Untold woes in the scenic tea gardens
May 19, 2009
A lush tea garden with towering shade trees is always a respite for the eyes and senses. The foliage obviously induces a sense of peace and tranquillity. But underneath the veneer of this beauty and serenity, remain stories of untold agony and muffled cries. The ongoing solo photography exhibition by Philip Gain tries to uncover stories from the communities of tea-pickers working at the gardens in different parts of the country. The exhibition titled, “The Story of Tea Workers,” is on at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi.
Cox’s Bazar and Sundarbans
May 8, 2009
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Photo: Azizur Rahim Peu / Driknews
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We also found some websites or facebook applications where more than one vote could be cast. Further, it was also noticed that confirmation of the vote by opening return mail from N7W to the voter’s e-mail account was not required. It is truly confusing and does not match with the prescribed guideline of the N7W authorities, but many people used those sites/pages without knowing what could be the consequences.
Possible measures on the part of N7WA could be to discard those votes or block those sites and applications. Instead of doing that, N7WA dropped the number one and two contending natural sites from the contest and we do not know if this is a permanent measure. N7WA must have designed some system to cancel fake votes, which clearly failed and they took unjust punitive measures against competing natural sites.
If, for example, the same people who opened sites having anomalies as mentioned above open similar websites to cast fake votes in favour of another competing site, say Mount Everest; will N7WA drop Mt. Everest from the list too and if they do that will that be proper?
We expect immediate return of Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans to the contest in order to ensure a fair process of selection, so that N7W’s endeavour gets global acceptance as a selection based on fair practice.
Cox’s Bazar: Wonders Of Nature
April 26, 2009
Miles of golden sands, towering cliffs, surfing waves, rare conch shells, colorful pagodas, Buddhist temples and tribes, delightful sea-food–this is Cox’s Bazar, the tourist capital of Bangladesh. Having the world’s longest (120 kilometers.) beach sloping gently down to the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, Cox’s Bazar is one of the most attractive tourist sport in the country. There are also a few very old wooden Buddhist temples at Ramu, a few kilometers from Cox’s Bazar, well worth visiting.
Spring by the river Teesta
April 25, 2009
Time has always been a factor during making a bicycle trip as we all have work and classes to attend to. The recent events in the country were not encouraging enough for outdoor trips. Despite that the joy of riding could not resist us! The seven-member team of adventure community — Kewkradong.com — set off for Nilphamari to ride along the famous river Teesta. Riding bicycles in Dhaka is not always pleasant, actually it’s kind of difficult because of maniac motor vehicle drivers. That’s why it’s hard to find riding mates here.
Gazni – Finding Elephant
April 16, 2009
The morning was full of fog. We came out of our rooms and emerged in a dreamy world of mists. The fog gloomily dropped down like rain. Visibility was so low that we knew we could not drive now. You could see nothing of the road. It was not until ten that the fog cleared a bit. And then we started our car. We were going to Gazni as the locals told us the night before that the elephants had wandered off to that direction. We were passing by a beel and then stopped. We were amazed to find hundreds of marsh swallows here some flying and some sitting on dead branches. Swallows are hardly seen sitting, these small birds love to be airborne all the time. Read more
Spectacular Bangladeshi panorama
March 29, 2009
It was a rather crowded affair than the usual calm and quite ambience at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi on March 27. Young photo enthusiasts gathered and were chatting effusively on the second floor of the gallery. The occasion was the ongoing photography exhibition titled, “Bangladesh in Frames.” The exhibition is the debut initiative by image and video hosting website Flickr-based photographic platform ‘Through the Lens: Bangladesh.’ Read more
Destination Bangladesh
February 4, 2009
A country of pristine beaches, national parks, ancient palaces, mosques, temples, churches and wildlife, Bangladesh is truly one of the most delightful places to visit. Bangladesh enjoys a moderate tropical climate and as a vacationer, you could go riding on the secluded beaches or enjoy an exhilarating trek among the cloud-reaching mountains at Bandarban, as well as a wide variety of other options to choose from when making a travel plan.
Feathery Friends At Ramna Park
February 3, 2009
Twittering of birds has nowadays become rare in the city. Amid this concrete jungle there are still a few patches of greeneries like Ramna Park where the last of the feathery friends dwell in. Some of the magnificent species that visit the park include purple sunbird, golden back woodpecker, magpie robin, common Indian red-vented bulbul, rose-ringed parakeet and the shrike. Read more
All things old and wonderful
November 19, 2008
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Life in Shakhari Bazar (from top): a crumbling ornate facade, renovation and upkeep are the major issues; an artisan making ‘shankha.’ Photo: Joyobrata Sarker and Urmee Chowdhury
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Freshly baked mounds of ‘bakarkhani’ and little potato ’shingara’ can be seen at every street corner. There was a palpable festive feeling in the air for it was just a few days before ‘Kali puja’; Kali is the fiery reigning goddess of Shakhari Bazar. Read more
Fall colour
November 11, 2008
I have never seen the splendour of autumn before. I haven’t known the festival that fall plans for mankind. The autumnal celebration of colour is a beauty to behold. As the winter was approaching the trees were shedding leaves; they were metamorphosing from green giants to living skeletons of boughs and branches. Read more