Tara Sattar AOA has recently pot an end to the promotion of ‘Good Luck’, a new album of the band.According to FNC, the performance of the band in Inkigayo was their last effort in promoting ‘Good Luck’, allkpop.com reported. It has been speculated that the reason for their sudden stoppage is the reason their name…
Nusrat Jahan “Boys Over Flowers”, the 2009 hit Korean Drama series that had a two season long run, still continues to make waves in Asian Pop Culture. The iconic K-drama set the standard for more dramas to come, and its characters now hold irreplaceable positions in our hearts. To the fans who only recently started…
By Mayesha Raidah The term ‘suicide’ has always been a taboo in our homes. We are daunted to address this topic and the causes behind it while the number of deaths from suicide rose 9663 to 10,129 each year from 2010 to 2013 respectively. These figures are exclusive of the police statistics which go unreported…
Tarannum Sattar Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. -Kofi Annan While choosing this quote for my write up today, I had a hard time deciding what to focus on. After much debate with my superficial mind, I decided to go with the base…
Interviewed by Mohibul Izdani Khan Dablu Ziauddin M Chowdhury was the deputy commissioner in charge on 30th May 1981 at the time of the murder of Ziaur Rahman. He wrote about several issues in his book concerning the incidents that occurred before and after the murder of Ziaur Rahman. This interview was taken by Mohibul…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Meet Stepan, a domesticated bear who lives with his humans Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko in Moscow, Russia. The Panteleenkos adopted Stepan when he was just a 3-month-old orphaned cub. He was found by hunters in a forest all alone and in a very bad condition, so Svetlana and Yuriy decided to give him…
Marilyn Thipthorpe What makes it okay for one species to subject another to torturous experimentations for the others’ benefit? What separates human beings from animals? Are not humans, in a sense, animals as well? What makes it okay, then, for one species to subject another to torturous experimentations for the others’ benefit? These questions and…
Marilyn Thipthorpe A one-year-old boy in India who developed pubic hair and sexual urges has been diagnosed with a rare hormonal condition. The toddler, known only as Akash, was found to have the testosterone level of a 25-year-old. This meant he had adult-sized genitalia, facial and body hair and his voice was starting to break….
Marilyn Thipthorpe Viagra has transformed the love lives of millions of men over the last 20 years. But is the famous little blue pill soon to be overtaken by a simple-to-use stick-on patch? Scientists have developed a way to get the libido-boosting drug through the skin rather than the mouth. It could slash the time…
Samiul Bashar Samin A category of non-swearing taboo language is blasphemous expressions and words that are otherwise unspeakable for certain religious groups. Another category is slurs: words that deride entire groups of people, and that are often associated with hate speech. In slurring someone –you express contempt not only for the person you are addressing,…