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Awesome!! The Bourne Ultimatum , the 3rd and the final part of the Bourne series is just simply breathtaking!! This pacey and action packed movie glued to me to the screen until it finished. The cat and mouse chase was unbelievably realistic. Only downside of the movie-How did Bourne withstand so many car crashes and still walked away from the accident scenes? Rating 8.5 out of 10.

I went to Akbar’s Restaurant in Manchester with couple of friends this evening. We had to wait for about half an hour to be seated, the restaurant was really packed and I had to get myself a drink and seat in the waiting room with friends. The waiting lounge was average. After being guided to our table we were asked for the orders. We had ordered the food. Below is the review of the food we experienced in Akbar’s: Starters: We ordered 3 starters, first of them was Chicken Nambali. It was Breast of chicken pieces marinated, grilled and finally garnished with melting cheese. Served with fried onions, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes. It was totally new stuff for us and we liked it. Tasted great, although it would’ve tasted even better if it was spicier. Then we tried lamb chops. They were delicious and spicy. The best lamb chops I ever had. Really tender and succulent. We also tried Grilled Salmon. It didn’t taste all that different from the Bangladeshi fishes with all the sp...

The student activists of the corrupted political parties are at it again. Just when I started to think that they have been silenced, they have just shown there evil might again. Following on from my previous blog, I spoke to a few students of University of Dhaka (DU). Below, there are some findings from the conversations: The police did raid the halls, but contrary to the reports of student bashing, they didn’t actually beat up any student on the second day of clash. But police did fire tear gas shells in the halls on the 3 rd day of the clash. Most of the students involved in the clash were from the Arts faculty. The Arts faculty mainly draws students from rural areas of Bangladesh. The students from those areas are usually really poor. When they move to Dhaka, they look for some quick cash. And as ever, the corrupted politicians invite them to join the student politics in exchange of money and power and a relatively good lifestyle. The students, who are new to the city environme...

The Simpson Movie is an adaptation of the famous TV series. I quite liked the film although it was kind of an extended version of a The Simpsons on TV. The movie had a lengthy story. But it was quite enjoyable nevertheless. Rating 7 out of 10.

Bangladesh politics has fallen into chaos again. It started off with a small incident- some soldiers based in Dhaka University beaten up some students for no good reason. But this has caused widespread violence in Dhaka University and surrounding areas and subsequently resulted in withdrawal of troops from the university campus. But the students went on protesting against the army and the government and created a chaotic situation in Dhaka by smashing cars and public properties. Police dealt with situation heavily and as a result the violence erupted. The government has imposed curfew in 6 divisional headquarters until further notice, followed by stoppage of mobile phone service and restricted media coverage. While I see the point of students’ anguish, and blame the soldiers responsible for the whole fiasco. I think the students over reacted to the whole situation. The students had no right to burn the cars and smash the properties of the innocent citizens. The university students in B...

আজ আমার ছোট ভাই তাওফিক এর ১৭তম জন্মদিন। অনেক অনেক শুভেচ্ছা তাওফিককে।

According to the research conducted by Dr George Gheverghese Joseph from The University of Manchester, the 'Kerala School' from south west India identified the 'infinite series'- one of the basic components of calculus - in about 1350. It is a huge blow to the European scholars who have been priding themselves with the 'invention' by Sir Isaac Newton and German scholar Gottried Leibniz in the late 1600s. The team from the Universities of Manchester and Exeter reveal the Kerala School also discovered what amounted to the Pi series and used it to calculate Pi correct to 9, 10 and later 17 decimal places. This was essential to today's maths, physics and engineering. Nevertheless, the achievement of Newton can't be denied when it comes to the algorithms of calculus. But according to the researchers, "..other names from the Kerala School, notably Madhava and Nilakantha, should stand shoulder to shoulder with him (Newton)..". Full news article can ...

Action comedy masterpiece. Chris Tucker was amazing again and Jackie Chan was at his usual best. Rush Hour 3 kept me glued to the sit at the cinema for the whole length of the movie with its comedy and action scenes. Jackie Chan has shown sign of age in the movie. Overall rating 8 out of 10.

