Year 2008 is the “Year of the Rat” and so the Chinese calendar says so. Traditionally for the Chinese, animals represent different meanings literally or symbolically. Often, animal symbols associated with disasters, good luck or bad luck, fortune or misfortune. And to put some entertaining features to it, soothsayers, naysayer or doomsayers always managed to […]
24th SEA Games in Thailand competitively farcical
The just concluded 24th Southeast Asian Games held in Thailand was competitively farcical. And as expected the host country dominated the competition from day one. The regional groupings of the ASEAN countries had been participating in the sports meet since its founding decades ago. Except for Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and East Timor who are […]
Online journalism .
Online journalism is not new for Bangladesh. It’s now common for all. If you have writing ability you should established yourself as an online journalist. With the boom of the Internet, and businesses, corporations and organizations moving online, it seems only logical the industry that prides itself on informing people first should take that step […]
Mythsmasher At The Movies: Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution”
Lust, Caution, the latest film from Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee explores the intersection between eroticism and political intrigue. Set during the Second World War, it features Chia Chi played by Tang Wei as a university student who become involved through acting in resistance to the Japanese invaders and their Chinese collaborators. It is an interesting […]
Election Polls To Be Contested By Sharif’s Party
The decision to contest the general elections has come after the group failed to agree a boycott with Benazir Bhutto, his opposition rival. Both sides have complained that the poll would not be fair as a state of emergency was imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. He plans to lift the emergency on December 15, which […]
With Bush, Arab Nations Can Never Win
New York, Dec.5 – In an unexpected move, all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies released a report asserting, in part, that with “high confidence” Iran has stopped it’s nuclear weapons program since 2003. This is the biggest blow to the Bush Administration who has been trying to lobby the world to go to war against Iran. […]
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