Earthquake shook Dhaka at night 12:50AM - 27th July 2008

Suddenly tonight i felt like my bed was shaking. Then i recalled that i did flooring for my backpain and i was not on my bed. So it's my building was shaking. Bangladesh Time : 12:50AM at 27th July 2008.

Here goes few references that my other friends noticed it and shared in Twitter.


Then i saw the Google News update which was redirecting to the BDnews24 news update of earthquake held in Dhaka at night.



I assume it was in richter scale 3 (IV) in reference of http://mistupid.com/geology/richter.htm


** UPDATE: from AFP
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See the source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNlDrtn_WMLcWTS24bwrjpqNcvog

Shamudra Gupta Aid Photography Exhibition 2008

“Shamudra Gupta” is a famous poet, writer and activist in Bangladesh. He is now fighting with Life & Death in hospital suffering from cancer. All the artists and other groups are trying to raise fund for his treatment. Students of Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University requested Bangladeshi Photographers to help them. They will arrange an exhibition to sell art work, photography etc. We have decided to donate our best photography work, an exhibition will be held at Chobir Hatt (opposite to Charukala, Shahbagh, Dhaka) from 29th May at Charukala Corridor, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University.

I myself contributed this photo of mine into "Shamudra Gupta Aid Photography Exhibition 2008"

Exhibition Venue: Charukala Corridor, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University
Date: 29th May to 2nd June 2008
Time: Everyday 11am to 6:30pm

I am glad for getting the chance to contribute!

University & College Championship - WCG 2008 in Bangladesh

Hey guys! I am after a long break with a breaking news!

WCG Bangladesh is arranging the University & College Championship in BRAC University from 15th May to 17th May, 2008.


Website: www.wcg.com.bd

Game freaks! rush for it! I hope to be there in this gaming contest! See you guys there!

You Are Everything to Somebody...

You Are Everything to Somebody...

Right now at this very minute-----------


someone
is very proud of you

someone
is thinking of you

someone
cares about you

someone
misses you

someone
wants to talk to you

someone
wants to be with you

someone
hopes you aren't in trouble

someone
is thankful for the support you have
provided

someone
wants to hold your hand

someone
hopes everything turns out all right

someone
wants you to be happy

someone
wants you to find them

someone
is celebrating your successes

someone
wants to give you a gift

someone
think you ARE a gift

someone
hopes you are not too cold, or too hot

someone
wants to hug you

someone
loves you

someone
wants to lavish you with small gifts

someone
admires your strength

someone
is thinking of you and smiling

someone
wants to be your shoulder to cry on

someone
wants to go out with you and have a lot of fun

someone
thinks the world of you

someone
wants to protect you

someone
would do anything for you

someone
wants to be forgiven

someone
is grateful for your forgiveness

someone
wants to laugh with you about old times

someone
remembers you and wishes you were there

someone
needs to know that your love is unconditional

somebody
values your advice

someone
wants to tell you how much they care

someone
wants to stay up watching old movies with
you

someone
wants to share their dreams with you

!

someone
wants to hold you in their arms

someone
wants YOU to hold them in your arms

someone
treasures your spirit

someone
wishes they could STOP time because of
you

someone
can't wait to see you

someone
wishes that things didn't have to change

someone
loves you for who you are

someone
loves the way you make them feel

someone
wants to be with you

someone
hears a song that reminds them of you

someone
wants you to know they are there for you

someone
is glad that you're their friend

someone
wants to be your friend

someone
stayed up all night thinking about you

someone
is alive because of you

someone
is wishing that you would notice them

someone
wants to get to know you better

someone
believes that you are their soul mate

someone
wants to be near you

someone
someone

misses your guidance and advice

someone
values your guidance and advice

someone
has faith in you

someone
trusts you

someone
needs you to send them this letter

someone
needs your support

someone
needs you to have faith in them

someone
needs you to let them be your friend

someone
will cry when they read this

My photo on a Sweden's English News site

Sunlight, originally uploaded by Tahmid.

I am excited to share with you all that one of my photo from Flickr has been shared in a Sweden's English News website for an article titled - "Skin cancer figures rising in Sweden" which was written by David Landes (david.landes@thelocal.se/+46 8 656 6518)

Here is the article: http://www.thelocal.se/10668/20080324/

They had not informed me directly but i was notified by one of my Flickr friend. But it's fine until they have given me the credit for my photo. It could have been even more exciting and inspiring for me if they had contacted me directly :)

By the way - I hope i will be joining the Bangladesh Photographer's Monthly trip of Photography of this new up coming month on 26th march!

See the discussion: http://www.flickr.com/groups/shudhuibangla/discuss/72157604230581601/

Let Go

Let go of the Past,
Only then you move towards the future.

Let go of the Regrets,
Only then you move towards the happiness.

Let go of the Presumptions,
Only then you move towards the truth.

Let go of the Problems,
Only then you move towards the solutions.

Let go of Yourself,
Only then you move towards the divinity.

source: pravstalk.com

You Are A Diamond

Never despise life's fiery trials.
They are God's ways of bringing out the best in you.

