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BBC Janala Wins Prestigious Microsoft Education Award
by st editor, Wednesday 24th November 2010
BBC Janala – a project from the BBC’s World Service that we highlighted earlier this year, has won a prestigious Microsoft Education Award at the International Tech Awards held in California’s Silicon Valley. Janala teaches English to Millions of people, including some of the poorest in Bangladesh…
This article is in category: Tech
Tags: Award,Bangladesh,BBC,Cell,Education,Information Technology,IT,Janala,Learning English,Microsoft,Mobile Phone,Silicon Valley
Read this articleCycle Tour Videos from Bangla TV
by st editor, Tuesday 23rd November 2010
During the cycle-tour in Bangladesh the team and organisers held press conferences and took part in quite a lot of media coverage. Here is a collection of videos of the cyclists on tour and in Interviews on Bangladesh TV courtesy of the Tour Organiser xperime adventures,…
This article is in category: Cycle Sylhet 2010, Gallery
Tags: Bangladesh,blog,Clemon,Cox's Bazar,cycling,cycling in Bangladesh,Moin Uddin Monju,Movies,Muntasir Mamun Khan,Muzahid Khan,Naomi Dixon,News,Phil Buckley,Ride for Green,Sport,Sylhet,Television,TV,video
Read this articleMeet Bangladesh Conference and Art Exhibition – London
by st editor, Sunday 21st November 2010
The Bangladesh Brand Forum is organising a two-day conference titled “Bangladesh — Asia’s Next Big Opportunity.” at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. The conference – on the 26th and 27th of this month purpose is to highlight business and investment opportunities in the country along with…
This article is in category: Business
Tags: Abdus Shakoor Shah,Art,Asia House,Bangladesh,Business,Conference,Culture,Dilara Begum Jolly,Farida Zaman,Investment,Kanak Chanpa Chakma,London,Mahmudul Haque,Mohammad Eunus,Mohammad Iqbal,Murtaja Baseer,Nazlee Laila Monsur,Opportunities,Queen Elizabeth II,Rafiqun Nabi,Ranjit Das,Rokeya Sultana,Shahid Kabir,Sheikh Afzal
Read this articleRushanara Ali Visit to Bangladesh
by st editor, Tuesday 16th November 2010
Sylhet born Rushanara Ali, Labour’s Shadow Minister for International Development Affairs spoke in Dhaka on her recent trip to Bangladesh and thanked the english voters of Bangladeshi origin and particularly the Sylhetis for their support and inspiration. While she spoke of optimism for the future of…
This article is in category: Bangladesh
Tags: International Development,Labour Party,Rushanara Ali,Sylhet
Read this articleSylhet-Cox’s Bazar Tour Completed but more to come…
by st editor, Saturday 13th November 2010
The cyclists are now all back in the UK from their tour cycling in Bangladesh. The final member to return being Phil Buckley one of the organisers, seen here arriving at Piccadilly Station in Manchester tonight. Now that they are all home we are collecting pictures…
This article is in category: Cycle Sylhet 2010
Tags: Bangladesh,blog,Cox's Bazar,cycling in Bangladesh,Manchester,Phil Buckley,Piccadilly,Sport,Sylhet
Read this articleA Dream Comes True
by Muzahid Khan, Saturday 13th November 2010
Part 1 of a series from the Cycle Tour Sylhet-Cox’s Bazar 2010 Labony Beach in Cox’s Bazar was as we dreamed it would be like, clean and beautiful sand, clear blue water and clear blue skies, still untouched by the tourists. The cyclists from the UK…
This article is in category: Travel
Tags: Bangladesh,Clemon,cycling in Bangladesh,Jelina Rahman,Labony Beach,Sport,Sylhet region,Travel
Read this articleCoemo 10th Anniversary and 2010 Community Awards
by st editor, Tuesday 9th November 2010
Today the Consortia of Ethnic Minority Organisations (CoEMO) celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the Carlisle Business Centre in Bradford. The event was held to recognise the achievements and work of Coemo and its partners in the Bradford area, and of its staff and its long-time chair…