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Brahmanbaria
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Brahmanbaria is a historic city of Bangladesh. It is the capital of Brahmanbaria District and second largest city after Comilla in eastern Bangladesh, Brahmanbaria is one of the oldest municipalities in Bangladesh, and was established in 1769. Brahmanbaria was declared a district headquarters in 1984 and its municipality area has a population of 168,636 according to the 2011 Census. It was a part of greater Comilla District until 1984, Brahmanbaria is located in the East-Central region of Bangladesh. Its nearby cities are Dhaka, Comilla, Narayanganj and Agartala and this city is in the bank of Titas River. Also there is Meghna River in the west of Brahmanbaria, the climate of Brahmanbaria is very similar to other cities of Bangladesh. During summer it is extremely hot, august is the hottest month and January is the coldest. Floods are a concern for people in Brahmanbaria, as the city has suffered from flooding for four times in a decade. Tornados and the monsoon Kaalboishakhi jhor hit almost every year, Brahmanbaria has a tropical wet and dry climate. Brahmanbaria was given city status in 1984, the city boundaries contain Sadar Municipality,12 Wards,78 Mahallas, and 36 villages. Some of the rich and busy neighborhoods of Brahmanbaria main town, midtown Medda Paik Para College Para Kazi Para Modhya Para Ulcha Para Kandi Para Sarak Bazaar Parkside Shimrail Kandi Downtown Bijeshwor Brahmanbarias official language is Bengali. This is popular city for Bengali, having one of the largest Bhasha Shahitya Kendrow in the country. English is widely spoken within the city, there are many English schools here. This city has more than 95% Bengali people, minorities are safely living in the city. Brahmanbaria also produced actresses like Zakia Bari Momo, who won LUX Channel I Superstar, Alamgir is evergreen actor of Cinema of Bangladesh. He start working in mid 80s and he is still an actor and his son Niloy Alamgir is also an actor. Brahmanbaria has other people like Al Mahmud, Abdul Kadir and Syed Shamsul Haque who are a poets, nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda was a leader of the Muslim League. Shakil Ahmed was the general of Border guard Bangladesh, who had heavily secured the borders of Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh, officially the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and China are located near Bangladesh but do not share a border with it. The countrys maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area, Bangladesh is the worlds eighth most populous country. Dhaka is its capital and largest city, followed by Chittagong which has the countrys largest port, Bangladesh forms the largest and eastern part of the Bengal region. Bangladeshis include people of different ethnic groups and religions, Bengalis, who speak the official Bengali, make up 98% of the population. The politically dominant Bengali Muslims make the nation the worlds third largest Muslim-majority country, most of Bangladesh is covered by the Bengal delta, the largest delta on Earth. The country has 700 rivers and 8,046 km of inland waterways, highlands with evergreen forests are found in the northeastern and southeastern regions of the country. Bangladesh has many islands and a coral reef and it is home to the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. The countrys biodiversity includes a vast array of plant and wildlife, including critically endangered Bengal tigers, the Greeks and Romans identified the region as Gangaridai, a powerful kingdom of the historical subcontinent, in the 3rd century BCE. Archaeological research has unearthed several ancient cities in Bangladesh, which had trade links for millennia. The Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Bengal transformed the region into a cosmopolitan Islamic imperial power between the 14th and 18th centuries, the region was home to many principalities which had inland naval prowess. It was also a center of the worldwide muslin and silk trade. As part of British India, the region was influenced by the Bengali renaissance, the Partition of British India made East Bengal a part of the Dominion of Pakistan, and was renamed as East Pakistan. The region witnessed the Bengali Language Movement in 1952 and the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, after independence, a parliamentary republic was established. A presidential government was in place between 1975 and 1990, followed by a return to parliamentary democracy, the country has also been affected by poverty, natural disasters, hunger, dominant party systems and military coups. Bangladesh is a power and a major developing nation. Listed as one of the Next Eleven, it has the 46th largest economy and it is one of the largest textile exporters in the world. Its major trading partners are the European Union, the United States, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, with its strategically vital location between Southern, Eastern and Southeast Asia, Bangladesh is an important promoter of regional connectivity and cooperation
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Bengali language
