MuktiBangla is basically an organization to work in Bangladesh to increase the literacy rate in the country. Ralph Waldo Emerson said “There is no knowledge that is not power,” and he is absolutely right. We believe education is power and to give the poor Bangladeshis power will help the country overall, especially when education is [...]
First of all what is an NGO? The abbreviation NGO stands for non-governmental organization. NGOs are basically legal organizations that functions independently from any level of government. There are many types of NGOs but in Bangladesh most NGOs’ goals has to deal with social alleviation such as alleviating the poor. Now, there are about 40,000 [...]
Who is this talented young lady? She is a Bangladeshi-American singer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I believe she is also in contact with Nora Ali, the American Junior Miss of 2007 winner. Palbasha moved to the US with her family when she was 10-years-old. So she grew up as an American singer since childhood, but if [...]
Who is Anushay Hossain? This gorgeous Bangladeshi feminist works in Washington in “monitoring and analyzing the impact of US foreign policy on the health and rights of women and girls in the ‘developing world’”. She is the author of her own blog Anushay’s Point. Her journey of feminism rooted from her mother from Bangladesh as [...]
Bangladesh Develops Four New Varieties of Summer Rice DHAKA, June 20 (Xinhua) — The Bangladeshi scientists have developed four new varieties of rice for aman season (summer paddy) creating scope for increasing the yield of this monsoon crop and reducing reliance on boro (winter paddy) production. The new varieties are submergence-tolerant BRRI Dhan-51 and BRRI [...]
Abul Hussam, a Bangladeshi-American, won the Grainger Challenge Prize of a gold medal and $1 million in cash at the 2007 National Academy of Engineering. He is the genius behind the SONO arsenic filter. He invented the device in 2006 to rid arsenic from water found in wells in East India and in Bangladesh. Water [...]
Afshan Azad was brutally beaten and was threatened to be killed by her father and older brother. The reason being is she was going out with a Hindu. Afshan Azad is a 22-year-old Bangladeshi British Muslim actress who played Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films. The father and brother are out on bail and [...]
