News Source: Dr. Mohammad A Razzaque

National Awami Party (NAP) leader Prof Muzaffar Ahmed, the only surviving leader of our great liberation war of 1971, is going to be on Khanika this Tuesday. Prof Ahmed will talk about, in his usual brief and teasing style, the current political situation of Bangladesh at 10:30 on coming Tuesday ,10-11 pm: 99.9 SWR FM, 8th August 2006. Details...

Mr. Saleh Ibne Rosul is a well-known radio announcer of Bangladesh Radio Sydney (FM100.7, Thursday 12:00PM). He is also well known as the presenter of various cultural functions in Sydney. He has just recently acted in a drama “Sabash Peto Pachu” organized by the Bengali association of NSW and got praised by the audience. Mr. Rosul expressed that he started acting drama at the age of 5 but didn’t get opportunity to do it in Sydney. He expects to do more stage drama in the near future.

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Date: 12 Aug 2006, Time: 6:30PM Venue: Strathfield Town Hall

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A fund-raising dinner was organized by the Rotary Club of the Central Blue Mountains to support the ‘safe custody’ for the more disadvantaged children in Bangladesh . The dinner party was held in a scenic and exotic location at the Skyway Brasserie in the Blue Mountains . Tickets were sold out and $13,000.00 dollars were raised. Natasha and Adrian had already spent few years on this project in Bangladesh (details are in the report). This was a unique cultural evening with authentic Bangladeshi food, cloths, music and everything Bangladeshi. The people behind this event were Shirley, Natasha, Arif Chowdhury and many more. The organisers were very happy for the successful evening. Photos...   Project details...

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It's good to see that Hridoy (BUET student) who was diagnosed with Blood cancer last year has recovered well after the first round of treatment for 9 months at Singapore Hospital. It is worth mention that more than 1 crore Taka was raised from all over the world including $17,000 from Australia within very short time. Please see an article by Anisul Haq on Hridoy's latest condition (scroll down to see the article)  Article...  -Nawshad  Shah & Nasimus Sakalaine

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Abed Chaudhury is a scientist & writer who currently lives in Canberra

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SEMINAR ON WOMEN’S HEALTH, Organized by Bangladeshi Doctors' Forum in Victoria and followed by cultural Program. Date: 9 Sep 2006, Time: 16:00-19:00 Venue: Mulgrave Community Centre, VIC. Details...

I recently visited the Beedesh Bangla TV studio at St. Peters Library where they shoot the show each Sunday and broadcast on Sunday (5:00PM), Tuesday(8:00AM) and Friday(3:30PM) on Channel-31 TVS. There are many people involved who have different roles and they are actively involved in bringing news, current events on community action to the Bengali community.  Photos...

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