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Blog community can stand united to help Chittagong victims

Blog community can stand united to help Chittagong victims

Chittagong, June 13, 2007: me (Aril) and rahil reached chittagong at 2pm today. weather is calm and fine, most of the water has subsided in the city areas.after being told about the three-four worst affected areas, we started towards khushumbag, khulshi. as we got closer, we found ourselves moving on roads of sand, sand sand […]

June 13, 2007 | By | Reply More
Arafatul Islam Wins Off-the-Radar Contest Award from GroundReport

Arafatul Islam Wins Off-the-Radar Contest Award from GroundReport

June 12, 2007: International citizen journalism website GroundReport announced today the winner of June’s Off-the-Radar Contest, a news competition with a $1,000 USD grand prize.   The winner was Arafatul Islam, whose article garnered the highest traffic on GroundReport.com for the month of June. Underscoring GroundReport’s participatory format, the contest was judged by the “wisdom of […]

June 13, 2007 | By | Reply More
World’s longest beach hidden in Bangladesh

World’s longest beach hidden in Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Walking on the world’s longest stretch of beach on a balmy Saturday morning, one would expect to find the shimmering sands filled with sunbathing tourists and the calm blue sea with swimmers. The best bar in town should be buzzing with the thirsty jostling for space on a Saturday evening at the […]

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