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Life of South Asians in Dubai

Ismat left home for Dubai as her day labourer husband Helal Uddin, who had been remaining sick almost all year round, could not manage to earn enough to meet everyday expenditures. She got married when she was 14 and has been facing hardship since then. Ismat, who had no money, had to collect 60,000 Taka to finance her trip to Dubai. Some of the money was donated by her neighbours and some of it came from personal loans. Ashraful, a manpower agent from Rampal village in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, managed a visa to Dubai for her as a domestic help. Only after 15 days of her initiation at work as a domestic help in an eight-member family in Dubai, the housewife and three of her daughters unleashed endless torture on Ismat, even over the simplest unintended mistakes. She was never allowed to meet anyone and was kept isolated from the outside world. The one-storey house where she used to work was in a huge compound with twelve rooms, five bathrooms, and two big balconies. As the lone domestic

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Film Review

Why is this movie so long? It just dragged with unnecessary stretching of the action scenes. To make it worse the action scenes weren't as good as the previous two installments. I don't understand why Will and Elizabeth had to get married in the middle of the war. The movie was too long and the story was too complicated for my little brain to follow. I found it really difficult to concentrate and understand the story. Overall rating 5 out of 10. It's the worst of the trilogy. Looks like 2007 will be a bad year for the trilogies.

Shrek The Third: Film Review

Shrek's father in law hands over the kingdom of Far Far Away to Shrek before he passes away. Shrek shows reluctance to be the king and goes out to find the second heir to the throne prince Arthur. In the mean time, prince Charming and his evil friends capture the kingdom of Far Far Away and keep Fiona as hostage who is pregnant. Shrek and his friends come back with prince Arthur and defeat prince Charming with the help of Fiona and her friends. Shrek the third lacked the funny substance and hidden morale which were the key to success for the first to installments. An average movie with an average rating of 5 out of 10.

Dhaka Chronicle

Arrived Dhaka on 8th June at 9am. Took my dad to do his check up in BIRDEM. After the check up went to Nilkhet to buy my books for MBA. On 11th June Dad had his cataract from right eye removed at Harun Eye Foundation- the best eye hospital in Dhaka. We could see the whole operation on CCTV from the lounge. After the surgery I had to be on the run for few days for post operative check ups and care. Installed a CCTV system in the house on the day before I came back. Met up with friends every evening while I was there. Arrived back at Manchester on 18th June.

Kya Love Story Hain: Film Review

Kya Baakwaz love story hain!! Ayesha Takia wants a self made man, so she rejects Tusshar Kapur and goes some newcoming actor. But in the end, she realises Tusshar's love and comes back to him. What a stupid film story which was a total waste of time. The soundtracks were quite good, though.

Financial analysis of Cookson Group plc

1. Company Overview: Cookson Group plc is a FTSE250 company material science company operating on a worldwide basis in ceramics, electronics and precious metals. The modern version of the company was founded by Roland Cookson which was originally founded in 18 th century in Tyneside, England. Since 1949, Cookson group have grown to be a global research oriented company in its business field. According to the company website, Cookson group’s Ceramics division is the world leader in the supply of advanced flow control refractory products and systems to the global steel industry and a leading supplier of specialist ceramics products for the glass and foundry industries. It is also a regional leader in the US, UK and Australia in the supply and installation of monolithic refractory linings. The Electronics division is a leading supplier of advanced surface treatment and plating chemicals and assembly materials to the automotive, construction and electronics markets. The P

At Manchester airport

I am at the Manchester airport departure lounge, waiting for the boarding. I think the flight is delayed by one hour, so I might miss the connecting flight from Dubai... I am using my T-mobile USB modem to surf internet now..it's great!!!