Videos tagged with "country"

Planet Rock: Bangladesh, Part 1. [14:46]
Planet Rock: Bangladesh Episode One My travels through the country of Bangladesh and my extensive stay in the capital city of Dhaka. Bangladesh is one of the most populated countries in the world according to square mileage. Total estimated population 118 million. Density of population per sq. mile is 7656. Part 1. The Words of a Rickshaw Driver Bangladesh is considered the 'Rickshaw Capital of the World'. There are an estimated 500000 to 750000 Rickshaws in the capital city Dhaka. As I was filming a piece a paper fell from a Rickshaw... this is what it read... The Call to Evening Pray in Dhaka There are about five calls to pray everyday... the first one is at 5:30am and the last is around 5:30pm. Find River Find Village Give Camera While filming my travels I am followed by dozens of children curious about what I am doing and why I would want to take pictures of their world. This time I let them do the filming... of course, after a few quick lessons. With the help of my uncle and a chartered boat we try to find the future directors of Bollywood. Salim, Sayden, Azir Muhammad and their posse show me and film the village of Derma Dhat (Ghat) It's amazing what children can do... Part 2. Dhaka Fast Dhaka Furious South Asia has some of the worst traffic and the craziest drivers (and at times the best) in the world. Filming my driver, Shuman, skills as he drives 100km per hour (avg) though Dhaka (in fast forward). I will never worry about NYC cab drivers skills next time I hail ...
Tags: Railway, Kamalapur, Chittagong, Express, Train, AIDS, HIV, Bangladesh, Dhaka, pickpockets, stantation, sex, industry, prostitution, Trains, Rickshaw, Dhaka's, rickshaws, City, Corporation, auto-rickshaw, Traffic, World, Bank, puller, Work, for, better, ba

Lama 2 Alikadam [05:03]
Bangladesh is the land of natural beauty and fertility attracts various people with numerous aims. While traveling towards the eastside of the country more specifically AliKadam, Lama of Bandarban district our eyes were overwhelmed by the beauty of the site as well as little disappointed with current environmental situation of the area. We were travelling through the uneven road on the traditional 'Chander Gari' and saw all the flat lands around the foot area of Mirinza hill, the land beside the road from lama to ali kadam; even in the playing ground of Modujhiri govt. primary school and as far as we can see the bank of Matamuhuri River were covered with tobacco farming. While talking to local people we come to know that the flat land where these farming is being practice was mostly government properties given to high government officials for farming of "Rubber" or "Horticulture" but there weren't any. So these lands are being subjected to a very interesting way of practicing farming by the middle man of that area. The local & multinational tobacco companies are providing money to the middle man for contract farming of tobacco to ensure the raw materials of their product. The middle man taking the money asks the marginal farmer to cultivate tobacco for them. But as marginal farmers do not have enough money to cultivate they lend money from the middle man with high interest. For example, if they take BDT 10000 for one tobacco season (6/7 month), they have to return 15000 ...
Tags: Beautiful Bangladesh, alikadam, Lama, Bandarban, Chander Gari, Mirinza hill, Modujhiri, Matamuhuri, Rubber, Horticulture, tobacco, tobacco farming, marginal farmer, Farmer Landscape, middle man, tobacco processing, brick fields, cultivate, Burning Wood, H

Train tracks [01:13]
Bangladesh countryside train tracks Summer 2011
Tags: Koyesh, Adam, Miah, Fayel, Train, Track, Bangladesh, Habigonj, Countryside, sonyadamkoyesh

Let's go Rangamati : EP 01 [22:11]
Rangamati (Bengali:রাঙ্গামাটি পার্বত্য জেলা) is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. Area-wise, Rangamati is the largest district of the country. The district of Rangamati consists of 10 upazilas, 1 municipality, 9 wards, 35 mahallas, 50 union parishads, 162 mouzas and 1347 villages. The upazilas are Baghaichhari, Barkal, Kawkhali, Belaichhari, Kaptai, Juraichhari, Langadu, Nannerchar, RajasthaliRangapani and Rangamati sadar. Rangamati Town is mainly divided into 13 areas. Namely Vedvedi, Collegegate, Rajbari, Newmarket, Banarupa, Kathaltoli, Fishery Ghath, Reserve Bazar, Launch Ghath, Pathor Ghata, Tabalchori, Mazher Basti, Asam Basti.
Tags: Rangamati, Bangladesh, Desherpothe, Banglarpothe, Banglalink, Tinku, Thematic, Travel, Show, Culture, Nature, educational, Adventure, Tourism, Education, Museum, Destination, Holiday, History

Let's go Rangamati : EP 02 [21:52]
Rangamati (Bengali:রাঙ্গামাটি পার্বত্য জেলা) is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. Area-wise, Rangamati is the largest district of the country. The district of Rangamati consists of 10 upazilas, 1 municipality, 9 wards, 35 mahallas, 50 union parishads, 162 mouzas and 1347 villages. The upazilas are Baghaichhari, Barkal, Kawkhali, Belaichhari, Kaptai, Juraichhari, Langadu, Nannerchar, RajasthaliRangapani and Rangamati sadar. Rangamati Town is mainly divided into 13 areas. Namely Vedvedi, Collegegate, Rajbari, Newmarket, Banarupa, Kathaltoli, Fishery Ghath, Reserve Bazar, Launch Ghath, Pathor Ghata, Tabalchori, Mazher Basti, Asam Basti.
Tags: Rangamati, Bangladesh, Desherpothe, Banglarpothe, Banglalink, Tinku, Thematic, Travel, Show, Culture, Nature, educational, Adventure, Tourism, Education, Museum, Destination, Holiday, History