HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: anwar@bnr.ca (Shams Anwar)
Subject: AIDS in Bangladesh. (Was: AIDS)
Organization: BNR
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:55:19 GMT

There was not much response since my initial posting on this topic. But I
believe it is appropriate to follow the thread considering the
seriousness of this matter.


A recent study on AIDS was done by a private organization in Bangldesh. 
300,000 blood samples, including those from drug addicts and prostitutes,
were examined.  5-10% cases were declared as HIV-positive. If AIDS  
spreads even among the 5% people having drugs addiction, engaged in
prostitution and those who come in contact with them, it is a reason
for panic. No governmental confirmation was issued concerning this study.

		      ----- PROBASHI, Oct 09

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Shams.

EMAIL: Not accessible.

Bisso kobir Sonar Bangla, Nazrul-ar Bangladesh. Jibonananda-r ruposi bangla,
ruper je tar naiko shesh -----   BANGLADESH.

Disclaimer: Views expressed here is none of my employer's or of anybody else's 
but mine. Views and facts presented in this article have no relation to reality
or anybody.
From: shanto@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: re:umrikan uni in dhaka (ans to naeem)
Date: 8 Oct 92 03:46:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: vax1.1992Oct8.094601.2239
Organization: Mankato State University

...........at least you have the 'option' of avoiding certain company  if 
you so wish, because there's diversity at oberlin. I mean, one of the pur-
poses of coming to a different land and studying was to get to know a whole
host of different people, and believem me, the only variety I got are Trini-
dadians, Bahamians,and Nigerians. How about chinese or scandinivian, arab-
ian or timbuctoo-ians??

yes, I am at Morehouse, and much as people will nod and say "Hmm, that's a good
school", I'll say I agree but there is also a certain thing called social life.
we don't have a daily newspaper, we don't have a theatre, a decent student
centre for hanging out, no on-campus jobs for international students, hell, 
the lounge in my dorm doesn't even have a TV!!

as for my disappointment at the bunch I study with, how would you like to see
700 students, all of who were their t-shirts inside out, their caps backward,
say "wussup" whenever they meet you but never bothers to actually hear what
IS up ( hell, i could go on and say, "I'm dying" and they wouldn't
care!),listen
to rap music ALL day long (aaaargh!!),wear their pants halfway down so that 
you can see their ubderpants ( the girls supposedly find that very sexy, they
say), and the class room lectures are ALWAYS about african-americans! I mean,
we have history but no indian civilisation or european civ -- it's AFRICAN ci-
vilisation; we have english and no shakespeare or any of the modern contempora-
ry writers -- just dubois, winnie mandela etc.

think about it!

........and no girls!! :( we have spelman beside us ,but they have major
attitude problems! The only decent girls you get are the Clark-atlanta univer-
sity girls but you cant go the library every single day just to talk to them!

so, you probably are asking right now that why am I here then?

the scholarship! No patti from university, no porashona for me!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: mkaziz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (KHALED AZIZ)
Subject: Re: umrikan uni in dhaka
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 02:17:50 GMT

For a long time, Holy Cross fathers have been trying to open a brunch of
the University of Notre Dame in Dhaka.  I had conversations with Fr. Peixotto 
and Fr. Benjamin on this subject long time ago.  When Notre Dame College moved
from Laxmi Bazar to Motijheel (was that in 1955?), it bought enough land
with the plan of eventually converting the college to an university. 

Notre Dame College is run by the same group of catholic fathers who run a
a number of famous educational institutions throughout the world, including
the University of Notre Dame , IN and Portland University.  They have a very
strong financial base.  They  proposed to back the project up from their
own funds.  It was an ambitous project which had other long term plans (like
faculty and student exchange programs with other schools in the network, 
training of deshi  teachers at the University of Notre Dame etc.  The
Government of Bangaldesh did not show much interst in this project, probably
because the government likes to keep the key educational insitutions directly
under its control.  Even they tried to make Notre Dame a govt. college on 
several occasions.

Some of us ('86 batch) once planned to lobby in favour of this project.  It
could have been the best place for higher education in the country.  However
we were discouraged by the administration for some unknown reason.  There
might be other polictical or diplomatic ganjams assoicated with this issue.

  
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         PO Box 93234   Rochester Hills     MI 48309      (313) 370 3858
From: kas5213@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: cool
Date: 11 Oct 92 22:28:51 GMT
Reply-To: kas5213@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology


Cool stuff...


