A total of 507 people were killed

A total of 507 people were killed in political violence in Bangladesh in 2013, making it the deadliest year since the country's independence four decades ago.

Human rights group Ain of Salish Kendra (ASK) says most of the deaths occurred during clashes between security forces and opposition protesters over a controversial war crimes tribunal and changes to the electoral system.

"A total of 507 people died in 848 acts of political violence this year," ASK acting executive director Nur Khan Liton said.

"Police used excessive power in handling the opposition protests and in many cases they opened fire," Mr Liton said, adding the group's findings were based on its own investigations and newspaper reports.

The group's figure is nearly twice the number known to have died in the political violence this year.

According to an AFP count based on confirmation by police officials, 278 people have died, many by police shooting.

The report came amid escalating violence across the country ahead of a January 5 general election.

Opposition protesters demand that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit and call off the polls.

Ms Hasina has vowed to go ahead with the election despite a boycott by all opposition parties and a decision by Western nations not to send monitors for the vote.

Local officials have reported that an activist from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country's largest Islamist opposition party, was killed during clashes with police in the border district of Meherpur on Tuesday.

Police also say a ruling party supporter was burnt to death late Monday after opposition protesters allegedly set fire to his shop in another remote border district in the northwest.

Tension also rose in the capital after the opposition led by two-times former prime minister Khaleda Zia called a non-stop nationwide transport blockade from Wednesday to try to scupper the election.

Ms Zia has been under de facto house arrest since Wednesday with scores of policemen cordoning off her residence.

Say no violence ,, we want to see peach full Bangladesh ...

Political crisis is now world renowned matter of discussion.  Political crisis is a common feature in Bangladesh. It is now a fashion to the political parties of Bangladesh. After the freedom fight in 1971, Bangladesh is suffering from this disease. It may compare with disease because from that time the political parties are always stands against one another. ‘Democracy’ is the ruling system of Bangladesh but now it seems that it is ‘Autocracy’. The political analysis says that. Bangladesh gains democracy in1990. After that the parties comes to the main discussion. Bangladesh Awami league and Bangladesh Nationalist Party come to rule. From 1996- 2001 Bangladesh Awami league makes the government. Then from 2001-2006 B N P make the government. Then the care taker govt. comes to rule for the next 2 years. In this time many politicians comes under the law and order. They prisoned for their committing corruption and other law breaking incidents. The Awami league makes next govt. from 2008 to till now. This party also suffers from the political harassment and the forbidding of the other parties like Jamayate Islami Bangladesh and others. Bangladesh is a Islamic country but Awami league wants to introduce this country as a pure democratic country. The most political crisis happens in the Universities as well as colleges. Bangladesh Chattro league is now going crazy for the political position. It is believed that, Inefficiency, external influences, corruption performed by the govt. emergence of the type of political violent conflict. This conflict now refers to abnormal crisis made by the political authorities. This form of crisis made with violence and destruction through riot, hartal which leads the country to an uncertain future. When the govt. wants to control the situation by arresting the opposition then the discussion continues. Then more violation creates and more leaders arrested. Democracy is for the people but sometime it belongs to the govt. party. Most scholars say that Bangladesh takes the theoretical concept of democracy. Sometimes the political parties use undemocratic rules to hold the power. This country is now facing different crisis by their internal rules of politics which causes a big conflict to the state system. But the people of Bangladesh believe that it is possible to live happily if and only if the two big parties think of the people of Bangladesh instead of their self-interests.    

Top global thought leader 2014

Nobel peace laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank that top leading  social business, has been ranked fifth among global influential thinkers in the Global Thought Leader 2014 survey carried out by the Zurich-based Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for Economic and Social Studies and MIT Sloan School researcher Peter Gloor.
According to a press release issued by the Yunus Centre yesterday, the top 100 most influential thinkers in the world have been identified through a systematic analysis of the English-speaking infosphere.
The list includes individuals who are influencing the way we think today, whose ideas are determining ours and whose ideas engage people most frequently.”
With the help of software-based calculations to produce a simple "influence rank", Gloor presents the 2014 thought leaders ranking. It measures the global importance of creative minds.
At the top position is Pope Francis followed by "Pope of the Internet" Tim Berners-Lee. Indian economist Amartya Sen and Czech writer Milan Kundera occupy the third and fourth positions.
The global thought leaders ranking was derived from a list of 236 people from around the world, who invite further discourse through their ideas, the press release says.
(Find more about the 2014 global thinkers at

http://longform.tagesanzeiger.ch/vordenker/?lang=en#rankingglobal)

