The word Blog is one of the most spoken words of the year 2011 in the field of social media and communication. Blog has gained increased notice and exposure for their role in breaking, shaping, and spinning news around the world.
It is being considered as one of the most alternative powerful tools of the social movement of present time. This medium is playing a significant role in present socio-political world from Arab Spring movement to Wall Street movement.
Blogging has gathered its pace in Bangladesh too, especially in Bangla.
On December 19, 2005, Bangla Blogging started its journey through an initiative of somewhereinblog.net. Six years later, it is assumed that there are over 1.5 lakhs bangla bloggers in the country.
To mark the inception, Bangla bloggers’ community started to observe December 19 as Bangla Blog Day since 2009.
This year, the 3rd Bangla Blog Day was observed at the Public Library in the capital on Monday with the slogan of “Social media in mass awareness and cyber law”.
Thirteen community blogs and forum platforms participated this programme .
Prothom alo blog, bdnews24 blog, projonmo forum blog, somewherein blog, techtunes blog, priyo.com, comjagat.com, ekhushe blog, drishtipat, muktoblog, unmochon, banglanews24 are among those.
Noted educationist Professor Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, Dr Anisuzzaman, Professor Emeritus at Dhaka University and Nazrul Islam Khan, personal secretary to prime minister were the key speakers at the event.
-With The Daily Star input
