News Street » Feature http://www.newsstreet.org Latest news website- breaking news, economy, business, world, sports, cinema, entertainment,showbiz, bd news, Bangladesh news, Bangladesh online newspaper Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Wi-Fi hits the highway http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/05/wi-fi-hits-the-highway/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/05/wi-fi-hits-the-highway/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 17:20:09 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=4232 Despite its importance in daily life, Internet access is still mostly an indoor activity. Wireless routers might stretch the Web to your front yard. But once you hit the road, say bye-bye to Wi-Fi.
That is, unless you drive a Cadillac.
In…

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By Anuj Chopra

Oscar-nominated film "Slumdog Millionaire" has given hope to some residents of Dhavari, Mumbai, where more than 1 million people live in desperate poverty, that the world will take notice of their desperate situation. - Gautam Singh/AP

Oscar-nominated film "Slumdog Millionaire" has given hope to some residents of Dhavari, Mumbai, where more…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/india-revels-in-acclaim-for-%e2%80%98slumdog-millionaire%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Closing Guantánamo: Will Europeans take detainees? http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/closing-guantanamo-will-europeans-take-detainees/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/closing-guantanamo-will-europeans-take-detainees/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:38:33 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=2401 Europeans, who have long pushed to close the controversial facility, are hesitant to take some of its inmates.
By Robert Marquand

Closing: Guards at Guantánamo’s Camp 6 detention center Wednesday. The war-crimes court has been suspended for review. President Obama has ordered the camp to shut within a year.-- Brennan Linsley/AP

Closing: Guards at Guantánamo’s Camp 6 detention center Wednesday. The war-crimes court has been suspended for review. President Obama has…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/closing-guantanamo-will-europeans-take-detainees/feed/ 0 The curse of Nigerian oil http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/the-curse-of-nigerian-oil/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/the-curse-of-nigerian-oil/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:34:46 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=1261 Attacks on oil industry facilities and kidnappings for ransom are frequent in the creeks of the Niger Delta, which is home to Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry.
The BBC’s Sue Lloyd-Roberts argues that Nigeria’s “black gold” has brought wealth to…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2009/01/the-curse-of-nigerian-oil/feed/ 0 Young women ‘have more sexual partners’ than men http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/12/young-women-%e2%80%98have-more-sexual-partners%e2%80%99-than-men/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/12/young-women-%e2%80%98have-more-sexual-partners%e2%80%99-than-men/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:15:21 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=872 Young women are more promiscuous than men, according to a survey that claims the average 21-year-old has had nine sexual partners compared with seven for men.
By Martin Beckford
The poll of 2,000 by the magazine More also found that one…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/12/young-women-%e2%80%98have-more-sexual-partners%e2%80%99-than-men/feed/ 0 The Olympic spirit and today’s Games http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/the-olympic-spirit-and-todays-games/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/the-olympic-spirit-and-todays-games/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:29:02 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=667 A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

Perhaps one has to go back – way back – to get a sure fix on it. Maybe that’s the only way to find what has always been at the heart of the Games.…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/the-olympic-spirit-and-todays-games/feed/ 0 The build up to the Olympics http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/the-build-up-to-the-olympics/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/the-build-up-to-the-olympics/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:07:53 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=634 In the build up to the Olympics city officials hired some of the worlds leading architects and if you’re looking for a conversation here in Beijing just mention some of the new buildings that have sprung up.

First up and for many,…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/the-build-up-to-the-olympics/feed/ 0 Gorgeous women in sport http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/gorgeous-women-in-sport/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/gorgeous-women-in-sport/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:57:48 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=548 By Nitin Nair, Senior Features Writer.

Hugh Hefner may be the luckiest man alive, but don’t say that to the guy who gets to referee a women’s beach volleyball gig featuring teams from Brazil and Italy during the Olympics in Beijing…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/gorgeous-women-in-sport/feed/ 0 Fun, games and money http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/fun-games-and-money/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/fun-games-and-money/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:12:44 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=456 THE BUSINESS OF SPORT

From The Economist print edition

Sport has become a global business as well as a recreation for billions, says Patrick Lane. But how to make it faster, higher, stronger?

Reuters.

EVEN in China, a century is a long time to…

]]> http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/08/fun-games-and-money/feed/ 0 The brave new world of e-hatred http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/07/the-brave-new-world-of-e-hatred/ http://www.newsstreet.org/2008/07/the-brave-new-world-of-e-hatred/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:19:32 +0000 admin http://www.newsstreet.org/?p=183 Cyber-nationalism

The brave new world of e-hatred

From The Economist print edition..

Social networks and video-sharing sites don’t always bring people closer together

“NATION shall speak peace unto nation.” Eighty years ago, Britain’s state broadcasters adopted that motto to signal their hope that modern…

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