ADB’s $3 million for Bangladesh

ADB is going to offer $3 million to improve domination performs in the capital market and insurance segment. This project will work for developing governance practices in the capital market and insurance sector.

HindustanTimes reported:

he project will strengthen the governance, regulation and supervision of the capital market and boost the regulators' capacity.
It will also support government-led reforms being pursued in the insurance sector, including a revamp of the insurance legislation and the establishment of a new regulatory authority based on international best practices said a press release from ADB.

This Manila based organization is working for tumbling poverty in the Asia-Pacific region through pro-poor sustainable economic growth

Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka, earned $9.52 million

Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka is part of U.S.-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide. It’s a local joint venture of Sena Kalyan Sangstha and Army Welfare Trust. The hotel management said that it earned $9.52 million in the first year of its operation.

All Headline News reported:

"Although any political deadlock hampers any business, we were less affected compared to others during the political turmoil due to our location, which is another significant reason behind success," General Manager of the Dhaka Radisson Hotel Ian R Barrow told reporters at a press conference marking its first anniversary.

Barrow is very much optimistic about the future hospitality business in Bangladesh with a strong potential for growth.

"Our revenue earnings within less than one year are not only the highest in the local hotel market but also among the Radisson group in the Asia Pacific region," Director (Sales and Marketing) of the hotel Saeed Ahmed said.

The management’s expectation is that it will increase in future in Bangladesh.

Turtles Death could be caused by Pollution: In Bangladeshi Coast

More than 200 Sea turtles dying along coast mainly, the southeastern angle of Bangladesh. Fishermen blamed for turtle deaths in Bay of Bengal. Not only turtles but also some dolphin died in this area.

Reuters reported:

Around 140 turtles were found dead along a 4-km (2.5 mile) stretch of beach near the southern tourist town of Cox's Bazar, said Mohammad Aminul Islam, deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar district.
More turtles were dying on the shores of St. Martin island, 35 km off the country's southeastern tip, Teknaf.

Islam said he believed the turtles died after being caught in fishing nets.
In eastern India, wildlife activists said dead turtles were also dotting beaches there in large numbers.
"We counted 763 of them in the last two months, all dead after getting caught in fishing nets," Biswajit Mohanty, wildlife activist and coordinator of Operation Kachchappa (turtles), an Orissa-based group, told Reuters.

"They had bulging eyes and necks, which indicate they died due to a lack of oxygen after getting dragged underwater in fishing nets for hours," Mohanty said.
The group surveyed a 200 km (124 miles) stretch of coastline in Orissa, near Paradip, a major Indian port.

Not only Bangladeshi coast but also Bhubaneswar in Indian coast, the turtles also died. This death could be caused by increasing pollution, said the Marine officials of Bangladesh

Awarded Money for the Needy Communities, like Bangladesh

Professor Abul Hussam who is at George Mason University in Fairfax, developed an low-cost, easy-to-make method for filtering arsenic from well water. National Academy of Engineering declared Thursday that the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for his invention.

KOMO tv reported:

The National Academy of Engineering announced Thursday that the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability would go to Abul Hussam, a chemistry professor at George Mason University in Fairfax. Hussam's invention is already in use today, preventing serious health problems in residents of the professor's native Bangladesh.

After moving to the United States in 1978, Hussam got his citizenship and received a doctorate in analytical chemistry. The Centreville, Va., resident has spent much of this career trying to devise a solution to the arsenic problem, which was accidentally caused by international aid agencies that had funded a campaign to dig wells in Eastern India and Bangladesh.

The filter removes almost every trace of arsenic from well water.
About 200 filtration systems are being made each week in Kushtia, Bangladesh, for about $40 each, Hussam said. More than 30,000 have been distributed.
Hussam said he plans to use 70 percent of his prize so the filters can be distributed to needy communities. He said 25 percent will be used for more research, and 5 percent will be donated to GMU.

The 2007 sustainability prize is funded by the Grainger Foundation of Lake Forest, Ill., and the contest was set up to target the arsenic problem. Among the criteria for winning was an affordable, reliable and environmentally friendly solution to the arsenic problem that did not require electricity.

Professor Abul Hussam was awarded $1 million for his invention. He has decided that he will spend most of the awarded money for the needy communities around the world.

Expectation of the Team, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe

After passing a very bad time, Zimbabwe is determined to turn off. Prosper Utseya who is the captain of Zimbabwe Cricket Team, has declared that they will win the series.

