The other day my elder sister came to me and by the expression on her face, I could explicitly deduce the fact that she was deeply irritated. When I asked her why, she told me that numerous calls from unknown numbers would ring her cell phone disturbing her endlessly. At that very moment, the prank callers called my sister's cell phone. She passed on the phone to me since she was exhausted with the whole charade. As soon as I answered the phone, I could hear a drunken man furiously screaming out dirty words. The telecommunication companies may think that they have achieved a lot by dropping the call rates and attracting a large number of customers, thus enhancing the communication sector. But simultaneously they've also opened the doors for mass criminals and abusive activities. It is an accepted idea - if you are female and own a cell phone, you will be victimised in this way. Then has to stop. Awareness should be raised for the sustainable use of mobile phones to stop such activities.

Source: Daily Star

Being a Dhakhaite, facing traffic jams is nothing new; moreover it has become an inevitable part of our regular routine. Everyday I go out in the streets keeping in mind that I will have to face traffic congestion. But my whole concept of the every-day traffic jam changed the other day. I got on a bus from Shahbaag to my university, which is an hour's ride. It was like any other normal day other than the fact that there was a heavy downpour in the early morning. When my bus had crossed the Bangla Motor crossing, we had in fact spent at least an hour and 10 minutes, all because of the water logging on the particular road. This is the actual and pathetic scene of the city's traffic situation, which comes to a complete halt due to rain. I did reach my destination though, after three and half hours and an hour late for my semester final exam. I wonder what is going to happen in the rainy season, which is going to hit us very soon.

Source: Daily Star

WE have still got ten minutes before Nazmul sir comes in, come on lets go. No, no what if we miss the first few minutes of a sudden quiz? Come on, can't we afford that in exchange of…? Oh yeah, we surely can. Then let's move.'' This is a conversation between two students of Jahangirnagar University; one of them is trying to convince the other for a time out from the class by provoking her to have something. Wondering what that is? It is a mouth-watering delicacy to how many I don't know but surely a huge number of students in and around the campus love them. The two girls headed towards the mini stall of Mannan mama for nothing but his delicious, scrumptious, delectable singaras. How I don't know but I have always found it the same, that same awesome taste. What mama does is he cuts each singara into two pieces with a knife and puts some black pepper in it making it more edible. I have never ate less than five pieces at a time .The shock in our face and the sadness that engulfs us when we found out that the mama's tong (stall) in our campus was closed and that we have just missed the singara time by a few minutes. Now when I am reaching towards the end of my varsity life, with many other things I will definitely miss eating singaras when I graduate.

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IT has now become a common scene that many campus goers are listening to FM radio stations and shaking their heads with the rhythm of music. Young people take this very passionately. This new craze began from the middle of 2006, when the first FM radio station Radio Today started their operations. After USA and other European countries, even our neighboring country India introduced private FM radio stations to their people more than a decade ago. However, Bangladesh introduced FM radio station to the listeners in 2006 overcoming many social, economical and religious obstacles.
Student life is extremely hectic given our extremely busy schedules. In Dhaka, there are only a few places where people can hangout. Now, many of our friends are seen to listen to the radio while they are studying in the library, in practical labs, even through the full period of some consecutive classes continuously. Definitely this attitude has negative sides to it but there are advantages too. Precisely, the standard of the programs are so good that we can't think of turning off the radio. Incidentally, the enthusiastic and smart presentation of the RJs changed our lifestyle. Their advices to the SMS senders and listeners are also striking. But sadly enough, many of the RJs have serious problems regarding their pronunciations. Their unnecessary practice of mixing English and Bengali often leaves us puzzled.
These FM radio stations often play many common and rare hit numbers of many anonymous singers. In fact we would not have been able to know about these songs in our entire life without referring to FM radio stations. Different kinds of programs like students counseling, musical programs, news, and interviews are also broadcast on FM radio stations.
Listening to FM Radio is a new trend and it is here to stay. But we should not indulge in it so much that our studies. Which are our first priority, is hampered.

Source: Daily Star