Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Curfew in Bangladesh

Curfew was declared at Bangladesh and my colleague is stuck at the capital Dhaka.

The Government cut-off the mobile network, fortunately the internet connectivity is still up and running, which is her only access point to the outside world.

"They hijack cars on the road. One of the car that sent Grameen Phone staff back home was [...]

Now, the Internal Security Ministry headed by the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi comes into the picture, when Malaysiakini reports that its Publications Control and Al-Quran Texts Unit senior officer Che Din Yusof confirmed the ministry has directed the mainstream media to stop publishing reports related to the ‘Negarakuku’ controversy.

"There are so many other things [...]