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Bangla Language, Bangla Academy, Wikipedia and Our Children
Author describe the efforts of volunteers to promote the pride of Bangla language Movement through Wikipedia. At the sametime, he requested Bangla Acadmy to take effective measures to uphold the Bangla language in cyber world. He also urges to change tje rules of the academy's membership so that the student can also be a prt of it.

Published February 21, 2008 DOWNLOAD

Golam Nabi on SoftExpo 2008
In this column, technology columnlist Mohammad Golam Nabi expresssed his idea about Soft Expo and BASIS. He expressed that BASIS is not performing its task towards nation building.

Published February 14, 2008 DOWNLOAD

Software Piracy and Bangladesh
This artilce covers the aspect of CopyRight issue for the least developed country. As per WTO agreement, LDCs have waiver of strict application of Copy Right law. The article also brief how this issue can be handle with Open Source Software.

Published December 05, 2007 DOWNLOAD

Why Software Should Not Have Owners
Shiper translated the famous article by RMS. In this article, RMS shows why software should be free and should have certain freedom.

Published June 24, 2007 DOWNLOAD

Localization and Bangladesh
Localization is not a new idea in this country. However, it gains some new momentum in recent years. Mr subeen described the present scenario of localization in the country.

Published June 24, 2007 DOWNLOAD

Wikipedia- Peoples Encyclopedia by Ragib Hasan
This is the lecture that Mr Ragib Hasan, PhD Student, Dept of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, the Administrator of English Version of Wikipedia and a Bureaucrat of Bangla Wikipedia delivered on the occasion of 3rd Zohurul Haque-Abdullah Al-Muti Sarfuddin Memorial Lecture on 15th January 2007. This is a combine description of Wikipedia and efforts for Bangla Wikipedia.

Published June 04, 2007 DOWNLOAD

Free and Open Source Software in our Language and in our independence
This article is a short description of the impact of Open Source software in Bangla Language and in our independence. The article gives a vivid description how the movement "Need Bangla in Computer" became the movement of "Bangla Computer". The article also explained the need for Open Contents for our mass people.

Published March 02, 2007 DOWNLOAD

Other Affairs

BdOSN Monthly Talk - Searching life in outer space:The Open approach

The form of life in outer space may be different, they may look like alien, may have a very big head compare to body or may have only head! Who knows? But if they are intelligent enough then they must know how to transmit and receive radio signal. This is the motto of the searching extraterrestrial intelligence in the SETI project. The open model of the SETI@Home project allowed people from different corner of the world to collaborate, to analyze the huge amount of data in a distributed computing environment. All the above were revealed in the monthly talk of BdOSN on 28th, June 2008. The talk was held in FREPD auditorium. Mr Omar Shehab and Ms Sabila Enun, both the core members of BdOSN delivered their talks on the open model of collaboration and computing.

Dhaka, June 28, 2008 READMORE

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Monthly Talk -June

The monthly talk of the month of BdOSN will be held on 28th June, 2008, Saturday at 5 pm. The talk will be held at FREPD auditorium (Near Polassy Crossing) and open for all. The topic of the talks are Serach for extra terrestial intelligence and open source and the experience sharing of the India, Nepal and Indonesia's FOSS activities.

Dhaka, June 28, 2008

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A new Ubuntu-lab marked the Ubuntu Release Party in NSTU

As a part of its nationwide celebration of the new release of Ubuntu Linux, a party was held at the department of CSTE at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU). NSTU Open Source Network organized the party on 22nd, June 2008. Dr Humayun Kabir, Head of CSTE, NSTU attended the party as the Chief Guest and unpacked the cover of an Ubuntu CD. In his speech, he gave emphasis on the uses of Open Source Software (OSS) by students.

Noakhali, June 22, 2008 READMORE

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Members Gathering

The members gathering of BdOSN will be held on 24th June at Star Hotel, Dhanmondi, Road 2 at 5.30pm onward. All members are requested to report in time.