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From: kas5213@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Re: Dead Beat Callers
Reply-To: kas5213@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 02:18:56 GMT

sahmed@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Saif Ahmed) writes:

[Stuff Deleted]


>You can use MCI from a dorm phone, hotel phone or home phone. The
>calling card does not work from Pay phones only. 

>Saif
>--
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>/ \  Whenever I talk I give "my two cents worth" but I  only offer  "a     |
>\_/  penny for your thoughts".                                             |
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>| | Saifuddin Ahmed                                                        |
>| | sahmed@occs.cs.oberlin.edu                                             |
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	Sorry, not in Up-state New York. MCI cards can not be used from a dorm 
phone, hotel phone or home phone to call B'desh. AT&T does however work. I
don't know about other states but in NY state (not NY City) AT&T does work,
even from pay phones. Note, MCI card may work in other states.

					ADNAN SIDDIKY
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 19:40:07 EDT
From: Famin Ahmed <FA8509A@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: of robbers and atlanta

is atlanta really the crime capital of the country? i would think dc would
rival it.... especially with all the carjackings recently. didn't anyone read
about pam basu?
Famin.
From: kundu@watson.ibm.com (Sandip Kundu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: News
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:04:02 GMT
Organization: Sandip Kundu
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM

In article <SAHMED.92Oct8021928@occs.cs.oberlin.edu> sahmed@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Saif Ahmed) writes:
>In article <1b0imnINN8u7@magna.ksu.ksu.edu> misra@magna.ksu.ksu.edu (Boo!) writes:
>   naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen) writes:
>
>   >border guards foil indian attempt to herd more than 200 Bengalis speakers
>   >into the ctry. the latest since 'begin of "Operation Pushback" [r]
>
>	   Arent these people who are told to go back..bangladeshi citizens?
>	   If that is the case, why is Bd pushing back!?
>
>
>The Indian government claim they are Bangladeshi citizens. Most of
>them were originally from Bangladesh but have lived in India for over
>30 years or so and most of them have Indian ration cards and ids. Some
>of them are not at all Bangladeshis but Bengali Muslims.
>
>Saif
>--

Ershadul Hoque, correspondent of India Abroad in Dhaka reports
that GOB has decided not to accept anyone unless GOI produces 
documents beyond any reasonable doubt that the persons being
repatriated are Bangladeshi citizens.  

Since targets themseleves aren't likely to provide such
evidence, it may be concluded that GOI would not be able to
come up with such documents either.

I doubt, if any one can be repatriated under above condition.

Every illegal Bangladeshi entrant has a ration card. You could
get one too on your next trip to India. So what is your point
Saif ? 

Sandip
From: masroor@human.ai.kyushu-u.ac.jp (Muhammad Masroor Ali)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Good/Bad Sign
Date: 8 Oct 92 23:40:52 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Comm. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
X-Bytes: 653

In article <1992Oct8.033057.2877@tamsun.tamu.edu> sayeed@eemips.tamu.edu (Mohammad S Sayeed) writes:

%:   *   New Director of Computer center, BUET


Could you please tell us the name of the new director?

Thanks,
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    Who says `Nothing' is impossible? I am doing nothing throughout years. 
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    masroor@human.ai.kyushu-u.ac.jp (Muhammad Masroor Ali)
    Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
    Fukuoka, 812 JAPAN
From: alhaque@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Abul Lais M S Haque)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Agartala Mamla
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:23:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: constell.1992Oct16.202341.17135
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <ldtrs3INNpno@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
>I have always been intruged by this question: was there any truth
>to the Agartala Mamla allegations?
>
>Does anyone know? Hearsay is ok...
>
>- Ihtisham Kabir
>
>PS, To refresh your memory, the Pakistan govt prosecuted Sheikh Mujib
>and some others on treason charges during the 1960s, claiming that
>they had met secretly with Indians at Agartala and conspired to break
>up Pakistan. The case was eventually dropped, but it catapulted Mujib
>into his leadership role.

	I read myself in the 'Daily Ittefaq' in 1972 covering the news of
	the party convention of the Awami League in which Shaikh Mujibur 
	Rahman said (translated roughly as) 'Today I have no fear to 
	tell you that there were some prior understanding with 
	India regarding the creation of Bangladesh.' 

	Abul L. Haque
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: adatta@cs.tamu.edu (Abhijit Datta)
Subject: Re: Bangali or Bangladeshi ?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 00:31:12 GMT

In article 5774 debug@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (Faisal Rahman) writes :

>Am I a Bangali or Bangladeshi ?
>To-day, I met a guy from Calcutta, and he suddenly asked me,
>I am a Bangali or not. So I looked at him and realized that
>he was from Calcutta, then I answered saying "Yes I am Bangladeshi."
>To me I don't know why, the word "Bangali" seems more of west Bengal,
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>do you really get it, what I mean. I guess Bangladeshi seems to be
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>more appropiate to me, while I am out of Bangladesh.
>Well I am a Bangladeshi and I am proud to be one.

