Anonymous person donated about one billion for SIDR affected people

I have just hear the news over our local TV channels that one anonymous person has donated about one billion for SIDR affected people in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The exact amount donated is 9000 million in local currency (Bangladeshi Taka).
The person is willing to be anonymous. So no identification (even nationality) is not disclosed. It's the biggest amount donation so far for the SIDR affected people.

I did a google search few minutes ago. But couldn't find out the news on the net yet. Hopefully the news medias will disclose more details soon.

May Allah bless him.

Dhaka International Trade Fair

On last Saturday I visited Dhaka International Trade Fair 2008 with my family members. This is the first time I visited the fair.

It's a nice fair. The stalls are well decorated.

But volume of the microphones broadcasting announcements and advertisements was a bit loud.

Price of food items in the restaurant where we took lunch was very high while quality was very poor. They told the price is approved by the authority. I think it's quite high as compared to its quality.

I hope Dhaka International Trade Fair will help promoting exporting good or Bangladesh.

Dream for a speedy net connection

A speedy net connection is only a dream to me. I normally get only 2-6 KBps speed which is very poor in all consideration. Following image shows my internet speed when tested:

Now Bangladesh is connected with fiber optics cable line. Then why internet line is still so slow? Who are responsible: the ISPs or the government? Perhaps both. High price set by the government to purchase bandwidth bars the ISPs to purchase sufficient bandwidth. On the other hand there is not enough competition among the ISPs. Our ISPs have very poor infrastructural facilities. None (or may be a few) of them provide 24hr customer support although internet is an emergency service. They just want to make as much profit as possible with little investment. So they aren't purchasing enough bandwidth. In most of the cases they don't have expert manpower in their team. So when a technical fault happens it takes long time to fix the problem.

Visit Kuakata sea beach

Kuakata sea beach is a very nice place to spend holidays. I went to Kuakata sea beach several times. Last time I went with my wife and little boy on March 2007.
You can see sunrise and sunset from this sea beach. I don't know whether there is any other sea beach where you can enjoy both sunrise and sunset.
It's located at southern part of Bangladesh under Patuakhali district and Kalapara thana. It's a beach of the Bay of Bengal.