Bangladesh Abroad
On the eve of 2nd anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory building collapse in Dhaka, several New York based Bangladeshi community organizations will gather to express their support and solidarity with Bangladesh garment workers. The groups will rally to protest Bangladesh's terrible working conditions, demand for compensation for dead workers. Children's Place, GAP, Sears, Vans, ... Read more...
Unslain Words: Solidarity for Bangladeshi Bloggers Artists and new generation of Bangladeshi origin in New York take the stage to commemorate the voices of four recently slain bloggers (Avijit Roy, Oyasiqur Babu, Ananta Bijoy Das, and Niloy Neel), and protest the threat looming over more than 70 other Bangladeshi intellectuals, many of whom are in ... Read more...
Stop Rampal Eco-Disaster, Save Bangladesh is a protest, solidarity and discussion event organized by few members of Bangladeshi community in New York. Rampal Power Station is a proposed 1320 megawatt coal-fired power station at Rampal administrative area. The location of plant is very close (only 14 kilometers/8.5 miles away) to world's largest mangrove forest the ... Read more...
Peace and Unity Rally in Brooklyn in remembrance of Imam Maulana Aknjee and Thara Uddin. Maulama Akonjee and his 64-year-old assistant, Thara Uddin, both of Bangladeshi origin, was shot dead by a gunman in broad daylight in Ozone Park on Sat, Aug 13th. Bangladeshi community was shocked by the event and believe it was a ... Read more...
Stop Rampal, Save Bangladesh - Protest Rally at the UN to stop Rampal Coal-based Power Plant near the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. The protest rally is organized by Bangladeshi community living in New York City to draw more attention about this environmental issue and display disapproval of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina's decision to continue ... Read more...
Stop Rampal, Save Sundarbans - NYC Protest will be attended by Bangladeshi community living in New York. The event is organized to inform the public, create awareness and protest against the proposed coal based, coal depended power plant that has been in development in the Sundarbans area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Bangladesh. The ... Read more...