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1. Tarek Koko Sued over launch Tragedy (Launch Tragedy in Lalmohon, Bhola of Koko-4, died over 85)
2. Rajkhowa, ULFA president held in Ctg, Bangladesh.

Go to Pavilion

03 Days Eid vaction complete. Now time to go Pavilion..
10.30 PM with Soudia.S Alam bus. I'm eagarly waiting a borrowing Journey. No way for me. Chittagong & Feni 03 days..

Pakistan cricket team captan Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam were suspended

Pakistan cricket team captan Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam were suspended
Clouds of match fixing stormed over Pakistan cricket as captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam were sacked by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following reports that the semifinal match of the Champions Trophy, which they lost to New Zealand by five wickets, was fixed.
Both the mainstays of the Pakistan cricket team were also said to have fixed the stage one match against Australia, throwing it away in the final overs. The loss incidentally pushed India out of the tournament.
Younis Khan had earlier said the memory of the dropped catch that cost his side a place in the Champions Trophy final would haunt him for the rest of his career. He had dropped a sitter offered by Grant Elliot, who went on to win the match for New Zealand with a 75-run knock.

Friendship Day Special! SMS & Others Gift for u.

When is Friendship Day?
Celebrate Friendship Day 2009 on August 2, Sunday
Human beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. Accordingly, first Sunday of August was declared as a holiday in US in honor of friends by a Proclamation made by US Congress in 1935. Since then, World Friendship Day is being celebrated every year on the first Sunday in the month of August. This beautiful idea of celebrating Friendship Day was joyfully accepted by several other countries across the world. And today, many countries including India, celebrate the first Sunday of August as Friendship Day every year. Celebrating Friendship Day in a traditional manner, people meet their friends and exchange cards and flowers to honor their friends. Lot many social and cultural organization too celebrate the occasion and mark Friendship Day by hosting programs and get together. It may be noted that some associations celebrate Friendship Day in an entirely different time of the year and with different customs. For instance,

National Friendship Day is on the first Sunday in August.
Women's Friendship Day is on the third Sunday in August
International Friendship Month is February

Old Friends, New Friends Week is the third week of May However, what is remarkably same is the idea behind the celebration of the day. Everywhere, people express love for their friends and cherish their presence in life.

Illumination

A single candle can illuminate an entire room. A true friend lights up an entire lifetime. Thanks for the bright lights of ur friendship. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Sweet SMS

A friend is sweet when it is new. And it is sweeter when it is true. But you know what? It is sweetest when it is u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Coin :A coin is easy to earn, a friend is hard to find. The coin depreciates but a friend appreciates. I lost a coin when I smsed u, but it's okay because I got u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Open My Heart :If you open my heart, guess what u r gonna see? It's U. True friends are hard to find so I kept u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------A Friend :What is a friend? She looks out 4 u, inspires u, laughs with u, cries with u, understands u, guides u and walks with u. That's what a friend is... u. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------How LongHow long shall v b friends? Do u want a clue? As long as stars twinkle in the sky, till the water runs dry & till the day I die. We will b friends. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cares :I might run out of cute graphics to send u, but I'll never run out of this: care 4 u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Friends

friend is a push when you have stopped, a chat when u r lonely, a guide when u r searching, a smile when u r sad, a song when u r glad. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I'll B There 4 UWhen ur down, I'll be there to cheer u up. When ur tired, I'll be there to lift u up. I'll be ur friend no matter what! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Mango

Friends are like mango... you'll never know which is sweet and which is not. Well I'm lucky coz I was able to find the sweetest mango in U! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Always in My Heart

Time & distance are important between friends. When a friend is in ur heart, they remain there forever. I may be busy, but I assure u, u are always in my heart! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I Won't

50 years from now, I'd be so old I might forget u. I might not remember ever knowing u, or might forget I once cared for u. I might.. but I won't. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I Cherish You

Do u ever recall the first day we met? R first hello? The day we became friends? Well, I do and I will always remember. For that very day, I knew I'd cherish u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Nice To Remember