ECB reported:

Morale in camp is soaring,” Utseya said. “All the players are raring to go. We are out to do well, and if the sky holds we want to do just that. Our preparations have gone on pretty well and I am optimistic that the boys will deliver the goods.

“The playing conditions are on our side so all we need to do is pull in one direction as a team, stick to the basics and take our chances when they come.

“The other thing that might just work in our favour is that we have retained the same team that beat Bangladesh 3-2 at the same venue last year.”

Bangladesh Captain Habibul Bashar considered that Zimbabwe team is strong and he added the series will be very competitive.

“Look at what has been happening to us since we started playing them. If they were a weak side then what would be the point in being here at all for any matches?”

"We are actually getting stronger by playing Zimbabwe and that is a good thing for both of us (Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) because we will be improving on our mistakes.

"We are ready for the fight, yes I know when Zimbabwe came to Bangladesh towards the end of last year we managed to whitewash them.

"Zimbabwe are a strong side especially at home so for us that means we have a big challenge but what we are looking for is a definite win," said Bashar.

These four match series will play at Harare in Zimbabwe from 4-10 Feb. Both captain is determine to win the series.

Global worming: It will affect Bangladesh most

Global worming is an important issue in day today life. The see level is becoming high. Low laying area like the southern area of Bangladesh will go under water after 50-100 years.

ostll affect bangladesh esh orld will have to take a proper step about this problem.

Reuters reported:

"No one has ever told my people what awaits them in 50 years or a century," Feroze said on Friday, hours before a U.N. climate panel released a report issuing the strongest warning yet that human activities are heating the planet.
"But I have seen the island gradually reduced to a size of 8 sq-km (3 sq miles) now from 12 sq-km 20 years ago," he told Reuters from Saint Martin's in the Bay of Bengal off the country's southernmost tip of Teknaf.
"The corals are being eroded, land being squeezed. This is what we see ... and wonder why the Bay that gives us fish and a secure living is becoming cruel," Feroze, 55, said.
"Recently, various sea species including turtles and dolphins are dying along our shores. But we don't know why."

The population of Bangladesh is very high. The density is very high among the populated country. But the concept is not very clear about global worm.

Millions of people live along the largely flat delta bound by the Bay of Bengal to the south. As sea levels rise and storms increase in number and severity, vast areas of land will be swallowed by the sea, experts say.
"Millions of Bangladeshis will lose their land and homes, adding to the South Asian country's plight of poverty and overcrowding," said Ainun Nishat, Bangladesh country representative of the World Conservation Union.
More than 11 percent of Bangladesh's land area would be lost if sea levels rose by 1 metre over the next 50 or 100 years, he said.
"The Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, will also be affected in case of sea level rise, sending in more saline water," he told Reuters.
"The Bangladesh government has prepared a national plan of action to face the impact of climate change but it has yet to receive any global financial support," Chowdhury added.

Not only Bangladesh but also the country of the world will have to take a proper step about this problem.

Women’s National Cricket team of Bangladesh will be a world class team

At February 5, the First Women's Cricket championship trophy final tournament will be held. Hamida Begum who is the member the cricket board's women's wing hope that their target is to built a world class cricket team in future.

Pakistan Times reported:

“Cricket is fast catching up with soccer as Bangladesh's most popular sport and the Bangladesh men's team ranks among the 10 full members of the International Cricket Council.

But the South Asian country has never fielded a team in an international women's tournament because of a lack of interest from players and organizers alike.

Thirty cricketers will be selected for further training at the end of the Women's Cricket Championship, Hamida Begum, a member the cricket board's women's wing, told reporters Friday.

“Our objective is to build a women's national cricket team,'' Begum said. ``We will also invite foreign teams to play in the country.''

The championship trophy launched by M. Abdul Aziz, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Croco Motors: The Sponsor of Zimbabwe Bangladesh One day Series

Croco Motors, the leading car dealer in Zimbabwe, will be sponsor of the One Day International Cricket Series that will start from February 3 in Harare Sports Club.

allAfrica reported:

Croco Motors have poured $100 million into the tour with chief executive officer Farai Matsika saying they felt obliged to play a part in Zimbabwe's preparations for the World Cup.

"Zimbabwe cricket is in an exciting phase where every shoulder is to the wheel in preparation for participation at the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

"As a giant in the Zimbabwe motor industry, we could not just stand back and watch them in their national endeavour.

