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Why are Bangladeshis going crazy over the Bangabandhu-1???

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Why are Bangladeshis touting online that they are "ahead of Pakistan" (something they've touted for decades) by using American rockets and launching satellites into space?

It seems they are following the Indian tradition of importing technology and parading as they made it themselves?

I have nothing against ordinary Bangladeshis and feel terrible about the 1971 genocide, but this is beyond ridiculous.

Firstly you send millions of illiterate immigrants into our country who commit crimes and what not. You buy weapons from us, your students come to our universities, yet "somehow" you've been "ahead" of us, a nuclear power???

Now this latest "stunt" of launching an American supplied satellite out into orbit somehow demonstrates Bangladesh's imaginary "superiority" over Pakistan?

I don't mean to harsh, but how low can you get? Like seriously?

If Bangabandhu-1 is discussed elsewhere, then please merge the threads.
 
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Chaand ko chonay wali dekh tamasha lakdi ka
 
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Don't see any reason to use Bangabandgu satatalite to prove the fact that BD is ahead of pakistan. Its one of the many reasons, but certainly not the most significant one.

Our overall economic condition, literacy rate, mortality rate, GDP per capita and many other things show that we r ahead of pakistan. Don't think we need to use our satellite to prove that point.
 
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Don't see any reason to use Bangabandgu satatalite to prove the fact that BD is ahead of pakistan. Its one of the many reasons, but certainly not the most significant one.

Our overall economic condition, literacy rate, mortality rate, GDP per capita and many other things show that we r ahead of pakistan. Don't think we need to use our satellite to prove that point.
But it's not "your" satellite. It's launched on American rockets, out of America.

Your country is the mostly densely populated on Earth, you have barely any technology and still dependent on Pakistan for arms and have students studying at Pakistani universities, though not as much as before. Or am I missing something?

Your currency is slightly stronger than ours, but so is Kuwait's dinar to the US dollar https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?From=KWD&To=USD

Wait a minute, that must mean...
 
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Don't see any reason to use Bangabandgu satatalite to prove the fact that BD is ahead of pakistan. Its one of the many reasons, but certainly not the most significant one.

Our overall economic condition, literacy rate, mortality rate, GDP per capita and many other things show that we r ahead of pakistan. Don't think we need to use our satellite to prove that point.

Well good for you. We ll see how BD is able to sustain that. Pakistan has gone through worst time of her history over last 15 years with this war on terror. If you see the predicted or expected top economies by 2025 or 2050, Pakistan is well ahead of BD. Having said that BD has every right to enjoy this brief period of "relative" superiority over Pakistan. It is also a known fact that BD has one of the worst infrastructure in the region. Also interms of population density BD scores worse than both India and Pakistan , the two other regional powers with large population base.

Without taking anything away from Bangladesh , we must be realistic about those figure quoted out there. What I fail to understand is if BD is well ahead of Pakistan and marginaly lacking behind India ( as per BD members claim) why hundred and thousands of BDs are settled illegally in India? I believe small countries like BD have this surge of growth before they reach a plateau where they remain for years.
 
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What I fail to understand is if BD is well ahead of Pakistan and marginaly lacking behind India ( as per BD members claim) why hundred and thousands of BDs are settled illegally in India?

They just hate real 3rd party direct evidence like:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/un-b...opulation-by-2030.559292/page-3#post-10516351

This picture specifically:

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/india-2016.jpg

or:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ing-dhaka-dubai-turkey-detained-a7713911.html

and believe willy nilly whatever feel good their crap govt statistics tells them, that now even they have to filter the bad news coming in increasingly:

https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2017/12/18/where-did-the-benefits-of-economic-growth-disappear/

bddec-jpg.471690
 
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But it's not "your" satellite. It's launched on American rockets, out of America.

So?
We have paid with our hard earned money to use that rocket. Didn't we? If tomorrow we pay for 10 more satellites to the Americans, those satellites will become ours and will be used in our benefits. We have enough money to spend and we will do everything possible to improve our communication capability.

Your country is the mostly densely populated on Earth, you have barely any technology and still dependent on Pakistan for arms and have students studying at Pakistani universities, though not as much as before. Or am I missing something?

Lol. Dependent on Pakistan? Is this some sort of Joke? We buy weapons from Pakistan and pays money in return. If we wish we can ditch Pakistan at any moment and buy weapons of even better quality from China, Russia, India or Turkey. So pls, spare me those BS about dependency on Pakistan. We r one of the biggest exporters of garment products to US and many other European countries. But it does not mean they depend on us for their clothing. They can replace us with any other country at any point of time if they wish.