Tourism and Bngladesh

The People’s Republic of Bangladesh is in south Asia. This country is surrounded by India. The main revers of this country are the Brahmaputra, Meghna, Ganges and Padma.  Bangladesh is familiar to the world because of its dense forests, wetlands, mangroves and other resourceful places. Royal Bengal tigers are largely found in this country. Bangladesh is a developing country but it has a big area for tourists. Tourism is the foreign currency earner for Bangladesh. The country is listed as the “best valuable destination” by lonely earth. There are many historical places and monuments, resorts, picnic spots, tribal people and their living, wildlife etc. Bangladesh offers suitable opportunities for the tourists for river cruising, rowing, water skiing, angling, sea bathing, yachting as well as bringing one touch with the nature. In every city there are places for visiting. In Dhaka division there are Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Monzil, Shaheed Minar, Jatio Smriti Soudho etc. In Chittagong there is Cox’s Bazar, St. Martin’s Island etc. In other division there are also other places to visit. Bagherhat Shat Gombuj Mosque and Sundarban situated in Khulna division. Sundarban is the biggest mangrove forest of the World. Cox’s Bazar is the largest and longest sea beach of the World. It is an amusing place for tourists. Tourism has an important role in the economy of Bangladesh. In 2013 The WTTC reported that, the Travel and Tourism industry directly employed 1.8 percent of the total employment. This takes Bangladesh in the position of 157 from 178 countries. It has a big contribution to the GDP of Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar is the most amazing place for the tourists. It is the sea side town of the sandy beach. The beach is of 125 kilometers long. It is also known as Panova. Then comes St. Martin’s Island its area is only 8 kilometers. It is 9 kilometers away from Teknaf, the southest place of Bangladesh. It is also called as ‘Narikal Zinzira’, ‘Darucini Dip’. Bandorban district is in the southeast side of Bangladesh. It is the place of the tribes. It has turn into a most attractive place for the tourists. Rangamati is another interesting place for the tourists. It is the district with hills and it is also familiar as ‘The Lake City’. There is a heritage park named ‘Shaheed Zia Memorial complex and Mini Bangladesh’. It reflexes the structure and scenery of Bangladesh. It is in Chandgaon. A restaurant situated on the top which rotates after every 90 minutes. One can see the country's wonderful traditions, architectural beauty, and archaeological inheritance through of the heritage park. There are many other historical places. They are so beautiful that tourists can easily find love to them.

SAVE The Sunderban

The Sunderban is the greatest mangrove forest in the world. It is called one of the 7 wonders of the world. It situated in Khulna division at Shathkhira district in Bangladesh. The total area of the forest is about 139500 ha or 345000 acres. This forest takes place as a world heritage site by UNESCO in the year 1997. This is a place of amusing beauty and a safest place to the animals. The major tree of this forest is SUNDORI. This tree is quite different from the other. There are also many other trees and animal especially Royal Bengal Tiger. But now a day this forest is under serious condition. Some days ago oil tanker drowned in the river of this forest. It will cause huge harm to the animals and the trees. The date is probably on December 10, 2014. On the eastern side of the forest a ship which contains near about 3500000 liter Furnace Oil sunk by the percussion of another ship in the River Shela. Authority said that, this oil was delivering to the Rampal power plant. This accident happens for the dense fog of the river. By the accident most damage will happen to the animals and the trees of the area. The oil spread out about 20 kilometers in the river including with Joymoni, Andharmanik Nandobala, and Mrigomari. Experts fear that many areas will be affected soon by the oil. The climatologists predict that, this water will be very harmful for the water animals. This route used as the shipping port of INDIA and BNAGLADESH. This port is now banned for the safety of the nature. The river used as the temporary way for the cargo ships. The sailors successfully reached at the bay but driver is still missing. The government banned all kind of vessels to use the river Shela. The order will continue until the next further notice. This decision has been taken by the ministers in an urgent meeting. The United Nations (UN) is worried about the incident they said that a team will soon arrive in the place for investigation. Before this another two ships drowned in this river named M V NAYAN SRI-3 and MV HAZERA-2. The climatologists are calling for the army and coast guard to take necessary steps to save the forest and the beauty of Bangladesh