"We decided to strengthen our relationship with Zimbabwe Cricket and hence this sponsorship," said Matsika.

Andrew Muzamhindo, who is the head of Zimbabwe Cricket's commercial division welcomed for this role. He also added that it will competent the team for the next World Cup which will be hosted by the Caribbean.

Mustard Leaf: It’s used as vegetables in Bangladesh

The climate of Bangladesh is moderate. All kinds of crops grow here very easily. This crop is farming at the end of October and it become as full grain at March.

When it’s become small, people used it as vegetables in Bangladesh. After two months it is flower. This yellow flower looks very attractive and charming.

Dear viewer, in these pictures, you are watching some pictures of mustard plots are full green and yellow.

Street children (Toaki) in Dhaka City: What do they eat?

Street children in Dhaka city lead a very measurable life. They eat various kinds of things. But from where they get it? Most of they have to face of kindness of people. Some time they have to face the rude behave from people.In these pictures one boy is eating food sitting by a loan place. He also shared it with his companion. He and his companion always share all things. If any one gives some money they also divide it equally.


Globalfootprint has written:

“Some of the children are on the street - they work, play and spend most of their day with other children on the street but have families to return to at night. These children often help the family earn money by working on the streets.

Other children are of the street - they survive without family, entirely on their own, except for the company of other street children or those willing to help and support them.”

Although they eat food by the kindness of others but they have a simple mind to help others. Dear viewers, in this picture you can see that one boy is giving food to the dog.

A Different kinds of Boat in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a land of river. There are more than 430 rivers in Bangladesh are around as a net. For this it’s called the land of river. So boat is a common thing or journey in the rural area.

Sometime people make a journey by boat in Bangladesh for enjoy their vacation and spent some happy moments. But in the remote rural area where boat is only transport in the rainy season.

In the picture, here is a different kind of boat. It’s called Panshi boat. Some people made it for their hobby. But in Bangladesh this kinds of Panshi boat are used for nomadic life.

In Bangladesh one kind of Gipsy people (in bangla, Bede) use this boat as a home. They move from one place to another around the year also their full life.

Its color and design as so much charming that anybody will be impressed easily.

Hawkers of Footpath: In some Busiest area in Dhaka City

In Dhaka city footpaths are occupied by the hawkers. Now I am describe some of them like Motijhil, Gulisthan, Pantan etc. It is the busiest most of the area in Dhaka City.

The busiest area in Dhaka city is the Gulisthan, Motijhil and Purana Paltan. If you go to there you can see all people are busy for their work, like official work, intercourse and others. You also see that there are a lot of hawkers who are selling daily necessary things like, cosmetics, cloths, food etc.

Footpath Life in Dhaka City

Why are these people living in footpath in the capital city in Dhaka? Is it a funny life? No it is fully measurable. Why are they leading these lives?

Most the people, who live in footpath, have a sad story in the background. In conversation, it brings out that they had a happy life in the past. After devouring their land by the river they had to come to Dhaka city and leading a measurable life. In these pictures you can see some women are gossiping and children are playing. It is their family. In the afternoon they was seating in different motion and enjoying the heat of winter sun and some are drying their cloths. loving-bengal has written:

“Monga is a sort of famine that stalks the northern region during the lean period when there is no work for farmers or agricultural labourers. The jobless people lose their food purchasing capacity. "As the local economy is not enough to keep the locals in their own areas, they roam around and finally migrate to the capital as part of their coping mechanism," the economist said. There is no official or unofficial data on how many people migrate to Dhaka each year during Monga. But economists said this time the number of migrated people would definitely be higher than the number in yesteryears. A World Bank report titled "Bangladesh: Development Policy Review" released recently reveals the picture of urban poverty and says the number of the poor among the city population has increased 7.2 percent from 1995-96 to 2000. Based on statistics from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the World Bank report says about 36.6 percent of the people in cities live under the poverty line while it was 29.4 percent five years ago.”

When they use to live the footpath, they have to fight with nature in every moments, rain in the rainy season, storm in summer season, beating cold in winter. In spite of being various kinds of problem, they try to lead a happy life with their family members.

Exception day of a Rickshaw Puller in Dhaka City

More than one million rickshaws are running around Dhaka City everyday. So it’s called the city of rickshaw. People of all classes used rickshaw for moving one place to another. So its face various kinds of problem.

