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Push to save cows starves Bangladesh of beef

Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government this year - stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbor. Roughly every other night, troops armed with bamboo sticks and [caption id="attachment_17629" align="alignleft" width="300"]An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier guards captured cattle from the unfenced India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, India, June 20, 2015. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) so...

Orange: The new black in Bangladesh?

Aristotle once said: “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Ernst Coppejans’ photo series “Orange Is the New Black” explores this very idea. The photo series consists of portraits of men in Bangladesh who have dyed the hair on their heads or faces using the orange-red color produced by the flowering henna plant. hair colourCoppejans did not travel in search of these men, however. “I was shooting a new series in Bangladesh and I (had) to travel a lot,” Coppejans said. ...

Carmudi analyzes global car color preferences

The color of your car can actually increase or reduce your risk of being involved in a car accident. Carmudi, the easiest means to sell or buy your car online, has analyzed data based on more than 13 million visits to the company’s car classifieds website over the last three months. Silver and grey is most searched color of car in Latin America (25%) and Africa (33%), whereas white is the preferred choice in the Middle East (38%) and Asia (31%). Around 2.8 million of Carmudi visitors searched for white cars in the last three months. Car buyers in Myanmar are most fanatical about white cars, with 42% searching for the color. To explain this

Humans have more than 5 senses

It turns out, there are at least nine senses and most researchers think there are more like twenty-one or so, according to the website todayifoundout.com. Just for reference, the commonly held definition of a “sense” is “any system that consists of a group of sensory cell types that respond to a specific physical phenomenon and that corresponds to a particular group of regions within the brain where the signals are received and interpreted. The commonly held human senses are as follows: Sight: This technically is two senses given the two distinct types of receptors present, one for color (cones) and one for brightness (rods).

Pre-wedding trial makeup, it’s important

Every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day. As much time you spend for trying out your wedding outfit and checking out matching jewellery, it is equally important to go for a test run with your makeup artist too. You needn't worry about how the makeup will turn out, as the idea is to zero in on a look after trying a few.

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Talk to your makeup artist: When you go for a trial makeup, make sure you tell him/her what exactly you have in mind. If you have a picture of the makeup you want, show them. This will help the artist to understand the look you want for your big day. Also, when having a chat with your stylist, list down the things that you don't want. So, he/she doesn't end up giving you one of those looks. Sit for the trial makeup: When your make...

It’s so long to Cyber Cafés

Bangladesh’s cyber cafés, also known as Internet centers, are closing down one by one because of easy Internet access via mobile phones. According to a study by the Cyber Café Owners Association of Bangladesh (CCOAB), in last five years more than 40 percent of local cyber cafés have shut down, following a sharp decline in customers. cyber cafeFive years ago, there were 2,000 cyber cafés across the country. Today, that number has dropped to 800. The industry was once a source of jobs and for the past 15 years worth investments totaling Tk ...
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