Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Meeting place during Nobel peace prize arrangements 10.12.2006 - 11.12.2006

  • PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Telenor will setup a tent in the street between Stortingsgaten and Karl Jonhans gate in 10th and 11th december. The tent is about 750 square meter with wooden floor and inside it will be +20 degree celcius during the whole event. There will be two large plasma tv's so that all broadcasting can be enjoyed from every corner/sitting place.
They will be serving us coffee, te, mineral water and "Daal with naan bread" inside the tent.

  • Program for Sunday 10th december

12.00 - 13.00 Arrival of the guests.
13.00 - 17.30 Live broadcasting of prize giving, food/drink will be served.
17.00 - 17.30 Live broadcasting of CNN interview and comments.
17.30 Closing

10th December Sunday:

13:00 - 15:00 Nobel prize distribution will be taking place. Invitation letters will be sent starting from week number 47-48 according to information from Nobel institute. Many applicants few seats, if any questions arise regarding this please do contact with Sigrid Lagebakke(e-mail: sl@nobel.no). Regarding the program on 11th December Monday at 14:00-15:00 is still unsure and discussions are going on.

17:00 - 18:00 P.M. Live interview with CNN correspondent Jonathan Mann at Rådhuset, for those who would participate/witness this event are requested to contact with Asad Uzzaman and Sabbir Khan Babla to collect entry cards(limited number of entry cards).

18:00 - 19:00 Torch rally(fakkel tog) will be starting from Jerbanetorget and will end up in front of Grand Hotel while Dr. Yunus will take the salutation. It should be our duty to mobilize as many as possible cross over nationality and religion. Telenor has agreed to set up a telt between national theater and spikersuppa on 10th December and probably on 11th December too with garanteed temperature of +20 degree celcius. Inside there will be 3-4 large screen TVs and arrangements for entertainment(food, cultural activites! Etc but content is still unsure). Guests coming from Bangladesh and other parts of the world probably will be present there and will have opportunity to follow the program live on large TVs.

  • Program for Monday 11th december

12.00 - 13.00 Arrival of the guests. Coffee,te and bun will be served. Probably Samim Ara Nipa and Sibli Mohammad will be performing.
14.00 - 15.00 Reception of Dr. Yunus.
15.30 - 16.00 Closing
19.00 - 20.00 Arrival of the guests.
19.45 - 20.00 Room for entertaiment.
20.00 - 22.30 Live broadcasting of Nobel concert. Food/drink will be served.
22.30 - 23.00 Closing

Friday, November 24, 2006

Nobel peace prize ceremony

I have been invited by Norwegian Nobel institute together with my wife to attend Nobel Peace prize ceremony (awarded to Mohammad Younus and GrameenBank in 2006) on Dec 10, 2006. Feel proud as a Bangladeshi and former employee of GrameenPhone, a mobile phone operator in Bangladesh and subsidiary of Telenor and GrameenBank trust.