Dhaka, June 24, 2008

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COSN celebrated the release of Ubuntu 8.04

A discussion on the topic "FOSS- Bangladesh Perspective" marked the Ubuntu 8.04 launching programme in Chittagong. Chittagong Open Source Network, a network of BdOSN organized the party at a City restaurant, Kentuky on 20th, June 2008. The party was attended by the guest of honour Dr Muhammad Safiullah, Gulam Rabiul Islam and Shanawaz Islam of IIUC, Fouzia Ashraf Moushumi of Chittagong University, SAM Harun and Akramul Haidar from Software industries. In their speeches, the guests gave emphasis on using and developing Open Source Software in Bangladesh to protect the freedom of software. They urged the academia and industry to develop our own technology to protect the future of the country.

Chittagong, June 20, 2008 READMORE

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Ubuntu Release Party : IIUC, Chittagong

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) is arranging Ubuntu launching parties for the new version of Ubuntu Linux (8.04) throughout the country. A party was arranged on the occasion at International Islamic University (Chiitagong) campus on 18 June 2008 Wednesday.
The party was organized by IIUC Open Source Network at the University. The Chief Guest for the occasion was the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University, Dr. Mohammad. Shafiullah. He launched the CD of Ubuntu 8.04 Linux, which is redistributed by BdOSN in Bangladesh. Everybody present at the party called for more use of Open Source Software to establish Freedom of Software.

Chittagong, June 18, 2008 READMORE

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The Anti Tobacco campaign at UIU was held

The announcement came as a surprise. Professor Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman, the Pro Vice Chancellor of United International University, Dhaka announced that he would give up smoking from the moment, although he have had almost a full packet of cigarettes that he brought the day before. Like this announcement, more fun, excitement and obviously the commitments took place at the occasion of the anti tobacco campaign at UIU auditorium, on 16th June. The programme "The declaration of completely tobacco free campus of UIU" with the slogan "Be Libra, Be Free, Free from Tobacco" was organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and was supported by World Health Organization (WHO), Bangladesh Country Office. Around 300 students, teachers and guest enjoyed the programme with three guest of honour – Professor Dr M Rizwan Khan, Professor Dr M Zafar Iqbal and Dr M Mostafa Zaman. Dr Iqbal Kabir of WHO programme presented the basic information and some dangerous fact about tobacco. He mentioned that Tobacco is the single largest reason for the death of people around the world. Mr Munir Hasan conducted the session.

UIU, Dhaka, June 16, 2008 READMORE

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Anti Tobacco campaign in UIU

As part of its Tobacco Free Youth Campaign, BdOSN is supporting WHO to organize seminar in different universities in the country. The first such programme will be held at United International University, Dhaka on 16th June, 4pm. Among others Professor Dr Rizwan Khan, Professor M Zafar Iqbal, Professor Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman and Dr Mostafa Zaman of WHO will attend the seminar. The seminar is open for all.

UIU, Dhaka, June 16, 2008

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Sharing the experience of Zero Gravity Flight

Mr F R Sarker, General Secretary of Bangladesh Astronomical Society and the First Bangladeshi to participate in Zero Gravity Flight shared his ”weight-less experience” with hundreds of audience in FREPD auditorium on 11th June. The experience sharing gathering was organized jointly by Bangladesh Astronomical Society and Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN). As the first Bangladeshi, Mr. Sarker participated in a Zero Gravity Flight on 24 May, 2008 on board a Boeing 727 plane operated by Zero Gravity Corporation from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Dhaka, June 11, 2008 READMORE

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Ubuntu 8.04 release party

All local OSN's are organizing release party on the occassion of the worldwide release of Ubuntu Linux 8.04. First three parties will be held as per the following schedule--

1. BUET, Dhaka - 12th June, 2008 (Completed)
2. IIUC OSN, Ctg - 18th June, 2008 City Campus
3. COSN - Kentaky, East Gate of medical College, 20th June, 4pm.
4. NSTU, Noakhali - 22nd June, 2008

Parties are open for all.

Chittagong, June 22, 2008