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 «   April 25-May 1, 2008   On the cover Accidentally on purpose Sanam Amin talks to experts and authorities about the rising rate of accidents and the alarming lack of basic road safety measures and finds out what is being done about it The forgotten vocalist Faizul Khan Tanim converses with Khurshid Alam, a gifted folk artist and freedom fighter, whose voice still possesses a magnetic quality despite his physical and economic hardship Point of tragedy Syed Tashfin Chowdhury and Habib Khan investigate the tragedy surrounding the back-to-back road accidents at Tangail and Kalihati Celebrating Dhaka’s finest Syed Tashfin Chowdhury attends the ‘Taste of Dhaka’ festival gorging on Old Dhaka delicacies, organised to celebrate Dhaka’s 400th birthday Fishing at the wrong river The Halda is considered one of the most important rivers in Bangladesh as a natural fisheries breeding ground. However, collection of a variety of fish spawns has decreased greatly in recent times due to man-made crises and a lack of management, writes Faizul Khan Tanim Are genetically modified crops an answer? Turaj Ahmad writes about the potential of genetically engineered crops in providing greater food security and finds out why environmentalists are dead against it When art meets art While the timing of ‘Union of Uniqueness’, a joint exhibition of two artists from two different countries, Javed Jalil from Bangladesh and Avijit Mukherjee from India, as well as the presence of the all too familiar Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty, the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh on both the occasions, would allude to a relationship between it and the resumption of the Indo-Bangla train service, the Maitree Express, only a week earlier- it is anything but that. Also The rhythm of dance Our daughter will survive The allure of myth and metaphor   COPYRIGHT © NEW AGE 2005 Mailing address Holiday Building, 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. Phone 880-2-8153034-39 Fax 880-2-8112247 Email xtra@newagebd.com Web Designer Zahirul Islam Mamoon