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Chalaiden
''Chalaiden'' (), or ''Source: Chalai den'' (), is a satirical internet meme that emerged on social media in Bangladesh during the July Revolution, as well as the events that followed. The phrase is especially used in opposition to the spread of rumours and misinformation—particularly those propagated by the Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party, the Awami League. Background It is not precisely known how the phrase ''chalaiden'' first came into discussion. However, near the end of the movement, a screenshot from a WhatsApp group of Chhatra League members circulated on social media. In it, one member was seen instructing others to fabricate a false news story and ''chalai den'' (i.e., "spread it") among the group. Additionally, in another instance, a group member copied and shared the fake news but forgot to delete the directive ''chalaiden'' from the message. As a result, the post—with the instruction still visible—was published, unintentionally exposing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murad Takla
In Bangladeshi humour and popular culture, ''Murad Takla'' () refers to someone who writes Bengali words using the Latin script in a bizarre or unorthodox fashion, which unintentionally produces a distorted meaning. The phrase originated in the 2010s. History A Facebook comment posted on 14 July 2012 was the origin of ''Murad Takla''. In the comment, a commenter told the other commenter to speak with logic. He asked why the person had a lame profile picture, and told him to learn before speaking. The screenshot of the comment went viral on Facebook because of its unintentional humour: The commenter wrote ''Murad Takla'' ("''Murod thakle''" in Banglish) which was intended to mean "if you have courage", but its pronunciation simply means "a bald person named Murad". The phrase became popular and synonymous with those who write distorted Bengali using the Latin script. After the incident, a Facebook page named ''Murad Takla'' was created in 18 November of the same year. The page wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalai Den
Chalai may refer to: * ''Chalai'', a name used in parts of Southern India and in Sri Lanka for fish called sardine * Chalai, Sri Lanka, a place north of Mullaitivu Mullaitivu (; ) is the main town of Mullaitivu District, situated on the north-eastern coast of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. A largely fishing settlement, the town in the early twentieth century grew as an anchoring harbour of the small sailing ... ** Battle of Chalai, fought 2009 during the Sri Lankan civil war * Chalai (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Words And Phrases
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the writing system ** Bengali–Assamese script *** Bengali (Unicode block), a block of Bengali characters in Unicode Other usage People * Abdul Wahid Bengali, 19th-century theologian * Athar Ali Bengali, politician and teacher * Bengali-Fodé Koita, Guinean footballer * Bengali Keïta, Guinean centre-back * Bengali Singh, Indian politician * Izzatullah Bengali, 18th-century Persian language author * Mohamed Bengali, Ivorian footballer * Shah Nuri Bengali, 18th-century Sufi and author Places * Bengali Market, a market in New Delhi, India * Bengali, Nancowry, a village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Miscellaneous * Bangali River, river in northern Bangladesh * , a ship launched in 1837 and wrecked in 1951 * Bengali, a fictional cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Memes Introduced From Bangladesh
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the interlinked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, internet telephony, streaming media and file sharing. The origins of the Internet date back to research that enabled the time-sharing of computer resources, the development of packet switching in the 1960s and the design of computer networks for data communication. The set of rules (communication protocols) to enable internetworking on the Internet arose from research and development commissioned in the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Mahmud
Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan (; born 14 July 1998) is a Bangladeshi student activist, who is currently serving as an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh. He is a key coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination, which led the Student–People's uprising. He is also the former president of Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad at University of Dhaka unit. Early life and education Asif Mahmud was born on 14 July 1998 to a Bengali Muslim Bhuiyan family in the village of Aqubpur in Muradnagar, Comilla District. He was the son of Mohammad Billal Hossain and Rukhsana Begum. Mahmud studied at Nakhalpara Hossain Ali High School in Dhaka and completed his secondary education there. Afterwards, he studied at Adamjee Cantonment College, where he served as the Cadet Sergeant of the college's BNCC Club. He was a student of the 2017–18 academic session in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Dhaka. He is currently studying for a Master's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Of Expression
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The rights, right to freedom of expression has been recognised as a Human rights, human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law. Many countries have constitutional law that protects free speech. Terms like ''free speech'', ''freedom of speech,'' and ''freedom of expression'' are used interchangeably in political discourse. However, in a legal sense, the freedom of expression includes any activity of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. Article 19 of the UDHR states that "everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Bangla
BBC Bangla () is the Bengali language service of the BBC World Service, inaugurated in 1941 for Bengali audiences worldwide especially the ones in the Bengal region, which includes the sovereign state of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura. History BBC Bangla was launched on 11 October 1941 with a 15-minute programme under the BBC World Service. BBC Bangla's headquarters used to be Bush House, but since 2012, it has been broadcast from Broadcasting House in London as well as from BBC bureaux in Dhaka and Kolkata. In September 2022, BBC Bangla announced its cessation of radio broadcasts due to financial reasons. On 31 December 2022, BBC Bangla officially ceased broadcasting on radio after eighty-one years of service, following the ''Parikrama'' program. Despite this, it continued its existence on television and the internet. Broadcasting The programmes of BBC Bangla are broadcast on FM radio, mediumwave and shortwave, their website and their internet rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunus Ministry
An interim government led by Muhammad Yunus was formed on 8 August 2024 in Bangladesh, following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 amid nationwide student and public protests against the government. Following the dissolution of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad on 6 August 2024, the interim cabinet will remain in office until a new Prime Minister is appointed after a snap general election. The government, like the previous non-caretaker government interim administrations (in 1975 and 1990), is extra-constitutional. However, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh affirmed the legality of the stopgap government on 9 August 2024, stating that the doctrine of necessity created an urgent need to manage state affairs and address the constitutional vacuum, similar to previous cases. The main pledge of his ministry is to forge consensus about and implement fundamental reforms that are required to hold a free and fair national election by June 2026. Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Students Against Discrimination
Students Against Discrimination () is a platform of Student activism, student activists in Bangladesh formed in 2024 during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, nationwide student-led quota reform movement. The group was involved in the Resignation of Sheikh Hasina, ousting of the country's former Prime minister of Bangladesh, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 through the Student–People's uprising. It is an umbrella organization. It works on building the political range of Bangladesh, though it is a non-political organization. On 22 October 2024, the Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a Five-Point Demand, five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a Democracy, democratic one. History The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, compri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satirical
Satire is a genre of the visual arts, visual, literature, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently Nonfiction, non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. Satire may also poke fun at popular themes in art and film. A prominent feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is wikt:militant, militant", according to Literary criticism, literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque (literary), burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