Secondly, ur illiteracy rate is extremely low and recently it has gone below 60 percent whereas our literacy rate is above 70 and it's increasing at an extremely fast rate. Don't even know about the percentage of students from Bangladesh studying in Pakistani Universities. U should better present some data so that we can get a clear idea about it. I have seen plenty of Pakistani students in our Medical Colleges who get admitted on foreign student quota.


Your currency is slightly stronger than ours, but so is Kuwait's dinar to the US dollar https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?From=KWD&To=USD

Wait a minute, that must mean...

Our currency is doing great against US dollars while ur one took a nosedive in recent years. PAK has to take loans from one country to repay the installments of previously taken loans. Perfect example of a country that's stuck in a debt trap. Furthermore, Ur country has recently been forced to depreciate its RS against US dollar. Also Keep in mind, currently we have enough Forex reserve to pay 9 months of import bill in advance whereas ur PM has recently been seen to run form one pole to another to take a billion dollar loan in order to keep ur economy afloat.

Well good for you. We ll see how BD is able to sustain that. Pakistan has gone through worst time of her history over last 15 years with this war on terror. If you see the predicted or expected top economies by 2025 or 2050, Pakistan is well ahead of BD. Having said that BD has every right to enjoy this brief period of "relative" superiority over Pakistan. It is also a known fact that BD has one of the worst infrastructure in the region. Also interms of population density BD scores worse than both India and Pakistan , the two other regional powers with large population base.

Without taking anything away from Bangladesh , we must be realistic about those figure quoted out there. What I fail to understand is if BD is well ahead of Pakistan and marginaly lacking behind India ( as per BD members claim) why hundred and thousands of BDs are settled illegally in India? I believe small countries like BD have this surge of growth before they reach a plateau where they remain for years.

That's the point. Currently we r ahead of Pakistan and economically doing great. But if tomorrow Pak becomes better than us i will not have any problem to accept the reality. Secondly, we have a higher population density but a large percentage of our plain is fertile and cultivable. We have also managed to drastically reduce the population growth rate which will improve even more in coming years. Our population wont be a burden to us if we can use it tactfully.

For ur second point, well, India is economically doing great of late. Many of our citizens migrate there to have better opportunities. Furthermore, we host a large number of Hindu population. Current BJP government's welcoming nature to Bengali hindus has made it quite easier for Bengali hindus to migrate there and start a new life in India.
 
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Neptune, I think you're missing the point. I ain't saying your currency is lower than ours or you didn't pay for the sattelight or pay Pakistan for arms. My point is how does all this make you "better"? It seems some Bangladeshis are following the Indian path "despite all odds and evidence to the contrary we're still "better" than you just because..."
 
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I/we completely got your point, but it will be better if you just keep seeing what makes BD people happy.

No need to be critical, because Bangladeshis themselves are not critical most of the times or because our aim and path are different.

You are vulnerable in any attempt to make any comparison with BD right now because your image is not good in international media right now, whereas BD has some advantages because of doing better than PK in some particular areas such women empowerment, literacy rate, stability etc.

The closer the development rate gap between BD and PK, the more you will see such comparison thread by Bangladeshis (especially BAL) because of our historical tie.

So your best bet is make big and stark difference, if you can.
 
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A lot of satellites are launched by other nations' rockets. Even the US needs the Soyuz to send it's astronauts to the ISSS.
What's the sense in harping about what rocket sent the satellite to space?
 
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Lol. Dependent on Pakistan? Is this some sort of Joke?
Economically Bangladesh has surpassed Pakistan and is well on its way to becoming the leading Muslim economic power of the Subcontinent. All of this despite the 1971 genocide committed by Pakistani Army and the related destruction. This is hard to digest for Pakistanis. Maybe they can take this moment to learn a thing or two from Bangladesh?

@Black_cats @UKBengali @shourov323
 
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Economically Bangladesh has surpassed Pakistan and is well on its way to becoming the leading Muslim economic power of the Subcontinent. All of this despite the 1971 genocide committed by Pakistani Army and the related destruction. This is hard to digest for Pakistanis. Maybe they can take this moment to learn a thing or two from Bangladesh?

@Black_cats @UKBengali @shourov323

Simply there is no comparison between BD and Pakistan economically.

China has initiated CPEC to try to hold up Pakistan but even this has not yet allowed GDP/capita to grow at 4% a year yet. BD is nearing 7% GDP/capita growth.

Many respected economic commentators praise BD's economic performance while none do so for Pakistan.
 
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Simply there is no comparison between BD and Pakistan economically.

China has initiated CPEC to try to hold up Pakistan but even this has not yet allowed GDP/capita to grow at 4% a year yet. BD is nearing 7% GDP/capita growth.

Many respected economic commentators praise BD's economic performance while none do so for Pakistan.
Indeed. And the resulting butthurt can be seen on this thread
 
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