Tag: Bangladesh

Mar 01 2011

Picture Worth 1000 Words, 1000 Words Worth Nothing

Monirul Alam has created an archive of spot-news photography from Bangladesh, and he might as well have called it…

Picture Worth 1000 Words, 1000 Words Worth Nothing!

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Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Monday to disperse angry crowds who attacked the train that knocked down and killed three people on their way to an opposition rally at Sirajganj, north of Dhaka.

Picture Worth 1000 Words, 1000 Words Worth Nothing!

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists set fire to a bus during a protest in Dhaka on November 13, 2010.

Picture Worth 1000 Words, 1000 Words Worth Nothing!

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The horrible grenade attack on AL rally killed at least 24 people, including the wife Ivy Rahman of current President Zillur Rahman.

Picture Worth 1000 Words, 1000 Words Worth Nothing!

 

 

Sep 02 2010

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Saad Nabeel

Originally posted on Citizen Orange.

The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S. 729, would help tens of thousands of young people, American in all but paperwork, to earn legal status, provided they graduate from U.S. high schools, have good moral character, and complete either two years of college or military service.  With broader comprehensive immigration reform stuck in partisan gridlock, the time is now for the White House and Congress to step up and pass the DREAM Act!

Dear Mr. President,

My name is Saad Nabeel and I am writing to you from Bangladesh. Prior to my arrival in this nation, I lived in the United States for 15 years. My parents brought me to America at age three. It is the only home I know. I used to attend the University of Texas at Arlington with a full scholarship in Electrical Engineering. Through no fault of my own I was forced to leave my home, friends, possessions, and most importantly, my education behind.

November 3rd 2009 is a day I will never forget. My mother called me and told me that my father had been detained by ICE and that we needed to leave immediately to Canada to seek refugee status. Being an only child, I had to take care of my mother and go with her.

Jun 22 2009

Living On $2 A Day: An Interview With Economist Jonathan Morduch

Photobucket The topic below was originally posted on my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal.


According to the World Bank, almost forty percent of humanity lives on a daily income of less than two dollars per day. Another 1.1 billion scrape by on less than one dollar per day.


How can anyone possibly survive or raise a family with such a meager income? In New York City, two dollars per day won’t even cover my daily Brooklyn/Manhattan round-trip subway commute. Yet billions of low skilled people put food on the table, educate their children, grapple with unexpected emergencies and even save money.

Dec 26 2007

Three Years Ago Today

Cross-posted from THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

Three years ago today, in what scientists refer to as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, the resultant tsunami caused more than 225,000 deaths in eleven countries along the shores of the Indian Ocean.

The 2004 tsunami has since been estimated as the ninth worst natural disaster in modern history, which deserves (at least) 225,000 moments of silence and reflection.  

For the people of Java, Indonesia, however, which has again been hit by rising waters, the monsoon rains that have impacted their region on the tsunami’s third anniversary don’t leave time for reflection as they run from landslides that are forcing thousands from their homes:

At least 80 people have been killed or are reported missing after floods triggered landslides in the central Java region of Indonesia.  Local officials say they fear the death toll could rise. Thousands have been forced to seek shelter after their homes were buried or washed away.  Landslides and floods are regular in Indonesia and many blame deforestation.

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