Grameen vs Bangladesh Rumi, March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 The feud in Bangladesh between prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Mohammed Yunus, the founder of the microloan-making Grameen Bank and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is being portrayed as a modern-day replay of the famous battle between the wicked Kauravas and the virtuous Pandavas in the Indian epic,… Continue Reading
Borno with Munni Badnaam hui dance :) Rumi, November 18, 2010 Enterraining dance from my 20 months old son “Borno” Watch it!- Continue Reading
Bangladesh complete clean sweep Rumi, October 17, 2010 The Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium may have been operating at a fraction of its full capacity due to World Cup renovations, but another nail-biting victory to Bangladesh in the final ODI against New Zealand sparked rapturous celebrations in the Mirpur crowd as the home team stormed to a 4-0 whitewash. Bangladesh… Continue Reading
Brilliant Shakib knocks down New Zealand Rumi, October 5, 2010 Bangladesh rode on an outstanding all-round performance from Shakib Al Hasan to beat New Zealand by nine runs in Mirpur, making Daniel Vettori’s pre-match comments about his ability seem almost clairvoyant. Shakib was scintillating with the bat in the latter part of Bangladesh’s innings, unleashing a range of shots in… Continue Reading
Travel notes for Cox’s Bazar Rumi, August 3, 2010 FOr future reference- the note can be downloaded from here Continue Reading
Rangamati travel guide Rumi, July 28, 2010 While reading Ittefaq’s supplementary section “Korocha” the article noted my attraction- it looked handy to me for future trip to Rangamati with my family… As usual, Ittefaq is non Unicode, the whole article is converted to a pdf file and attached Continue Reading