Dhaka University's Fairy Tale Birthday and Voices of its Alumni

Dr. Faheem Hasan Shahed & Feeda Hasan Shahed

Scene 1: Act One
A crowded TSC auditorium ; 10.00 p.m.
Prof. S. M. A. Faiz, the Vice Chancellor, declared the grand opening of the 86th Anniversary in presence of former vice chancellors of DU.

AIUB's Public Speaking Contest: Exciting fanfare of word power

Feeda Hasan Shahed

To be frank, I was simultaneously surprised and happy when I got the invitation to be a judge in a public speaking contest in a university.

D RockStars
the hunt for a rock band

Nazia Ahmed

The SMS rounds of Drockstars started in full throttle! Bangladesh voted for their favourite bands which was aired the week before last.

Madame Tussauds: creating magic with wax

Sabrina Hasan Shoily

What comes to your mind when I say 'One of the major tourist attractions in the world where you can see/touch/take photographs with your favourite celebrities'?

"How to become a good lawyer"

Sharin Shajahan Naomi

The students of law who want to take up legal practice as their profession (there are many law students who don't want to be a professional lawyer), always remain in tension about their future - under which lawyer would I get started?

Let us remember Helen Keller:
An Icon of Inspiration

Farooque Hossain Kamrul

In a small rural town, Tuscumbia, in Northwest Alabama, USA, a beautiful kid was born in 1880.

Flight Log: The First Private Expedition To The Moon

Leonard David

Aspen, Colorado - You don't have to pack your bags quite yet, but passenger travel to the Moon is on the flight manifest of a space tourist company.

Saturday's Full Moon Offers Strange Illusion

Robert Roy Britt

This weekend's full moon hangs lower in the sky than any other full moon of 2007, according to NASA, and it's a good time to be fooled.

Banning of rickshaw and walkers' woes

Raihana Rahman

Recently the Government has passed a law banning rickshaws on the main roads from Badda to Gulshan and Gulshan to Mohakhali.

Accounting & Information Systems: New Basketball Champ of DU

Mahmud-Ur-Rashid

Basketball is not quite popular in Bangladesh compared to football and cricket.

Building a better future by learning from the past

Tanvir Manzoor Hussain

As we lead our busy urban lives, it's surprising how rarely we find time to think deeply about the society we inhabit, and hence put our beliefs, customs and lifestyles in context.