Dear viewers, in these pictures you are watching that a rickshaw and a man is on the other rickshaw. Sometime ago this rickshaw was pushed by a bus and one of its wheel was broken. For repairing the rickshaw puller took it’s on another rickshaw.

If it’s a common seen in the populous like Dhaka City but this day the rickshaw puller will face a serious problem like less income and have to starve or will eat lees food that he needed.

Rice: The staple food of Bangladesh

Rice is the staple food of Bangladeshi. It grows in a moderate climate. In Bangladesh, the climate is very good for growing all kinds of crops like rice. Rice is plowed in tow season. One is Let-autumn and others is May - June.

The Daily Star has written:

“Being an agriculture-dependent economy with a growing population, and having one of the world's lowest land-man ratios with further aggravation due to loss of and non-agricultural use of land, the most important issue in Bangladesh agriculture is to ensure enhanced and sustained growth in crop productivity.”

Now it is the Let-autumn so farmers are sowing crops in their field. At the end of Autumn farmers show their seed in the Seed-plot. After some days when the seedling becomes grow 5-6 inches then the farmer put it and plants it on their mushy land.

“Crop yield is a function of environment and genotype of the variety used. To improve the yields of certain genotypes, technologies are being developed at the research stations. These technologies are adopted in the farmers' fields to harness benefits in production and profit.”

In the pictures you can see the different step of the crops. This after three month at the end of March and whole April these crops will change its shape and will become a full paddy. Then people will harvest it and will get the peak it and will keep it in to their barn for reservation.

Bangladesh: Catching fish by a Small Boy

Fishing is someone’s favorite hobby. But it is limited among some of man who was not live in city of town. But in the village it is common for every man. There is no man who does not know how to catch the fish. In that area it is common work for everyone. It is one of the works in their daily routine.

It was the month of January and the time was 2:30PM. Please look at this boy, the boy is not catching fish in a swamp. The name of the boy is Rassel, read in class four and his father is a day-laborer. Fishing is not his hobby. It is his daily work. His mother asked her to go to catch fish for their lunch. For this he came for fishing their. He is fishing with different kinds of net. The net is triangle that was made by three bamboo stick and a cloth like curtain.

About Bangladeshi fish sector world bank wrote:

• Bangladesh is blessed with rich and diverse natural resources for fisheries. About 34 percent of the country's area is under water almost six months each year. Bangladesh has extensive riverine systems, as well as productive coastal and marine fishing grounds. Reflecting this wealth, the fisheries sector makes important contributions to income, employment, nutrition, and foreign exchange earnings. It generates about 3.5 percent of total gross domestic product (GDP), mainly from inland fisheries. The sector employs about 1.5 million full-time professional fishermen and about 11 million part-time, mainly subsistence fishermen, whose numbers peak in the June-October flood season. Altogether, these fishermen and their families represent about 50 percent of Bangladesh's population. Fish supply approximately 80 percent of the animal protein and 7 percent of the total protein intake in the average Bangladeshi diet. For subsistence fishermen and their families, the fish they catch is often their only source of protein and essential minerals. About 11 percent of export earnings comes from fishing, chiefly from shrimp raised in brackish ponds.

He came to catch small shrimp to there. After seeing him I went there and look that the boy was pushing his net under water. After sometime he pulled his net and I saw that there was some small shrimp and also different kinds of small fish we called it Rui.

After some one hour again I went to him and saw he caught more fish. He requested me to give him some picture of his own because he has no pictures on his home. I assured him that I would give him that picture.

Footpath Markert: Seen all over in Dhaka City

The picture you are watching is market on footpath market; I took it form Khilkhet near Zia International Airport. The area is known as Khilkeht Bas stand. The Daily Star wrote

“Winter is finally here this year, and the temperature can be felt at Bongo Bazar where sales have shot up considerably over last week's cold spell. "Our sales have doubled," says a salesman at one of the "booths" at Dhaka's most popular clothes outlet. Sweaters, jeans, hats, scarves and even gloves are selling fast at the current 10-14 degrees Celsius. This winter season, SWM guides you through the maze at Bongo Bazar and shows you what's in and at what prices at Dhaka's very own Bongo.”