Well, of course you are a Bangladeshi and I am a Bharatiya.
(Incidentally, I too am from Calcutta)

I think what is of no less importance in this respect is that I am a
Bharatiya Bangali and you a Bangladeshi Bangali. Can't we think like
this?

Thus I am equally at home if someone calls me an Bangali or a Bharatiya.

Moreover,
"Do you really get it, what I mean" - Sorry, not at all clear.

Regards,
Abhijit
From: kas5213@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: ignore
Date: 11 Oct 92 22:30:20 GMT
Reply-To: kas5213@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

please ignore
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: sayeed@eemips.tamu.edu (Mohammad S Sayeed)
Subject: Good/Bad Sign
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 03:30:57 GMT

   Good:

   *   GPA system in BUET (hopefully in other Universities in future)
   *   Tough action against their "Naughty boys" by BNP
   *   New Director of Computer center, BUET
   *   Severe punishment ( even death penalty) for looting, arson,
       damaging cars/shops, child and woman trafficing and other
       nuissanmce.
 


   Bad:

   *  Dr. Kamal hossain ousted from AL presideum(too qualified!)\
   *  Dr. Mahbubur Rahman desserts CSE dept., BUET despite his 
      enormous contribution.

 
  Good/Bad(?):

    *   Dr. Shahjahan ( relative of president!) had to leave.
    *   Mr. Zunaid writes less boring article.



Have Fun



Shaheen 
From Aggieland ( Aggies are No. 5 in Football now)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Bangali or Bangladeshi ?
From: debug@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:39:54 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Am I a Bangali or Bangladeshi ?
To-day, I met a guy from Calcutta, and he suddenly asked me,
I am a Bangali or not. So I looked at him and realized that
he was from Calcutta, then I answered saying "Yes I am Bangladeshi."
To me I don't know why, the word "Bangali" seems more of west Bengal,
do you really get it, what I mean. I guess Bangladeshi seems to be
more appropiate to me, while I am out of Bangladesh.
Well I am a Bangladeshi and I am proud to be one.

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From: was@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (wasif.sattar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: **Define LOVE**
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:26:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsm.1992Oct14.172645.27203
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Oct14.063650.13760@wam.umd.edu>, tanmon@next02pg2.wam.umd.edu (Tanveer Chowdhurm) writes:
> Can anybody tell me what is the defination of Love. A friend of mine has  
> got an essay to write. 
> 
> 			--->Tanveer<---

I came across this gem some time ago on netnews:

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To love:

The wonderful love of a beautiful maid,
The love of a staunch, true man,
The love of a baby unafraid
Has existed since time began;
But the greatest love, the love of loves,
Even greater than that of a mother
Is the tender, passionate, infinite love
Of one drunken bum for another.

                                -- Traditional
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: re to BUET
From: shanto@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:32:55 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

This is GREAT!!!! no sooner do I send in my first mail that I get my response!
Thanx Mr. Zunaid ( how Do you pronounce your name -- with a Z or a J ??)

In response to your queries, this is what I have to say:

a) No, I do not know the name of the new VC but mr Shahjahan is definitely 
history. That guy was a @#@#*&% !!

b) No, I do not know details about the curriculum, mainly because I wasn't
interested in BUET myself when Iwas in Dhaka. It's just that my bro studies
there and he mentioned this in the passing.

c) As forwhat you heard, you head right. The existing batches will not fall 
under this new change. Its implementation will begin only with the new in-
coming batch. And then, the two systems will not run parallely , ie the new
batch will not have any option other than adhering to this system.

By the way, do any of you know what came of the plans of introducing an Ameri-
can University in Bangladesh?

I'm definitely taking a transfer then!

Ai deshe manoosh thake??

Besides, my socks stink here -- they never used to stink when I was back home!!


One last question: What is the plural of 'mongoose'?
                   Is it 'mongooses' or 'mongeese' ??


Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Re: re:umrikan uni in dhaka
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 07:31:27 GMT
X-Posted-From: occs.cs.oberlin.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

would be interested in hearing why you are unhappy with all black college. 
Are u at Morehouse?

And what was the context of putting "bright" in quotes?

