Bangladesh : The Land of Possibility
Latest Posts
Investment in Bangladesh: Grameen Phone
- Dec 22, 2008
"The Dhaka Stock Exchange(DSE) index almost doubled in value in 2007, despite martial law and the overthrow of a democratic government."-Yahoo finance.Here in Wrexham, UK I met two Bangladeshi (Now british) citizens have invested in the DSE for couple of months. and their fortune has grown lot. Unlike many markets in Asia, such as India which has plummeted by a quarter this year, DSE has held on to most of its gains.Grameenphone, a Norwegian-controlled mobile phone compan...
Fair, Festival and events in Bangladesh
- Oct 03, 2008
Fairs, festivals and events have always played a significant role in the life of the citizens of Bangladesh. Some of these are from religious and spiritual Background specially festivals, but some are from cultural background, specially fairs. The fairs have their roots in the very heart of the people, irrespective of religion, caste. There are some national events when people shows their greatest respect and homage with many colourful cultural events. The list of the day...
Bags Full of Diamonds: The story of a Bangladeshi taxi driver
- Jul 07, 2008
Bangladeshi cab driver in New York Returns Bag Full of Diamond Rings to Passenger Who Tipped Him 30 Cents."I'm not going to take someone else's money or property to make me rich. I don't want it that way," said driver Osman Chowdhury, who is from Bangladesh.For more details visithttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250814,00.html http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2007/05/04/profile.htm
The Cyclone in Bangladesh
- Feb 02, 2008
The cyclone SIDR has severely unsettled the lives of millions; as a nation we need to stand behind this calamity and show our fraternity. People of all walks should really come forward and help to mitigate the giant catastrophe that had swept the nation and thousands have died and/or have been maimed. It is now around a few weeks since the cyclone hit us; the media coverage is slowing coming down, but we need to remind ourselves daily about the devastation that SIDR brough...
Bangladesh, Nobel and Dr. Yunus
- Mar 10, 2007
"... poverty in the world is an artificial creation; Poverty is a Threat to Peace; We Can Put Poverty in the Museums " - Dr Yunus. He has been providing and showingBeggars Can Turn to BusinessInformation Technology for the PoorSocial Businesses in GlobalizationMuhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the Grameen Bank have been jointly awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. This is a great achievement for Bangladesh and the World. We are all overwhelmed with joy. Some web links are gi...
Textile Outsourcing in Bangladesh
- Jul 09, 2006
Bangladesh has bagged the outsourcing work on textiles from Pakistan. Pakistan is known for its textile industry and exports from the country is increasing day-on-day.Textile owners from Pakistan have eyed Bangladesh for its lower labour costs and government tax incentives. Makers of bed linens, readymade garments and knitwear have begun shifting operations to areas around Dhaka.For details please visit http://www.blogsource.org/2006/02/bangladesh_lure.htmlMore links on Ba...
Bangladesh: The land of happiness
- Mar 27, 2006
Lesson in happiness from the poor of Bangladesh - Sarah FreemanMoney may make the world go round but, according to new research, a richman's world is not a fun place to be. Sarah Freeman reports.It's the kind of research designed to make even the most altruistic of us feel uncomfortable. While here in Britain we have been channelling our energy into votingthe likes of Sharon Osbourne, Jordan and Kate Moss into the top 10 ofcelebrity mums, speculating on who's next likely t...
Bangladeshi Companies in CeBIT
- Mar 19, 2006
Bangladeshi companies are showing their potentiality and competency in CeBIT 2006, at Hannover, Germany. CeBIT is called the greatest ICT showdown on earth regarding new and future technology. Seven Bangladeshi organizations are available in this CeBIT showing Bangladesh as a strong and highly capable place of ICT outsourching and offshore business. Comapanies and their contact emails are as follows-1. Export Promotion Bureau Bangladesh. email: epd.bd@aitlbd.net2. Daud In...
Bangladesh: The 31st Richest Country (Looking otherway around)
- Mar 16, 2006
This is a list of countries of the world sorted by their Gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates here are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations.Interestingly, Bangladesh ranked 32 in each of the individual ranking done by World Bank, IMF and CIA. Below is the combined list.Rank - Country - 2005 GDP (PPP)millions of International dollars0 - World - 59,559,7701 - ...