Some friends are remembered because of their smile. Some friends are remembered because of their style. But u are remembered because u r so nice to remember. Take care. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------As Long as I LiveI won't promise to be ur friend forever, coz I won't live that long. But let me be ur friend as long as I live. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------A Perfect Friend

I admit I'll never be the perfect friend. I'll never be there always. I may not make u smile at times but there is one thing I admit I could do. To be the person I could be for u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks

Thank you for touching my life in ways u may never know. My riches do not lie in material wealth but in having friends like u - a precious gift from God! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Never Lose True FriendsI always thought loving someone is the greatest feeling, but I realized that loving a friend is even better. We lose people we love, but v never lose true friends. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I'll Cry With YouIf one day u feel like crying, call me. I can't promise to make u laugh, but I'm willing to cry with u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------One Friend1 tree can start a forest, one smile can start a friendship. 1 touch can show u care, one friend can make life worth living 4. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------DiamondsTrue friends are like Diamonds... they are real & rare. False friends r like leaves... they r scattered everywhere. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------IfIf u need advice, text me... If u need a friend, call me... If u need me, come to me... If u need money... ........... THE SUBSCRIBER CANNOT BE REACHED! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Like a ComputerA good friend is like a computer; me 'enter' ur life, 'save' u in my heart, 'format' ur problems, 'shift' u 2 opportunities & never 'delete' u from my memory! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------My Best FriendsI believe in angels, the kind that heaven sends. I'm surrounded by angels but I call them my best friends. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------TrustWe gain & lose things every day. But trust me on 1 thing: U WILL NEVER LOSE ME! I will always b there as a friend! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------True FriendA true friend is someone who reaches for ur hand & touches ur heart. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ring is RundA ring is round & has no end.... & that's how long I'll be ur friend. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Friendship Between UsA friend is never a coincidence in ur life, they r meant to enter ur life to bring u joy & laughter. So, i will treasure the friendship between us. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------StarsFriends r like stars. u can't always see them, But u know they are always there 4 you... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Older & BetterNever abandon old friends. They r hard 2 replace. Friendships is like wine: it gets BETTER as it grows OLDER. Just like us... i get BETTER, u get OLDER. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------MEHandsome, Sweet, Intelligent, Spontaneous, Good Looking, Nice Friends, Charming, Funny, well... Enough about ME! How about u? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------1st stepIf U need a friend and there are a hundred steps between us, u can take the 1st step to get near me and i will take all 99 step to be there for u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Rules6 rules to be HAPPY: Free ur heart from hatred; Free ur mind from worries; Live simply; Expect less; Give more & Always have ME as UR FRIEND -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear FriendsSide by side or miles apart, dear friends r always close 2 the heart. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Best FriendA best friend is somebody who knows every last thing about u, yet still manages to like u anyway. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------TolerateA true friend is one who overlooks ur failures and tolerates ur successes. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------SunLife without friendship is like the sky without sun. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------BooksBooks, like friends, should be few and well chosen. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------EncircleThe world is round so that friendship may encircle it. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Friendship and a RoseThere is a big difference between friendship and a rose... Roses last only a while ... but friendship is for ever-----------------------------------------------------------------------------God's AngelsWherever u go, whatever u do, may God's angels watch over u. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Silver & GoldMake new friends, but keep the old. One is silver the other gold. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I Miss My FriendMy girlfriend ran off with my best friend after a relationship of 4 years....Oh how I miss my friend.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Lack of FriendshipNot the lack of love, but the lack of friendship makes marriages unhappy. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Feel BestFeel good when somebody Miss u. Feel better when somebody Loves u. But feel best when somebody never 4gets us. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------ChocolateIf u r a chocolate ur the sweetest, if u r a Teddy Bear u r the most huggable, If u r a Star u r the Brightest, and since u r my “FRIEND” u r the “BEST”!!!!!!!!! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm Your FriendIf you are in trouble, If you need a hand, Just call my number, because I'm ur friend! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------The Best is UThere r many stars but the moon is u, there are many friends but the best is u,, To forget me that’s up to u,,, To forget u I will never ever do. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Wish U Were HereOn a silent night when friend r few, i close my eyes and think of u, a silent nite, a silent tear, a silent wish, dat u were here! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Friendship Has No EndStars have 5ends, squares have4 ends, triangles have3 ends, lines have2 ends, life has1 end, but i hope r friendship has no end.