Always remember, you are like a Diamond.
And more a diamond is cut, the more it sparkles.

source: pravstalk.com

[intro] www.mozammelhaque.com - Mozammel Haque's Photography

As i already have decided to post new websites and information on Bangladesh, in my blog under the [Intro] tag. Here comes my another intro post on Mozammel Haque's (www.mozammelhaque.com) website.



A hobbyist wedding photographer in Bangladesh. An exceptionally different creative wedding photographer. He is professionally a Software Engineer and photography is one of his hobby. Check out his website and feel free to contact him for your memorable wedding photos if you are not married yet! :)

Valentine's Day: Roots & Islamic View

By Living Shari`ah Staff

Feb 12, 2008

As Muslims, we are required to love one another and to wish and inculcate love among people regardless of their color, race, religion, or identity. However, this does not mean dissolving our identity or blindly copying and imitating others' traditions and practices.

The Origin of "Valentine Day" or "Festival of Love"

The Festival of Love was one of the festivals of the pagan Romans, when paganism was the prevalent religion of the Romans more than seventeen centuries ago. In the pagan Roman concept, it was an expression of "spiritual love".

There were myths associated with this pagan festival of the Romans, which persisted with their Christian heirs. Among the most famous of these myths was the Roman belief that Romulus, the founder of Rome, was suckled one day by a she-wolf, which gave him strength and wisdom.

The Romans used to celebrate this event in mid-February each year with a big festival.

One of the rituals of this festival was the sacrifice of a dog and a goat. Two strong and muscular youths would daub the blood of the dog and goat onto their bodies, then they would wash the blood away with milk. After that there would be a great parade, with these two youths at its head, which would go about the streets. The two youths would have pieces of leather with which they would hit everyone who crossed their path. The Roman women would welcome these blows, because they believed that they could prevent or cure infertility.

The Connection Between Saint Valentine and This Festival

Saint Valentine is a name which is given to two of the ancient "martyrs" of the Christian Church. It was said that there were two of them, or that there was only one, who died in Rome as the result of the persecution of the Gothic leader Claudius, c. 296 CE. In 350 CE, a church was built in Rome on the site of the place where he died, to perpetuate his memory.

When the Romans embraced Christianity, they continued to celebrate the Feast of Love mentioned above, but they changed it from the pagan concept of "spiritual love" to another concept known as the "martyrs of love", represented by Saint Valentine who had advocated love and peace, for which cause he was martyred, according to their claims. It was also called the Feast of Lovers, and Saint Valentine was considered to be the patron saint of lovers.

One of their false beliefs connected with this festival was that the names of girls who had reached marriageable age would be written on small rolls of paper and placed in a dish on a table. Then the young men who wanted to get married would be called, and each of them would pick a piece of paper. He would put himself at the service of the girl whose name he had drawn for one year, so that they could find out about one another. Then they would get married, or they would repeat the same process again on the day of the festival in the following year.

The Christian clergy reacted against this tradition, which they considered to have a corrupting influence on the morals of young men and women. It was abolished in Italy, where it had been well-known, then it was revived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when in some western countries there appeared shops which sold small books called “Valentine’s books”, which contained love poems, from which the one who wanted to send a greeting to his sweetheart could choose. They also contained suggestions for writing love letters.

The above information is excerpted, with some modifications, from www.Islam-qa.com

The Islamic View

Elaborating the Islamic stance on celebrating Valentine Day, Dr. Su`ad Ibrahim Salih, professor of Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) at Al-Azhar University, says,

Indeed, Islam is the religion of altruism, true love, and cooperation on that which is good and righteous. We implore Allah Almighty to gather us together under the umbrella of His All-encompassing Mercy, and to unite us together as one man. Allah Almighty says: (The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain mercy.) (Al-Hujurat 49: 10)

I can say that there are forms of expressing love that are religiously acceptable, while there are others that are not religiously acceptable. Among the forms of acceptable love are those that include the love for Prophets and Messengers. It stands to reason that the love for Allah, and His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) should have the top priority over all other forms of love.

Islam does also recognize happy occasions that bring people closer to one another, and add spice to their lives. However, Islam goes against blindly imitating the West regarding a special occasion such as Valentine’s Day.

Hence, commemorating that special day known as the Valentine's Day is an innovation or bid`ah that has no religious backing. Every innovation of that kind is rejected, as far as Islam is concerned. Islam requires all Muslims to love one another all over the whole year, and reducing the whole year to a single day is totally rejected.

We Muslims ought not to follow in the footsteps of such innovations and superstitions that are common in what is known as the Valentine's Day. No doubt that there are many irreligious practices that occur on that day, and those practices are capable of dissuading people from the true meanings of love and altruism to the extent that the celebration is reduced to a moral decline.

Collected from: www.islamonline.net

See more Question and Answers from: www.islamqa.com

Two Hearts To Love : Happy Valentines!

God gave you..

Two Legs to Walk
Two Hands to Hold
Two Ears to Hear
Two Eyes to See

But why did he gave you only one Heart?
Because he gave the other one to someone for you to find.

source: Pravs World