hyde park, sydney

Hyde Park , Sydney

photo - by khalilur rahman

photo- khalilur rahman

Hyde park  , photo- khalilur rahman

photo by khalilur rahman

photo - by khalilur rahman

Hyde Park , Sydney @ my lens

Hyde park

garment factory fire in ashulia, dhaka- tragic death of hundreds of employees

Ashulia garments factory fire

24 November, hundreds of poor workers are working in garment factory , named Tazreen garments in Ashulia near dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh .All the exits are locked .All garments factories keep their exits locked in Bangladesh .Because they care about more profits , they do not care about occupational health and safety ( OHS) . Suddenly fire broke out .Even fire was engulfing every level gradually  and taking a monster look , like Doomsday , but still the exits are locked . Hundreds of people was charred , engulfed by monster fire and most of them burnt to death , some of the jumped down and died on the ground.. This is brutal picture of inhumanity ,where hundreds of poor employees were charred , because they do not have any workplace safety . Millions of poor employees , who are working in garments factory in Bangladesh , do not have any Occupational Health and Safety in their workplaces. Because the owners want to maximize the profits by ignoring all safety measures of workplaces and relaxation of law does not force them to implement safety rules and regulations.

Ashulia garments fire

CNG( auto-rickshaw) journey and Dhaka city

CNG in Dhaka city    - photo by khalilur rahman

Last month , I was in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh for three weeks holidays . Dhaka is very ancient and highly populated  and Mega city in South-East Asia .     Public transport system is a very miserable and horrible in Dhaka  .If you do not travel by your own transport , then the journey can be a disastrous at any time .Trains, buses do not run properly on scheduled timetables. Cab or taxi is not always available , the attitude of cabbies are most of the time are very rude. They do not follow any rules, whether it is about traffic rules or or taxi-fares. CNG ( previously known as baby taxi ) is the only transport , which is widely available everywhere of Dhaka city.  If you do not travel by trains or buses or cars , then the only choice is available for you a journey by CNG ( auto rickshaw). I have traveled by CNG for couple times in Dhaka, most of the time , I found , the drivers are very rude. They do not have any duty of care to the customers /passengers.They always bargain about the fare, they never follow the meter of fare. At the very beginning of the tour , they fix the fare and destination according to their choices , which is absolutely against the rules and regulation. Passengers have to pay many times more to the actual fares. Moreover , this sector is not strictly regulated and monitored by law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh . A journey by CNG in Dhaka city is simply a night-mare.

traffic-jam and dhaka

photo - khalilur rahman

Dhaka -       khalilur rahman

Once upon a time, Dhaka , capital city of Bangladesh was an exquisite city in Bangladesh or even in South -East Asia .If you have been in Dhaka at least one decade ago , you must have enjoyed the beauties of her at every suburbs . But now it is worst case scenario for Dhaka . Extreme traffic jams,floods of mozzies and flies, frequent blackouts ( locally known as load shading ) scarcities of public trasports, no traffic rules, uncontrolled and expensive transport fares and frequent dominance of muggers on streets  are very frequent scenarios in Dhaka city . Infact , Dhaka lost all her beauties  because of rein-less corruptions and uncontrolled and over populations  . The scale of sufferings of city dwellers is beyond any description . City dwellers are spending a lot of time to getting to workplaces and getting back after works . Governments , local governments or other governments agencies are not taking any sustainable and effective steps to eliminate all these sorts problems .All these sorts of environmental problems are getting worst every day .

food prices rise in the last two decades

Source- FAO

warragamba dam , new south wales

photo- khalilur rahman

photo- khalilur-rahman

warragamba dam

photo- khalilur rahman

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population of australia- census 2011

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) , the population growth rate of Australia is 1.4%  and

the total population of Australia is  22,485,300( 22.5 million) people by the end of December 2011 . 
NSW  holds the position of highly multicultural state in NSW , because a record number of NSW residents speaks a language other than English at home and quarter of its population were born in overseas . Almost 37 % NSW residents speaks different language other than English at home.

                                          total number of NSW population -6, 917,658
                                                        growth rate of NSW - 5.6%
                         highest growth rate of population in NSW in Blacktown -11 %


Mandarin is the second most common language , spoken at home and Hiduism is the fastest growing religion   and average household is 2.5 people in Australia .


sources- Australian Bureau of Statistics

pictures of sydney opera house

 Sydney Opera House is  one of the most beautiful and spectacular architectural designs in the world .The construction of this building was started in 1953 and this master piece was inaugurated in 1973. Danish Jorn Utzon was the prime architecture , won this gigantic job to design this world famous Opera House in Sydney Harbour .

“Sydney Opera House is a great architectural work of the 20th century. It represents multiple strands of creativity, both in architectural form and structural design, a great urban sculpture carefully set in a remarkable waterscape and a world famous iconic building.” UNESCO
It has been enlisted in World Heritage List in 2007 .

