One of our main targets of visiting South Australia was to take a cruise of Murray River .Shuvro booked a day cruise of Murray River in the cruise Ship Proud Marry for 29 December 2013. We were picked from Motel in the morning and other visitors were also collected in a large articulated

Saturday 2 October was the Eid Day here at Melbourne. Away from relatives, friends and near ones Eid hardly brings the joy that we usually have on Eid. For reasons beyond our control we could not travel to Bangladesh for Eid like other years. Avro could not join us on Eid day as he had

South Australian Capital Adelaide appeared to us a much more organized well planned city than others. Australians call Adelaide the festival city. The Adelaide city Centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as

Ever since my childhood when I started loving cricket I cherished a dream of watching cricket in Australian Cricket ground especially at iconic MCG. We grew up at Faridpur. Our father and elder brother were well known players and sports enthusiasts’. They always encouraged us in playing

DHAKA: It was Fall, Sept 28, last Sunday, when a group of Toronto Bangladeshi Canadian civil citizens, the editors of local ethnic media and community support service agencies gathered in Toronto Bangladeshi Parents Advisory Committee(TBPAC) and partner agency,  Ontario(Canadian

We heard about a lot about Philip Island and Penguin Parade   before coming to Australia .We were told about visiting Philip Island to enjoy Penguin Parade ever since we migrated to Australia in 2006. But reality did not permit us to visit it till January 2013 after we returned from a

GAZIPUR: A woman was killed and his son injured critically in a road crash in Konabari College Gate area of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Nabiran, 44, wife of one Korban Ali, hailed from the area.Police sources said a rashly driven covered van

DHAKA: Railway Minister Mohammad Mazibul Hoque, now visiting in Agartala of India, said Bangladesh might restore the abandoned railway connectivity that existed before the partition of India to boost trade and people-to-people contact, the country's railway minister."After the

Mahabub was very keen to visit the Great Ocean Road and Twelve Apostles .But thinking of the long drive and too much stress on Rozyand Koli I was not much willing to take almost four hours’ drive each way. Rozy after the first days hustle actually could not make it. This actually

Apart from World Heritage Mount Wellington we planned visiting another iconic place of Tasmania, Australia. It was Cradle Mountain. Seeing believes as words can hardly describe the treasure that nature has given to this place. A true heaven on earth .There is so much to see there as tour

We selected Mount Wellington the World Heritage as our dream destination for the third day of our stay in Tasmania. From our base at Launceston it was about three hours’ drive. We had to prepare for the entire day with required clothing, dry food and drinks for driving to the top of the

Fortune favored or disfavored us to leave our country of origin, country of love and adopt Australia for living. The beautiful continent, the safe, secure, resourceful lovely country was in our vision from childhood. My mother used to talk about it when teaching geography .But really

Part one Australians and New Zealanders prefer escaping to warmer regions in winter breaks especially during school holidays in June. Most of them prefer the Indonesian Island, Bali for its excellent tourist attractions. The beaches are picturesque, food is sumptuous, people are very

Perhaps never before in my 33 years conjugal life I have seen my wife Rozy so much overwhelmed with joy. To admit very frankly I could never give any free time to my wife and family for my very busy national and international commitment. I always had a heart bleeding that I have

When you reach the peak of a snow covered mountain top you feel closer to the creator. Your feelings get calmer about the greatness of God.  You get to know how smaller the mankind is compared to greatness of God. A day in the snow covered Mount Buller on 07 August 2014 spent as a

Puja Singh, a home tutor has brutally beaten up a three and a half years old student, after asking the child's mother to leave the room as it becomes difficult for the child to concentrate in his studies.However, the bedroom CCTV footage visualized the corporal punishment, showing

DHAKA: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) new data released on Tuesday show that while prevalence has decreased slightly over the past three decades, rates of progress need to be scaled up dramatically, simply to offset population growth in the countries where

There is an horrific misconception in some societies that beating children help them become better people. All logic and a massive hill of evidence to the contrary is totally ignored. Some people even have the audacity to equate corporal punishment with discipline, which is totally

Shakespeare likes the idea ‘All’s well that ends well’ so much that he wrote a play entitled so. Considering his view with proper respect we should conclude that it does not matter how many goals Brazil conceded but it really matters that they scored one in the last moment. But

The lightning in the horizon brought the smell of rain,  It all starts to melt away, the worries, a long day of pain.  Sweet aroma of homeland, that I still recall, So many memories pass by as lives befall.  Mementos of ones that love, touches of the ones who care,  Urges to