Bangladesh Abroad
It was a small but an important event. There were only 30-35 people – some second generation Bangladeshi young, some first generation adults, some men, some women – all living in New York City. They get together to remember a boy who was not known to them even few weeks ago. The boy, 13-year-old Samiul … Read more…
Muktadhara Foundation organized a 3-day long International Bangla Festival & Book Fair at the William Cullen Bryant High School of Long Island City from June 13 to 15, 2014. According to the organizer, it was their 23rd Bangla Book Fair. The fair was attended by many people, mostly of Bangladeshi origin. Some attendees were from West … Read more…
From Google Doodle to clean water in Bangladesh? Well, yes, sometimes it is unexpected but not impossible in today’s so much connected world – as long as someone is thinking and dreaming big to do just that! 11-year old Audrey Zhang of New York is the winner of 2014 Doodle 4 Google competition. She won … Read more…
t was a very cold and windy night when Eyes on Bangladesh started their opening reception of photo exhibition of Bangladeshi Photographers yesterday in New York City. But that all felt nice and warm once I was in front of those photographs! Sometime people’s life, day-to-day events, ordinary places, mundane time do not make sense … Read more…
So there I have been watching all those mountaineering docs for years now – the first one I saw is still one of the best and most fav – Touching the Void – a true story of mountaineering event happened in Peruvian Andes in 1985. Since then I try not to miss any mountaineering related docs. Fast … Read more…