বদলে ফেলুন ফেসবুকের ৫টি সেটিংস

১. অটোপ্লেয়িং ভিডিও : ফেসবুকের নিউজ ফিড আপনাকে বেশ আরাম দেয়। কিন্তু এখানে একটি ভিডিওতে ক্লিক না করলেও ফেসবুক তা স্বয়ংক্রিয়ভাবে চালু করার ব্যবস্থা করে রেখেছে। উদ্দেশ্য আপনার মনোযোগ আকর্ষণ। তবে ভিডিও থেকে কিছুটা দূরে তীর চিহ্নে ক্লিক করে তা বন্ধ করতে পারেন। সেখানে ক্লিক করে সেটিং অপশনে যান। সেখানকার বিভিন্ন অপশন থেকে 'ভিডিওস' লিঙ্কটি দেখতে পাবেন বামপাশের কলামে। এর ড্রাপ ডাউন মেন্যুতে গিয়ে 'অটো-প্লে ভিডিওস' অফ করে দিন।
২. ক্লিয়ার সার্চ : ফেসবুকে হাজারবার সার্চ দিয়ে প্রয়োজনীয় জিনিসটি খুঁজে নেওয়া হয়। আপনার সব সার্চ ফেসবুক সংরক্ষণ করে। এগুলো মুছতে বামের মেন্যু থেকে 'প্রাইভেসি' ট্যাবে যান। সেখানে 'হু ক্যান সি মাই স্টাফ?'-এ গিয়ে 'ইউজ অ্যাকটিভিটি লগ'-এ যান। এখানেই ফেসবুক সব সেভ করে রাখে। সেখানে সার্চ অপশনের পরিবর্তে 'মোর' অপশন দেওয়া রয়েছে। সেখানে 'ফটোস' অপশনে ক্লিক করুন এবং যাবতীয় অপশন পেয়ে যাবেন। সেখান থেকে 'সার্চ' অপশনে গেলেই আপনার যাবতীয় সার্চ খুঁজে পাবেন। 'ক্লিয়ার সার্চেস' ক্লিক করে সব মুছে ফেলুন।
৩. প্রাইভেসি সেটিং : আপনার পোস্ট বিশ্বের এক বিলিয়ন ব্যবহারকারী দেখুক তা নিশ্চয়ই চান না? ওপরের ডানে প্রোফাইল থেকে সেটিং-এ যান। সেখানে 'প্রাইভেসি'তে ক্লিক করে 'এডিট' অবশনে যেতে হবে। ড্রপ ডাউন মেন্যু থেকে নিজের পছন্দ মতো গোপনীয়তা বেছে নিতে হবে। অধিকাংশ ক্ষেত্রেই আপনি পোস্টগুলো বন্ধুদের দেখাতে চাইবেন।
৪. আনওয়ান্টেড নোটিফিকেশন : যদি আগের চেয়ে অনেক বেশি নোটিফিকেশন আসতে থাকে, তবে এ থেকে মুক্তি পেতে পারেন। আবার ওপরের ডান থেকে 'সেটিংস'-এ যান। সেখানে 'নোটিফিকেশনস' ট্যাব থেকে অপছন্দের বিষয়গুলো বাদ দিতে পারেন। এ ক্ষেত্রে 'ট্যাগস' এবং বিভিন্ন গ্রুপের নোটিফিকেশন বন্ধ করে দিতে পারেন। এখানে বন্ধুদের জন্মদিনের নোটিফিকেশনের অপশনও পাবেন।  
৫. 'সোশাল' অ্যাডভারটাইজিং : এই বিষয়টির ওপর ফেসবুকে অর্থের বিশাল একটি উৎস নির্ভর করে। আপনার বন্ধুরা বা অন্যরা কী কিনছেন বা কী করছেন ইত্যাদি দেখতে পাবেন এখান থেকে। আবারো আগের মতোই ওপরের ডানপাশ থেকে 'সেটিংস'-এ যান। 'অ্যাডস' ট্যাবে ক্লিক করুন। দুটো অপশন আসবে। সেখানে 'এডিট' বাটনে ক্লিক করুন এবং 'ফ্রেন্ডস' এর পরিবর্তে 'নো ওয়ান' অপশনটি বেছে নিন। এর মাধ্যমে আপনার তথ্য ফেসবুক অন্যের কাছে প্রকাশ না করলেও অন্যরা তাদের বিজ্ঞাপন দেওয়ার জন্য আপনাকে ঠিকই খুঁজে পাবে। তাই মনের মতো সেটিং এখুনি ঠিক করে নিন।