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 «   August 29-September 4, 2008   On the cover One year on Mubin S Khan, Dyuti Monishita and Mohiuddin Alamgir revisit the violent events of August 20-22, 2007, on Dhaka University campus and elsewhere across the country and find out how one pending case still leaves the situation potentially dangerous Training to become leaders Turaj Ahmad goes to see the ‘Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre’, an innovative programme that provides hands-on training on how The worst victims of Dhaka’s traffic Saad Hammadi learns about the woes of traffic policemen who control traffic on the unruly streets of Dhaka city without institutional training, at the cost of their health, without a weekend to rest Cheap opera, zaferon, strategic dams and taxable carpets Sanam Amin writes a bemusing account of her trip to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan May he rest in peace ‘Hats off to an artiste of his stature,’ acknowledges Abul Hayat about his friend, and source of inspiration Abdullah Al Mamun, who passed away on August 21, 2008. Millions of television and theatre audiences and the cultural fraternity of the nation spent a gloomy week trying to come to grips with the passing of the celebrated cultural personality. Also ‘The focus has shifted from mills to malls’ Sportsman or gangster? The Golden Army (2008) 10 defining songs of thecontemporary bands and their ‘cheese’ mix Laagbo ni? (Need anything?) Building walls, not of iron but of neighbours this week in history Homeless police   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