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The Sundorban-Amazing Beauty of the World, Vote for Sundarban

Grattest Natural Beauty of the World-The Sundarban:

The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.[1] The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bengali language (Sundar, "beautiful" and bans, "forest" or "jungle"). The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers. Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban (Bengali: সমুদ্রবন Shomudrobôn "Sea Forest") or Chandra-bandhe (name of a primitive tribe). But the generally accepted view is the one associated with Sundari trees.[1]
The forest lies at the feet of the Ganges and is spread across areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta. The seasonally-flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests. The forest covers 10,000 km2 of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh.[2] It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997, but while the Bangladeshi and Indian portions constitute the same continuous ecotope, these are separately listed in the UNESCO world heritage list as the Sundarbans and Sundarbans National Park, respectively. The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The area is known for the eponymous Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes. It is estimated that there are now 500[citation needed] Bengal tigers and about 30,000 spotted deer in the area. Sundarbans was designated a Ramsar site on May 21, 1992. The fertile soils of the delta have been subject to intensive human use for centuries, and the ecoregion has been mostly converted to intensive agriculture, with few enclaves of forest remaining. The remaining forests, together with the Sundarbans mangroves, are important habitat for the endangered tiger. Additionally, the Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a protective flood barrier for the millions of inhabitants in and around Kolkata (Calcutta) against the result of cyclone activity.

History:
During the Mughal period, local kings leased the forests of the Sundarbans to residents. The legal status of the forests underwent a series of changes, including the distinction of being the first mangrove forest in the world to be brought under scientific management. The area was mapped by the Surveyor General as early as 1764 following soon after proprietary rights were obtained from the Mughal Emperor, Alamgir II, by the East India Company in 1757. Systematic management of this forest tract started in the 1860s after the establishment of a Forest Department in the Province of Bengal, in India.
The first Forest Management Division to have jurisdiction over the Sundarbans was established in 1869. The Sundarbans was declared a reserved forest in 1875-76, under the Forest Act, 1865 (Act VIII of 1865). The first management plan was written for the period 1893-98.[3][4] In 1875 a large portion of the mangrove forests was declared as reserved forests under the Forest Act, 1865 (Act VIII of 1865). The remaining portions of forests was declared as reserve forest the following year and the forest, which was so far was administered by the civil administration district, was placed under the control of the Forest Department. A Forest Division, which is the basic forest management and administration unit, was created in 1879 with the headquarter in Khulna.
In 1911, it was described as a tract of waste country which had never been surveyed, nor had the census been extended to it. It then stretched for about 165 miles (266 km) from the mouth of the Hugli to the mouth of the Meghna and was bordered inland by the three settled districts of the 24 Parganas, Khulna and Backergunje. The total area (including water) was estimated at 6,526 square miles (16,902 km2). It was a water-logged jungle, in which tigers and other wild beasts abounded. Attempts at reclamation had not been very successful. The characteristic tree was the sundari (Heritiera littoralis), from which the name of the tract had probably been derived. It yields a hard wood, used for building, and for making boats, furniture, etc. The Sundarbans were everywhere intersected by river channels and creeks, some of which afforded water communication between Calcutta and the Brahmaputra Valley, both for steamers and for native boats.