“Today it houses the huge surplus supply from local garment industries. It is these export-quality items that makes the visit worth the effort for the middle and the upper middle income groups of Dhaka. There are foreign items too, brought in from Japan, China and Korea. Such apparel arrives in Sadarghat, Dhaka via Chittagong. Another huge input pours in from the local markets. There are hundreds of sewing machines constantly churning out different items in the second tier of the Bongo Bazar itself. Kazi Enam, a wholesaler who has his showroom on the first floor of the Bazar, is the proprietor of Enam and Brothers; he testifies, "There are foreign clothes available in Sadarghat. We buy them to make our own jackets and shirts. Our own khalifas (tailors) make export quality products." According to him, "There are no local products from places like Keraniganj or other places. Keraniganj is the place that supplies to meet the local demand throughout the country." Although a few shop owners claim that Keraniganj too is producing goods for Bongo Bazar, most deny that their clothes have anything to do with the run of the mill items produced there.”

It was the month of January then there was winter season. The temperature is very low in Bangladeshi condition. So people were buying some worm cloth as one’s ability. Dear viewers, you can see that the market is in an open place beside the road. Middle and lower class people is the customer of this market.

Vegetables Seller of Dhaka City

It is not a bazaar. The vegetable seller is selling vegetables beside the lake of. It is at the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka City. In a winter morning he opened his shop beside the lake. This shop is temporary that is on a hand cart so that he could move it easily from one place to another place. Acta Horticulturae has written:

• The country is in the humid tropical region. The climate tends to remain mild due to the influence of the Bay of Bengal and the monsoon wind. The annual rainfall varies from 1112 to 5096 mm with an average of 2076 mm. Most of the rainfall (80%) is received during June to mid October, the second half of the hot season. The hot season starts from mid February. The winter (early November to mid February) is dry, and mean minimum temperatures during the season vary from 8°C to 13°C.

In that morning who were his customer? Well, most of the customers are that persons who came to the lake in the morning for morning work. Men and women both are his customers.

The shopkeeper buys this form Kawran Bazar which is well as a whole sell market. It is one of the biggest whole sell markets in Dhaka City. Some he byes these vegetables for the opposite side of the river Buriganga for extra benefit.

Street Child (Tokai): In Dhaka City

The child is standing motionless with dirty dress and a bag in his left hand. I took this picture from Chanrama Uddan (a park) in Dhaka City. BBC has written:

There has been an alarming rise in the number of street children in the major cities of Bangladesh.
The increase is linked to recent figures released by the government which show that the urban population of Bangladesh continues to grow by around nine percent a year.

But every morning as the sun rises a host of children walk across this vast mound of rotting rubbish scavenging for used plastic water bottles or similar rubbish.

In bangla we called Tokai (street child). He gathers various kinds of thing like polythyne, empty water bottles etc. At night he used to go to the shop to sell and buy some food as he got by selling this thing. Sometime he wants money to the people who came to spend some lazy time in this park. Most of the time he has to spend nigh beside the road or this park.

Hawkers in Dhaka City

In this picture four people four people are setting at rest. Why? What about them? They are both hawkers. In that time there was drizzling then.

About hawkers in Bangladesh the New Nation has written:

Jaba is a girl of 16 years. She sells flowers/floral wreaths to the car riders, rickshaw, CNG and cab passengers for livelihood. The money she earns is not enough; yet she does it finding no second choice. Jaba was found with her younger sister Hosne Ara, who has also chosen the profession of her elder sister. However, she does it after return from school at 12.00 hours. Hosne Ara reads in class 11 in UCEP School situated at the capital’s Segunbagicha area. There she studies Bengali, English, Mathematics and Social Studies. To a question, she said, “I can write my name. I intend to continue studies as far as possible provided I receive state support.”

Jaba purchases flowers from in front of the Shishu Park. Then she makes bunches and wreaths for sale to sell to those mentioned hereinabove. The price of each bunch is Taka 10/00 and that of each wreath of dahlia is taka 2/00 only. Jaba said, “I profit Taka 2/00 from each bunch of flowers and paisa .50 from each wreath. Some car riders and the passengers glower and reject outright. Some people refuse to purchase without telling anything and some kind hearted respond on humanitarian ground.”

They use to collect old newspapers and broken plastic things and sell it in another place. They all live at Bakshibazr in Dhaka. They had five in a group but when I took the picture one went away.

Everyday they buy papers and sell it near their house called Nimtoli. They invest a little amount of money and profit is also a small amount. From here they have to send a small amount of money to their home for theirs children and wives.