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Sydney Opera House - khalilur rahman

Sydney Opera House - khalilur rahman

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khalilur rahman's journal

sydney opera house - khalilur rahman

Sydney Opera House - khalilur rahman

photo- khalilur rahman's journal

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sydney opera house- khalilur rahman

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Most of pictures were taken , while travelling by ferry.

kiama, new south wales

kiama lighthouse

 I visited Kiama couple of days ago , almost one and half an hour drive from Sydney . Kiama is one of the ancient places of South coast of New South Wales , Australia . If you visit Kiama , I am sure you can enjoy an exquisite time with the beauties and atiquities of this place ; the blowhole , Kiama lighthouse ( which was built in 1887) and the beautiful beaches and luxuriant green .

light house

blowhole

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kiama

dusk at kiama

kiama light house

skyrocketing price of electricity in Australia

If we see a comparative price- study of electricity , then obviously  the result will come up that the price of electricity is skyrocketing in Australia ; what is very devastating for thousands of Australian families. Electricity is the most expensive in Australia than any other countries of the world. Carbon tax and infrastructure costs are enhancing the  electricity-price to horrible extent . The Independent Pricing And Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has given permission to increase the price 16.4% in NSW  for 2012-13 due to " rising network costs and the introduction of the carbon tax " .
                       
                           year                                     price increase
                        2010-11                                     10%
                        2011-12                                     17%
                        2012-13                                     16.4%
The above mentioned data obviously indicate how much price has been increased in the last couple of years . Due to the price hike , every household will have to pay an extra amount $338 for power bill every year .
IPART chairman Dr Peter Boxall said  "the proposed price increases would be difficult for many customers but were necessay to ensure that the retailers can recover the costs of providing electricity and remain financially viable ".

ekushey boi mela ( book fair marking 21st February ,1952 )

The most beautiful  event I used to enjoy
                            with my heart and soul
                                  the book fair of February
                                     on the premises of Bangla Academy , Dhaka .


It is not only a usual book fair ,
                          it is something more - beyond the book fair.
It is a legend ,  legend of language movement
                       the root of a nation
                        the birth of a country .
It is a legend of all languages of our planet earth , 
  loving our mother tongues of our earth.
It is an exquisite moment , 
          when we say 
" happy international mother language day "
to every one of our universe .
                             

War crimes in Pakistan during 1971

genocide in Bangladesh in 1971

What happened in  East Pakistan during the 1971 ? Brutality , genocide , bloodshed everywhere , simply there was no human rights in East Pakistan and every thing was done by Pakistan Government deliberately in order to clinch the power .Almost three million people were killed by Pakistani Army in East Pakistan ; consequently East Pakistan( Bangladesh ) declared her independence on 26 March . Bangladesh emerged as a new independent country in world atlas but Pakistani Military government continued its genocide in Bangladesh untill  16 th December 1971 .Pakistani forces were absolutely defeated by Bangladeshi Freedom fighters, newly organised Bangladeshi Defence forces with the cooperation of Indian forces . Pakistani government and Military forces committed war crimes by killing millions of unarmed , innocent men , women and children of Bangladesh  in 1971 .

genocide in Bangladesh , 1971

flashback - year 2011

The year 2011 is gone ; but the impacts of some of the events of 2011 is not gone yet ; they are very far-reaching and affecting the lives of millions of people of the world .

                    some of the most significant events of 2011

January 2011 -
Tunisia's president Zine El Aibedine Ben Ali flees the country after controlling the power for 23 years .

February -
Hosni Mubarak was forced to surrender the power  by  a mass  movement ; more than 800 people were killed ,  Mubarak has been ruling Egypt for almost 30 years .
Christchruch , Newzealand has been devastated  by a severe earthquake of 6.3 magnitude .
Uprising began in Lybia to oust Gaddafi to end his 42- year rule .

March -
A severe earthquake and tsunami has devastated north-eastern part of Japan , which claimed more than 20 thousand lives .
Uprising has begun in Syria .

May -
The start of anti- capitalism movement began in Spain . This is the debut of this sort of movement in this new century .
Osama Bin Laden has been shot dead by US Commandos in Pakistan .
Most notorious war criminal of Serbia , Ratko Mladic has been arrested by Serbia .

July
South Sudan emerged as an independent country and became 193th member of United Nation (UN) .
77 innocent peoples have been killed by an extremist  young christian  in Norway .

August 
Riot and wide-spread looting in London .

October
Gaddafi was captured by rebel forces and was brutally killed  .
Three Arab women won Nobel Peace Price .
7.2 magnitude of earthquake devastated Turkey , killing more than 600 people.
World's population crosses the line of seven billion .

November
Thailand has been devastated by worst floods , killing hundreds of people .
Recession got worst in EU countries .

December
Finally US forces left Iraq after nine years of war .
Phillippine devastated by floods and storms , killing more than one thousand people .