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OBAMA's First 100 Days-'Pleased, not Satisfied'

JONATHAN BEALE: TERROR TACTICS

They were among his first big decisions - to close Guantanamo, shut down the CIA's secret prisons, and end the intelligence agency's "enhanced" interrogation programme.
In one sense, they had an immediate result - breaking with the Bush administration and improving America's tarnished global image.
But 100 days on, the goal of closing down the detention centre at Guantanamo still seems some way off, and the decision to denounce the past techniques of the CIA is kicking up a political storm.
First Guantanamo - so far Britain has taken back Binyam Mohammed and France has taken another, which still leaves around 240 detainees.
At the time of writing, US Attorney General Eric Holder is travelling Europe trying to persuade countries to take some more.
A number of governments first want to see how many detainees America itself will take.
Finding a home for a handful will be the easy part; what to do with around 100 detainees from Yemen, more difficult.
Send them back and Dick Cheney will see more proof that this administration is weak on terror.
The rush to close Guantanamo, and to denounce the CIA's past has left this administration exposed on national security.
For Barack Obama the bottom line is standing up for America's principles. For many Republicans it's all about keeping the country safe.
You get a real sense of the dilemma in the row over the release of the CIA "torture" memos.
The president is now caught between the human rights and civil liberties lobbies, who are demanding prosecutions on the one hand, and members of the intelligence agencies - past and present - who feel betrayed on the other.
President Obama may have thought coming clean was the best policy. But in reality, he's now going to be spending the next 100 days - probably more - arguing over how much of America's dirty laundry should be shown to the rest of the world.
All the while, Dick Cheney is primed and waiting to say, "I told you so," if one of these decisions backfires and does make America less safe.

RAJINI VAIDYANATHAN: FIRST FAMILY

The first 100 days of the Obama presidency have been about more than just a president - they have told the story of the first African-American family in the White House, a very young one at that.
The interest in the First Family has been as much a part of the story as the president's policies.
The interest in Michelle Obama as a separate entity, and the addition of a White House pet, Bo the dog, are testament to that.
The Obamas have tried to portray themselves to ordinary Americans... as a family people can relate to - be it Mrs Obama's credit crunch chic when she chooses to wear high street clothes, or her call to Americans to plant their own organic vegetables, just as she is doing in the White House garden.
Of course their status and the trappings of power mean they're anything but ordinary, but Mrs Obama is always keen to point out that she has to juggle the demands of motherhood and work like anyone else.
The juxtaposition to all of this is that the First Family are the biggest celebrities in the world - Stevie Wonder played in their house and A-listers are queuing up to meet them.
As Barack and Michelle Obama sashayed down the red carpet at Downing Street for a G20 dinner, you could've mistaken them for an Oscar night entry - the papparazzi are always close by.
But almost all of the photos we see of the family, be it the children's swing in the garden or the playful pictures of them walking the First Dog Bo, are carefully orchestrated.
The high approval ratings for both Mr and Mrs Obama show that the love affair the American public have with the First Family is still going strong.

MAX DEVESON: APPROVAL RATINGS

Barack Obama's honeymoon is over - but not so you'd notice.
His approval ratings were pretty high at the beginning of his presidency, and have sunk only slightly as he reaches his 100th day in office.
While individual pollsters' results vary, they all indicate the same trend: the number of people expressing approval of Mr Obama has decreased somewhat since January, while the number of people expressing disapproval has risen.
And the growth in disapproval has been sharper than the decrease in approval.
Clearly some of those who - perhaps carried away by the pomp and ceremony of inauguration day - initially expressed their support for the new president have revised their views on closer scrutiny of his actual policies.
On average, Mr Obama's support has dropped by around 10 percentage points, while disapproval is up by some 15 points.
That said, Mr Obama's approval rating has remained essentially unchanged since early March.

The ABC/Washington Post poll has been the most favourable to Mr Obama. It gave him an approval rating of 80%-15% around inauguration day, falling to 68%-26% in its most recent survey.
Rasmussen has been the least positive for the president: it had him at 65%-30% in January, and 55%-44% today.
Gallup's results have been somewhere in the middle. According to their polls, Mr Obama had a 67% approval rating in January, which dropped to 61% earlier this month, but sprung back up to 65% on his 100th day in office.
All three polls indicate that Mr Obama still has the support of the majority of the country as he heads into his next 100 days.

ACC gets new chief

Golam Rahman, a retired civil servant and Energy Regulatory Commission chairman, was appointed chairman of the Anti-corruption Commission today, reports ATN Bangla