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The week in re(ar)view Birds flew The outbreak of the flu is hinting at major disaster for the poultry sector. This at a time when a few poultry growers had recently started exporting poultry products to some Middle Eastern countries, North Eastern region of India and Nepal. Free crime According to the report, the government expressed hope that the released prisoners would act as good citizens and contribute in the country's socio-economic development. Sure. Fake students galore The DU authorities launched the drive recently following a probe committee report on forgery in the admission of students of 2004-2005 academic session. It's been known that people cheat to pass exams. No they cheat juts to be able to take exams. The DU authorities have already suspended three officials of the three departments concerned. Can't sell cars "Overall sale of reconditioned vehicles dropped by more than 50 percent since last month," stated Abdul Haque, president of Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (Barvida). However, they appreciated the government move against tax-free car imports by the former lawmakers. Sigh! No we will never be able to see expensive cars on the streets and jeer at the owner. It's not April Fools yet, but! Abdullah Al Farhad, 25, a final year student of a private law college in Dhanmondi, went to the duty officer's room at the Jatrabari PS around 3:00pm on Thursday and identified himself as a captain. He asked the duty officer to provide him with a vehicle and police force for some "government" job. The duty officer phoned the officer-in-charge (OC) and informed him of Farhad's demand. The OC asked the duty officer to give Farhad a pick-up van and a sub-inspector (SI), three constables and a driver, police said. Farhad, a resident of Dania under Jatrabari PS, then went to the Dhaka University (DU) campus and started wandering aimlessly. At the army camp, its in-charge interrogated Farhad and arrested him after being confirmed of his false identity. By Gokhra and Mood Dude Cool Adda Location: - Any Makeshift Tea Shop in Dhamonddi
Your pocket change will help you to get numerous refill of tea and if you aren't a smoker you soon will be. You can whip up your own style of lunch for e.g. a cup of tea, a banana topped with a biscuit and finally a side order of buns. Exchange ideas with your friends and try coming up with the best meal. Use your plastic cups for tea refills and as a glass of water because the glasses the teashop provides is not ISO certified. You might have an attractive and expensive, which would incessantly blast off the latest hit song as an incoming call alert and this will grab the attention of the observers around you. You are sure to become a target soon therefore you should be prepared for it by carrying the stick with you. The sight of the stick will surely change a prospective muggers mind. If you have a sharp ear then you can pick up the best gossips around. You can even listen to the local “Bhais” as they plan to beat up someone. Occasionally someone is liable to bring the latest news that he has just heard from his “sources”. Don't be surprised when his sources turn out to be the radio and the television. Finally with a tongue you can also take part in the gossip and engage in discussions ranging from politics, sports to topic as insignificant as the affair of women in the building next to the tea shop with the man in the building behind the teashop. Once you give them hot gossips, they will welcome you in their world with open arms. Thus you will be guaranteed a good time with a couple of friends and once you are over with your “adda” you will come home triumphantly and proudly, with your brain full to the capacity, overloaded with ideas and unheard of news. By Osama Rahman Vox-Pop This week we went around asking people whether “Financially well-off students should receive merit scholarships.” Here are the responses: “NO! The whole point of scholarships is to help the less privileged but deserving students who really NEED it. It is quite unfair if the privileged students keep hogging the scholarships! They shouldn't sit for the scholarship exam in the first place.” Shehzeen, Age:15. “Why shouldn't rich students get scholarships if they are truly deserving?” Nazia, Age:15, Scholastica. “The financially well-off students should get some scholarship too so they get acknowledged for their merit but the priority must be given to the really needy ones. And also the private universities should waiver more tuition fee and offer other facilities to the needy ones as it is totally out of reach for them.” Magfur, Age:19, 1st Year Architecture Student at Brac University. “No. Rich students are already capable of getting into institutions without the aid of scholarships. However, some are not able to afford the education, who might just be more deserving.” Arman, Age:17, Pabna Textile University. “It depends. If some students have less merit than others then they “It's not about being rich or poor. It's about being a good student.” Zahid, Age:17, Oxford School. Compiled by: Iftikhar Azam Another 10 things we learn from Hindi Serials 1. Young men and woman get married only to exact revenge upon each other. 2. Money is no problem as a simple house chair may cost up to Rs. 10 crore in auctions. 3. Men have little or no say in the family and are there to support their wives are mothers (women Lib at its finest). 4. Every person or couple have their own theme song. 5. Every character has a look alike somewhere out there who will surely be discovered once the original looking character is missing somewhere in action. 6. The weather system is highly unpredictable in India as it may start to storm or rain without warning on the clearest of days, except if the heroine is really sad and happens to be walking on the streets, then, the rain shall surely fall. 7. Everybody shall basically marry everybody else (between men and women that is) by the 500th episode. 8. The age of the central characters (bhabi, mother etc.) remains standstill no matter how much time has progresses in the story. 9. it is possible for a pregnant woman to carry a child in her womb for an indefinite period of time. 10. Last but not least, all the people in the world, no matter where they come from or what is their race or colour, speak in fluent Hindi at all times. By Monty Python My Son's Demise He bade me goodbye forever, By Pavana Khan Top tunes Underground 1. Boka Manushta- Sumon & Aurthohin-2 Overall 1. Notun kore pabo bole - Shahana Source: Piano, Sings, Ghuri. | |
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Bird's of a feather die together. That's the new proverb making the rounds. Chicken and their brethren are now less popular than Britney Spears, Tareq Zia and honeymoon packages to Alaska put tighter. Wonder if chicken specials at all the FC places will be offered with discounts.
What to Do: - Sit on any sitting area provided and if there isn't sufficient space, then use your imagination and come up with unique places to sit. Instead of taking the chairs, you can compete with your friends to come with the most interesting place to sit. This can range from parked rickshaws, a clean spot on the footpath, the stump of a chopped tree etc. You can even go there every week and then according to a point basis, decide who is the most brilliant when it comes to thinking up a new place to sit. Involve other people in this game and in due time you can actually have your “sitting” world cup.