My own experience has been that many spots on our campus, which i avoid, are
too all-american, all white..
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: my country!
From: shanto@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:42:08 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

just checking wheteher this works
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: sayeed@eemips.tamu.edu (Mohammad S Sayeed)
Subject: Good/Bad News
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:05:19 GMT

 Good News:
 *********
          # All the DMC markets near DU (kataban area) had been handed
            over to DU by Govt. (DU might be financially benefitted or
            their "Naughty boys" may now become shop owner)

          # BUET got the Palashi Area Market.(Equal Opportunity)

          # Dr. Shahjahan (he is still there) already laid foundation
            stone for a "Multistoried Modern Shopping Complex" at
            Palashi square. (BUET students need not roam around New
            Market in the evening, when this posh complex is ready)
       
          # All 550 students who are idle due to session jam got to do
            a good job. Each of them will be teaching/motivating 
            100 (hundred) unlettered(those who cannot write) persons
            in different areas for Six Months as a part of the 
            Govt.'s Mass Literacy Drive. Govt. will finance and BUET
            will look  after the affairs.

          #  PM Begum Khaleda Zia was a Chief Guest at TSC in DU at an
             important award ceremony. No untoward incident took place.
             This was her first official visit to DU (She got I-20 at
             last).

Good/Bad ?
**********
          #  CNN has started broadcasting officially to BTV 6/7 hrs
             a day in the morning. It will continue for 6 months 
             then Govt. may sign with CNN for 24 hr. (Might harm
             school students)


Source: Bangladesh Observer



Good luck.



Shaheen
From Aggieland
(Aggies fighting for No. 1 in Football)

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: mukherjb@dsuvax.dsu.edu (Basu Mukherjee)
Subject: Subcontinental EC, response to Sayan
Organization: Dakota State University, Madison, SD
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:18:38 GMT


>Secondly, no single country in the EEC is so disproportionately
>powerful compared to the others as to be in a position to bully
>or dominate. In the case of our hypothetical subcontinental EC,
>this will not be the case because India is economically much more
>powerful than the other two countries. So we will probably end 
>up with a scenario in which India misuses its disproportionately
>large economic strength to bully the other members of the community
>into submission.
>
>Subhecchhante, 
>
>
>-Sayan Bhattacharyya.

Creating such a subcontinental EC would never be possible. As you have
mentioned India to be 'economically much more powerful than ..', India
will never agree to such an idea where she will have to allow citizens
of the other countries in the EC access to whatever limited resources she 
has got. This will be particularly true where a country like BD will be 
more of a liability to the EC than an asset. 

Basu Mukherjee


Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: banerj@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov ()
Subject: Re: Nazrulgeeti (was Re: Rabindra Sangeet)
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:58:28 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.144940.4447@zip.eecs.umich.edu> bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.141049.6350@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> banerj@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov () writes:
>>
>>- that Nazrul never set foot in the Eastern part of Bengal till his final
>        -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>days. 
> ----
>>
>>Amitava
>>
>
>This is absolutely untrue . There are, for example, many references
>in Buddhadeb Basu's writings of Nazrul's visits to Dhaka in the        
>1920's and 1930's .
>
>-Sayan Bhattacharyya

I stand corrected! But the fact remains that he spent most of his life in and
around Calcutta. Certainly almost all of his non-functional life and possibly
most of his productive life too. I remember reading somewhere that he once
stood for election to the Bengal legislature in pre-independence ('47) times
from a reserved Muslim constituency. His campigning essentially amounted to
a small meeting at which gave a stirring recitation of his poem "Muharram".
He lost his deposit. I'm not sure where this particular constituency was.

Amitava

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Looking for place to stay in DC [3-5 days]
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:50:18 GMT
X-Posted-From: occs.cs.oberlin.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


I looking for a place to stay in Washington DC for 3-5 days from Monday of
next week [19th]. I have to go to DC on emergency basis to get some data for 
thesis work.

I will be very grateful if anyone can refer me to anything.

Holes in the ground acceptable as long as police don't move me off.

Please e-mail or call 216-774-1993 [2 am- 8 am, or leave message anytime]


Naeem Mohaiemen
Oberlin College


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From: rozario@zeppelin.rutgers.edu (Joseph A Rozario)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Hassan, are you there?
Keywords: JOSEPHITES OF 1989
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:49:15 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	Hello Hassan !!
		Since I know you don't have your own account, I am
posting this @SCB.. Anyway, how is it going ?? Is there anyone out
there reading this article who is a Josephite os 1989 ? If so, please
reply to me via email..
		Talk to you later Hassan..Say hi to Riad..
 
			... Komola Khabo**
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