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PRESS RELEASE 'Spirit to Survive' A sporting event for the cancer survivors According to the experts, about more than 1 million of people are living with cancers in Bangladesh. However, many of those patients are living an active healthy life due to major advances in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment that resulted in a longer survival. In order to highlight this story and glory of the cancer survivorship to the newly diagnosed patients and their friends and families, sanofi-aventis Bangladesh in collaboration with National Sports Council has decided to organize a sporting event for the cancer survivors in 26 November 2008 titled 'Spirit to Survive' – a sporting event for cancer survivors. Shirin Akhtar, a young lady was present in the press conference to share her experiences of 10 years after successful cancers treatment. She said 'It was a great challenge for me to defeat cancer. Encouragement from my family and friends and continue support from t...

A love affair between dreams and reality Faizul Khan Tanim interviews Hasan Masood, the army captain-turned-journalist-turned-actor whose career path illustrates the impulsiveness this eclectic figure lives by photo by Al-Emrun Garjon ‘Amar account e duisho koti Dollar transfer hoye ashbe kintu apne amake pattai dichchen na!’ Honestly, the amount left me staggered and I found myself daydreaming about what I could have done with that amount of cash at that moment when Hasan Masood, the man who delivered those lines, came over and gave me a warm welcome back to reality. I was on set, where Hasan was rehearsing his lines and shooting takes for a sequence where he roars at a bank official for neglecting him. His brilliant acting belies his experience, which begins with a military career in 1982, stops as a journalist with the Daily New Nation from 1993, the Daily Star from 1995 and the BBC World Service from 2004, and his present role as a television actor. The impulsive nature that ...

From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘Yes We Did’ A man for the middle class Three very powerful words – ‘Yes We Can’ and one extremely elevating word ‘Change’ almost swept a large number of the US population to vote for Barack Obama, a man who can change the world as most of the world citizens believe. In this match of Donkeys vs. the Elephants, we saw an optimistically turbulent evolution where many recognized red states turned blue. And this was because, it was a win for people who seek change, a win for the youth deeming a message of unity from Obama, a change for US citizens from all the different color, creed, race, belief and communities – I haven’t seen a more unified United States of America until now. First and foremost, we can hopefully say that, the US ‘reputation’ will finally be restored. Most of us, the world citizens, were losing hope about America, which we once knew as a state of democracy, a state of liberty yearning hope not only for its citizens but also for citizens worldwide. Af...

This is it folks, my American friends. Vote for Obama for making US a better country, Vote for Obama for people from all over the world start respecting Americans again, Vote for Obama to restore world peace. For the world has become a place where you cannot always be thinking of 'self defense'...this is the time of 'self sacrifice' and realising that if you have to dream, it has to be for the overall good of humanity. It is my plea to all american friends...PLEASE let's turn Barack Obama's symbol - the photograph with the emblem 'Obama for America', omnipresent worldwide. cheers and VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA for he will not only help the US excel...but the world and i believe my country Bangladesh as well.