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আমার ফুপাতো বোন চেরী আজ একটি পুত্রসন্তানের জন্ম দিয়েছে।আমি খুবই আনন্দিত!

The challenges posed by globalization: The impact of globalization in the period of 1980-1996 has resulted in the change of business environment. It has posed 5 different challenges in the strategic management of the business, these challenges are (1) Increased Competition, (2) Reduced Profit Margin (3) Shortening Product/ service life and development cycles(4) The role of ICTs in supporting and enabling business processes (5) The need of increased flexibility. Product life cycle: Product life cycle concept can be used to face the challenge posed by the increased competition in the business environment in the period of 1980-1996. The Product life cycle concept can be used to analyse and predict competitive conditions and identify key issues for management. Competitive conditions are characterized for different stages, introduction, growth, maturity and decline of the products’ life cycle. The challenge of reduced profit margin can also be overcome by using the product life cycle concep...

"Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error, our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us ; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us Forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector ; Give us victory over the disbelieving people." Al Qur'an 2:286 "হে আমাদের প্রতিপালক! যদি আমরা ভুলে যাই বা ভুল করি তবে আপনি আমাদেরকে অপরাধী করবেন না। হে আমাদের প্রতিপালক! আমাদের পুর্ববর্তীদেরকে যে ভারী দায়িত্ব দিয়েছিলেন আমাদের উপর তেমন দায়িত্ব দিবেন না। হে আমাদের প্রতিপালক! আপনি এমন ভার আমাদের উপর দিবেন না যা বইবার শক্তি আমাদের নেই। আর আমাদের পাপ মোচন করুন, আর আমাদেরকে ক্ষমা করে দিন, আর আমাদের উপর দয়া করুন, আপনি আমাদের অভিভাবক।অতএব অবিশ্বাসী সম্প্রদায়ের বিরুদ্ধে আপনি আমাদের জয়যুক্ত করুন।" আল কুরআন সুরা বাকারা আয়াত ২৮৬

I have been following the news from Bangladesh following the arrest of Sheikh Hasina. There have been protests by the student arm of the Awami League in a typical violent way: by setting off hand made grenades. The student arm of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is called Bangladesh Students (Chattra) League. This violent wing of Awami League, together with the Student wings of BNP and Jamat-E-Islami has been corrupting the academic environment in Bangladesh. I will discuss the destructive nature of these three student organisations another day. Following Sheikh Hasina’s arrest, teachers from various public universities have also gone on strike. This doesn’t surprise me. Having been through the education system in Bangladesh, I know that these teachers were either receiving favours from the Awami League or trying to build up a career in politics after their retirement. The public university teachers in Bangladesh are highly politicised and are bitterly divided under two main political part...

This lyric from Tahsan's 'Ichche' album is great! The song is called 'Alo'. তাহসানের ‘ইচ্ছে’ এলবামের এই গানটির কথা খুব সুন্দর..গানটির নাম ‘আলো’ তুমি আর তো কারো নও শুধু আমার যত দূরে সরে যাও রবে আমার স্তব্ধ সময়টাকে ধরে রেখে স্মৃতির পাতায় শুধু তুমি আমার কেন আজ এত একা আমি আলো হয়ে দূরে তুমি আলো আলো আমি কখনো খুঁজে পাবনা চাঁদের আলো তুমি কখনো আমার হবে না রোমন্থন করি ফেলে আশা দৃশ্যপট স্বপ্নে আঁকা লুকিয়ে তুমি কোন সুদুরে হয়তো ভবিষ্যতের আড়ালে ঘাসের চাদরে শুয়ে একা আকাশের পানে চেয়ে জেগে থাকা তবে আজ এত একা কেন আলো হয়ে দূরে তুমি আলো আলো আমি কখনো খুঁজে পাবনা চাঁদের আলো তুমি কখনো আমার হবে না

Harry Potter is 18 now, and now that all the books have been published, he now needs a part time job while carrying on his studies. So he applies for a job. Below is the CV he submitted with the application for the job. Name: Harry Potter Address: 12, Grimmauld Place, London. (Can also be contacted via 'Owl Mail') Date of birth: 31 July 1980 Objective: Find and destroy Voldemort and all of his ‘Horcruxes’(pieces of Lord Voldemort's nasty soul). Education: Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) examinations : Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , Scotland. Currently studying from home for the Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test (N.E.W.T.) Achievements: Denied immortality although had held the philosopher’s stone. Found a secret chamber. Killed a giant snake and destroyed one of the ‘Horcruxes’. Befriended a werewolf. Won the Triwizard championship. Faced the dark Lord Voldemort three times and survived. Taught the classmates the defence magic when teachers refused to tau...

A monthly survey conducted for The Times by Populus has revealed The Co-operative Bank to be the 'Most impressive bank', ranking above ten other banks and building societies including Nationwide, Halifax (HBOS), Abbey, NatWest and HSBC. Those consumers polled were asked to rate The Co-operative Bank, Nationwide, HBOS, Abbey, Lloyds TSB, NatWest, RBS, HSBC, Egg, Barclays and First Direct on their impressions of their behaviour. A rating of 100 means consumers would go out of their way to buy products or services and advise others to do so. The Co-operative Bank came out on top with a rating of 63. Nationwide came second in the poll with a rating of 57 and First Direct (part of HSBC), came bottom of the survey scoring 43. This success is a further accolade to add to the four industry awards that The Co-operative Bank and smile have recently received for 'Best Mortgage Provider', 'Best Online Banking Provider' and 'Best Student Account' at the Your Money aw...