Write to the editor @newagebd.com Main Page « Front Page « Metro « Business « International « Sports « National « Editorial « Op-Ed « Home « Timeout « Letters « Others Archive « Launch Supplement «   January 14-20, 2005   On the cover Picnic spots: Minimising urban angst Winter and group picnics are like two sides of the same coin. Though the culture of having a rushed day out of town, contradicting the essence of a picnic, is still the norm and the not the exception, resorts, overnight accommodation and decorators have added a new dimension to the idea of a holiday... Winter, a bike and leather! Winter is the time for dressing up. It’s all about covering oneself, the ordinary mortals, from head to foot and for some most people in the rural Bangladesh donning the monkey-caps as well... Blame it on the stars! Since time immemorial, crystal-gazing and astrological predictions have dominated the lives of men and women, including the bold and the beautiful and the rich and the famous... A thriller that will leave you shattered-literally The world of fiction writing has never been stirred like this in the past. There have been bestsellers—fictions that have drawn heavily on real life events and beliefs... Dowry and its diabolic faces Living in a new millennium and immersed in globalised ideas we may feel complacent enough to think that our society has managed to extricate itself from the cocoon of irrational practices but a little in depth look at what is going on other than a cursory glance at the main news headlines will show that, despite our desperate efforts to paint our society as a civilised one, deep inside old wounds are still festering; and such a stubborn wound is the abominable culture of dowry... Also My moonface friend, in dizzying dance When the peasantry raised its voice... I see ‘problem’ in the future! The most anticipated movies of 2005 In the eyes of the beholder: Well, almost   COPYRIGHT © NEW AGE 2005 Mailing address Holiday Building, 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. Phone 880-2-8114145, 8118567, 8113297 Fax 880-2-8112247 Email xtra@newagebd.com Web Designer Zahirul Islam Mamoon