Right now, my little head is puzzled with questions about human origin after reading a BBC article today. The BBC article reads, "Two hominid fossils discovered in Kenya are challenging a long-held view of human evolution. The broken upper jaw-bone and intact skull from humanlike creatures, or hominids, are described in Nature. Previously, the hominid Homo habilis was thought to have evolved into the more advanced Homo erectus , which evolved into us. Now, habilis and erectus are now thought to be sister species that overlapped in time. The new fossil evidence reveals an overlap of about 500,000 years during which Homo habilis and Homo erectus must have co-existed in the Turkana basin area, the region of East Africa where the fossils were unearthed. "Their co-existence makes it unlikely that Homo erectus evolved from Homo habilis," said co-author Professor Meave Leakey, palaeontologist and co-director of the Koobi Fora Research Project. " My question is, if the...

YouTube fans can now download the videos on their PC/PSP/iPods. For downloading the YouTube videos, you need to go on http://vixy.net/ and then copy and paste the YouTube URL in the box. After pasting the URL, you have select an option from the dropdown box for your desired output format. Then click start. The file from YouTube will start to convert in to your desired format. After the conversion, you will get an option to download the file on to your desired hardware. For best results chose the mp4 format for downloading and view the downloaded videos on QuickTime player. Check it out! It’s great!

"Allah has given us mouths, so He will give us food," that was Monwara’s answer to the question about her future amidst the flood. John Sudworth of BBC took a tour to the worst affected areas of Sirajgonj district in Bangladesh. He came across the upbeat Bangladeshis who are used to face natural calamities. To his surprise, he found out, these poor Bangladeshis possess a somehow philosophical view towards life. They brave the calamities and rebuild everything they lose over and over again, year by year. This is what amazes me about these people. The Bangladeshi villagers never get frustrated. They have no idea what depression is. They only know one thing-how to fight. I have lived many years in Bangladesh and I came across these people with enormous fighting spirit day by day. I used to draw inspiration from them in my difficult times. Mr Sudworth rightly pointed out that faith is playing a vital role behind their inspirations. Islam is a comprehensive religion which requ...

দিন গেলো তোমার পথ চাহিয়া মন পোড়ে সখি গো কার লাগিয়া সহে না যাতনা তোমার আশায় বসিয়া মানে না কিছুতে মন আমার যায় কাঁদিয়া পুড়ি আমি আগুনে। যার লাগি তরী বেয়ে যাই জীবন গতির সেই জনা কি রেখেছে খবর কার তরে গান গেয়ে যাই অচেনা সুরে বুঝিনা কেবা আপন কেবা পর যার কথা মন ভেবে যায় যার ছবি মন এঁকে যায় ও যারে এই মন চায় জীবনে পাবো কি তার দেখা সহে না যাতনা তোমার আশায় বসিয়া মানে না কিছুতে মন আমার যায় কাঁদিয়া পুড়ি আমি আগুনে। যারে ভাবি প্রতি রাতে তার ইশারাতে তোমারে খুঁজে যাই স্বপনে আশার পথ চেয়ে রই প্রতিটি প্রহর কখনো বা শ্রাবণ আনমনে যার কথা মন ভেবে যায় যার ছবি মন এঁকে যায় ও যারে এই মন চায় জীবনে পাবো কি তার দেখা সহে না যাতনা তোমার আশায় বসিয়া মানে না কিছুতে মন আমার যায় কাঁদিয়া পুড়ি আমি আগুনে। Habib Wahid and Mona Lisa in the music video of 'Din Gelo' Above is the lyric of the song.

The Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), which applies to both public and private companies, is the largest piece of legislation that the UK has ever seen. It will replace the majority of the existing Companies Acts. Consequently, there will be significant changes in the way that many parts of different companies operate, including fundamental activities such as how companies engage with third party entities, corporate governance and accounting. In general, the Act is intended to make company law simpler for private companies. Some parts of the Act are already in force, but the majority will be implemented in stages starting from October 2007, then in April 2008 and October 2008. The Act will be particularly relevant to the following generic activities. Statutory financial reporting Corporate finance Managing shareholdings in third party entities

These young Bangladeshis are making the most of the floodwater. They have amazing characters. They can always find a good thing even from the worst possible scenario. Most likely, these kids haven't eaten anything for couple of days and are not sure if they are going to be fed within next few days. But they are in no mood to let the fun go away from their lives. C'est la vie!! অকুতোভয় বালকযুগল। বন্যার পানিকে উৎসবের উপলক্ষ বানিয়ে ঘুরে বেড়াচ্ছে। নানা প্রতিকুলতার মধ্যেও তাদের জীবনে আনন্দের কমতি নেই।এইতো জীবন। আসুন আবার স্বপ্ন দেখি।

First ever Bangla Video blog by me.