On a positive note
Bengali wikipedia crosses 10000 entry and only the 2nd language from the South Asia to do so.
Powerful testimonial of how young patriots from home and abroad are improving the image of our country and rebranding Bangladesh to the outside world.
‘Bengali is spoken by almost 220-250 million people, making it the seventh largest language in terms of total speakers,’ said Ragib Hasan, a student at the department of computer science in the University of Illinois.
‘Bengali Wikipedia - http://bn.wikipedia.org - has seen a growth from 500 articles in March 2006 to 10,000 as of now,’ he said.
Ragib said there were now 20-25 active voluntary editors who edit Bengali Wikipedia on a regular basis.
‘These editors are mainly from Bangladesh and from West Bengal (India). The Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOsn) and the Bangla Wiki are mainly behind the project,’ he said.
‘Both BDOsn and Bangla Wiki raised awareness, involved the media and recruited more editors to work on Bengali Wikipedia,’ he added.