that the human brain is sensitive to the effects of RF-EMFs from acute cell phone exposures."With an estimated five billion cell phones in use around the world today concerns have been raised by the possibility that RF-EMFs emitted by cell phones may induce brain cancer.This study's authors say more research is needed to answer that question. "Results of this study provide evidence that acute cell phone exposure affects brain metabolic activity," the authors state. "However, these results provide no information as to their relevance regarding potential carcinogenic effects, or lack of such effects, from chronic cell phone use." The results of this study add information about the possible effects of radiofrequency emissions from wireless phones on brain activity, write Henry Lai, PhD, of the University of Washington and Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, of University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden, in an editorial accompanying the JAMA article.

"Although the biological significance, if any, of increased glucose metabolism from acute cell phone exposure is unknown, the results warrant further investigation," write Lai and Hardell.

"An important question is whether glucose metabolism in the brain would be chronically increased from regular use of a wireless phone with higher radiofrequency energy than those used in the current study," they write. "Potential acute and chronic health effects need to be clarified."

Lai and Hardell question whether the findings Volkow and her team may be a marker of other alterations in brain function from radiofrequency emissions, such as neurotransmitter and neurochemical activities. "If so, this might have effects on other organs, leading to unwanted physiological responses," write Lai and Hardell. "Further studies on biomarkers of functional brain changes from exposure to radiofrequency radiation are definitely warranted."

Writes Louis Slesin in "Microwave News, "The new finding, if confirmed, would at the very least force a rethink of the prevailing orthodoxy, which maintains that low levels of RF and microwave radiation are too weak to have any effect and can be disregarded."

Eve Teasing A Social problem in Bangladesh

These days there has been raised one more concern in Bangladesh. The concern is termed as “Eve-Teasing”, which could blast out through the country in an alarming rate, if it is not protected in a proper way. 

What is eve-teasing?
Eve-teasing is normally meant as teasing a girl or woman. “Eve-teasing” refers to public sexual harassment or street harassment to a girl by a boy, when it turns into a serious issue. Eve-teasing is a very common term in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.

Eve-Teasing in Bangladesh:
Eve teasing is not a new problem in Bangladesh. It is a concern since many years. Almost every young girl is a victim of teasing, especially by the local young teaser. The most of the people may avoid it as a common matter with young generation. Yes, it is. But it is not every time. It can be tolerated until no girl is being attacked. But when it crosses the line, it will raise as a problem to us. It is surely a social problem. These days, many girls have committed suicide only to safe themselves from eve-teasing. That means, eve-teasing in Bangladesh has reached its maximum range. This is against the women rights without any doubt. Those who are involved with this kind of embarrass stuff can be named as a terrorist.

The teasers wait in schools, colleges or outside the house gate and as soon as girls walk passed by them they start teasing with ribald comments, smutty jokes, coarse laughter, sly whistles and even indecent exposure.

According to a daily newspaper, two girl committed suicide only in October 2010. In the last 7 months there 4 girls were killed and 42 were injured. Well, this is just a ruff measurement, which came across the people’s attention. There happened many occurrences like this, which were not published in the newspaper. In most of the cases, the victims shy to exposes these incidents.

Negative effect of Eve-teasing in Bangladesh:
Eve-teasing has a great negative influence over the family, society and of course the country. The demerits of eve-teasing are very clear to us. Many girls are committing suicide to save them from the teasers. This is not only frightening but threatening as well. Recently one Mother was killed to save her daughter from the eve-teasers. This is a real shame. Many of Girls are feeling insecure to go the schools. As a result, the parents are not allowing the girls to go to school or even outside of home. This is how the drop-out rate of female students is increasing day by day. Not only this, the victim girl may lose his mental balance. In most cases, girls are letting married in an early age. This underage marriage problem is also increasing by this eve-teasing problem. The guardians assuming, their daughter will be safe and fine with her husband. Basically the rate of illiterate people is high in Bangladesh. This illiteracy is a curse in this modern era. The female illiteracy is higher too. In this case, if this eve-teasing problem exists for a long time, Bangladesh will let down from worse to worst in terms of female education. If the girls are getting married in an early age, they will probably having more babies, which will make the population problem destructive. So in a sense, it can be said that Eve-teasing may create more problems beyond our expectation. The eve teasers are becoming more dangerous. They are willingly doing all these and asking hazards in society. They seemed to be committed of doing anything they want in the sake of their wish. These young teasers are turning out to be a terrorist in the coming days.

Protect or Remove the Eve Teasing Problem:
Eve teasing is an internal problem of Bangladesh. People need to know about the demerits of Eve teasing. Thus we need to raise our consciousness among the general people. The people also need to change their mind a bit. We always had a negative mind set for the girls. I don’t know why, but many of us are not ready to accept the equality between a girl and a boy. It has been advertising and making people belief that there are no difference between a girl and a boy. But the reality will disappoint you completely. There is a long distance between reality and what is publishing. Still we specially the boys are not ready to be beaten by a girl. Even if a girl wins legally we deny it every time. That’s why I said we need to change our view on girls. We must see them as a human being. We must credit them if they deserve. We must believe a girl can do as much as a boy can do. To do so, to change our view, we need people to be informed about that. As the eve teasing problem is staring from schools, colleges or universities, we need to protest this problem from the educations institutes. We have to make sure these educational institutes are free from eve teasers.

