BREAKING: Tremor Hits Dhaka, Bangladesh

Reporting from Dhaka - A moderate (5.6 on the Richter scale) earthquake recently hit Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) a little more than 3 hours ago (at 12:52 am local time) as reported by The Daily Star. I can actually confirm this through first hand experience. A...

"No Good Deed..." - The Trouble of Raising Awareness in Bangladesh

As soon as I saw the look on his face, I knew something was wrong. I was in a DHL shipping office in Dhaka City. Just outside was a dusty back-alley full of the pungent aroma that can only be caused by the mixture of open sewers and rotting garbage. Inside, however, was...

$130 Million Donated Anonymously to Bangladesh

As reported by the Associated Press, an anonymous donor has just made the single largest individual donation to Bangladesh totalling $130 million. Money was donated to the Islamic Development Bank to help rebuild after the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr.Details from the...

Bangladesh Rings In New Year With a Curfew

For many people around the world, New Year's eve means partying, celebrations, and bubbly. Not so for many residents of Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh. Many residents here were celebrating New Years under the auspices of a government-imposed curfew. As of 8 pm on New...