Even just 2 months ago, Eve Teasing was a hot topic in Bangladesh. This problem paid the attention of Education Minister too. The daily Newspapers were publishing all these news as the headline those days. Committees were made, organizations were active. Even girls were out taking banners and protesting against the problem in roads or schools, which was very promising. It’s their problem and they should play the vital role. By saying that I did not mean boys have nothing to do. Overall, all of us should be protesting against this problem being in our own places. But if the girls become more attentive of their rights, this problem will be solved quickly.

We need to investigate if there were any political interferes too. I saw some RABs and Policemen are catching the teasers and punishing them instantly. This is a good move from the Govt. It is expected; the teaser will be embarrassed and keep himself away from Eve Teasing in rest of his life. At the same time, there should be some accurate and proper laws against these crimes. As we have already seen, this problem is causing suicide and killing, so we should pay extra attention on that issue.

At the same time, if we can remove this problem, we will get our young generation back in their business. The will think positively and will be interested to do positive works for the society. The girls also should not try to blackmail any boys with this matter.
A helpful mind from both Boys and Girls will help us to get rid of Eve Teasing problem. 

Unwelcome attention:

Eve-teasing is not just a college girl’s problem. It leads to insecurity for parents or to even anyone who’s loved one undergoes this. This unwelcome masculine attention on women subjects them to an unimaginable sexual pressure. Tucking this issue under the carpet is not a solution. A civilized society cannot afford to ignore such an issue. Eve-teasing deserves to be tackled actively. Eradicating eve-teasing will help women access public places fearlessly and will further gender equality, much more than can be achieved by reservation of seats for women in Parliament.Hence eve-teasing is one of the major issues nowadays as the countries start developing and more women are entering the job-market

Tri Nation Big Show in Dhaka Bangladesh 2011

The Bollywood Dhamaka Continues in Bangladesh. The “Destiny Group Tri Nation Big Show” is about to begin with in a day at 24th of February, 2011. You may have already been informed about some big fishes of Bollywood, who are attending in the Show.  Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma and many others are going to perform in the show. The show is organized by Bangladesh Cricket Board associated by ATN Bangla.

The show will be held in Bangabondhu National Stadium. The Mega stars of Bollywood Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Akshay Kumar will fly to Dhaka tomorrow morning by a special airplane. Salman Khan from Bangkok, Kartrina Kaif from Mumbai and Akshay Kumar from Chandigarh will separately arrive in Dhaka with special airplanes in Thursday morning. In the same day, a special Jet Airways will be flew to Dhaka with 150 perfomers along with Anushka Sharma, Riya Sen, Pritam an his band Metro. Two band groups of Sri Lanka will attend the show.

The show will be started with Bangladeshi performers. The show is scheduled to start from 4PM local time (+6GMT). The show will start with folk songs performed by Kironchondro Rai, Forida Parvin, Chondona Mojumdar and Bari Siddiki. There will be dance performance with a group having 200 performers.

Shakib Khan will perform with Bindu, Mim, Sokh and Tinni.

The concert will start at 4pm local time and end at 10:30pm. Satellite channel ATN Bangla and Boishakhi TV will telecast the program live.

Karina Kapor can not attend the concert. Due to the change of the schedule of the concert her appearance was canceled. The show was scheduled at 17th of February previously.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 opening ceremony picture/video

The World Cup Cricket is Back in Asia after 15 years and what a fabulous opening ceremony for World Cup Cricket 2011 in Dhaka. The Cricket World as well as the people will remember the opening ceremony for many years.Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka is all set for the opening ceremony of the tenth edition of the World Cup ICC Cricket on February 17. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to declare officially open the show’s most important sports in Bangladesh is responsible for the opening ceremony. The ceremony will take place beautifully. Not only is the artist of Bangladesh is made, but the actor in South Asia is the world see ceremony.The Bangladesh believes that the ceremony of World Cup. The ceremony was full of colors and fireworks. It was such a spectacular night in Dhaka. Bangladesh will be proud for this event. The ceremony lasted for about 138mins.

World Cup 2011 Time Table, World Cup 2011 Chart, Cricket World Cup 2011 Opening Ceremony Time, World Cup 2011, World Cup 2011 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming. The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth World Cup cricket and will be hosted by three countries of South Asia playing Test cricket: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Bangladesh first time co hosting a Cricket World Cup.The all dates of the ICC World Cup is just around the corner and host countries are well prepared. Cricket World 2011 opening ceremony of the Cup is scheduled to be held in 2010 17 in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka at 8:00 p.m. local time. Hindi, Bengali and Sinhala. I’m sure the stadium will explode once the song is sung in Bengali. It will be a great moment because he did not get to see Shankar Mahadevan sing live. We are very pleased with the ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup opening of the opening will Ceremony.The Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka and the event promises to stop the world for two hours of spectacular songs, dance, also shows the laser eye catches.

Details: (1 File)
File Name: Cricket_2011_World_Cup_-_Opening_Ceremony_x264_-_VB.mp4
File Size: 1413.4 Mb (1482108369 bytes)
Video info: 400x300, fps
Audio info:  kbps, Hz

Download The Full Video