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Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia. With over 210 million speakers, Bengali is the seventh most spoken language in the world. Dominant in the last group was Persian, which was also the source of some grammatical forms, more recent studies suggest that the use of native and foreign words has been increasing, mainly because of the preference of Bengali speakers for the colloquial style. Today, Bengali is the language spoken in Bangladesh and the second most spoken language in India. Both the national anthems of Bangladesh and India were composed in Bengali, in 1952, the Bengali Language Movement successfully pushed for the languages official status in the Dominion of Pakistan. In 1999, UNESCO recognized 21 February as International Mother Language Day in recognition of the movement in East Pakistan. Language is an important element of Bengali identity and binds together a diverse region. Sanskrit was spoken in Bengal since the first millennium BCE, during the Gupta Empire, Bengal was a hub of Sanskrit literature. The Middle Indo-Aryan dialects were spoken in Bengal in the first millennium when the region was a part of the Magadha Realm and these dialects were called Magadhi Prakrit. They eventually evolved into Ardha Magadhi, Ardha Magadhi began to give way to what are called Apabhraṃśa languages at the end of the first millennium. Along with other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Bengali evolved circa 1000–1200 AD from Sanskrit, for example, Ardhamagadhi is believed to have evolved into Abahatta around the 6th century, which competed with the ancestor of Bengali for some time. Proto-Bengali was the language of the Pala Empire and the Sena dynasty, during the medieval period, Middle Bengali was characterized by the elision of word-final অ ô, the spread of compound verbs and Arabic and Persian influences. Bengali was a court language of the Sultanate of Bengal. Muslim rulers promoted the development of Bengali as part of efforts to Islamize. Bengali became the most spoken language in the Sultanate. This period saw borrowing of Perso-Arabic terms into Bengali vocabulary, major texts of Middle Bengali include Chandidas Shreekrishna Kirtana. The modern literary form of Bengali was developed during the 19th and early 20th centuries based on the dialect spoken in the Nadia region, a west-central Bengali dialect. Bengali presents a case of diglossia, with the literary
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Singing
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Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist, Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists, Singers may perform as soloists, or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged or improvised and it may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual, as part of music education, or as a profession. Excellence in singing requires time, dedication, instruction, and regular practice, if practice is done on a regular basis then the sounds can become more clear and strong. Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific genre, such as classical or rock. They typically take voice training provided by teachers or vocal coaches throughout their careers. Though these four mechanisms function independently, they are coordinated in the establishment of a vocal technique and are made to interact upon one another. During passive breathing, air is inhaled with the diaphragm while exhalation occurs without any effort, exhalation may be aided by the abdominal, internal intercostal and lower pelvis/pelvic muscles. Inhalation is aided by use of external intercostals, scalenes and sternocleidomastoid muscles, the pitch is altered with the vocal cords. With the lips closed, this is called humming, humans have vocal folds which can loosen, tighten, or change their thickness, and over which breath can be transferred at varying pressures. The shape of the chest and neck, the position of the tongue, any one of these actions results in a change in pitch, volume, timbre, or tone of the sound produced. Sound also resonates within different parts of the body and an individuals size, Singers can also learn to project sound in certain ways so that it resonates better within their vocal tract. This is known as vocal resonation, another major influence on vocal sound and production is the function of the larynx which people can manipulate in different ways to produce different sounds. These different kinds of function are described as different kinds of vocal registers. The primary method for singers to accomplish this is through the use of the Singers Formant and it has also been shown that a more powerful voice may be achieved with a fatter and fluid-like vocal fold mucosa. The more pliable the mucosa, the more efficient the transfer of energy from the airflow to the vocal folds, Vocal registration refers to the system of vocal registers within the voice. A register in the voice is a series of tones, produced in the same vibratory pattern of the vocal folds
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Channel i
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Channel I is a privately owned television network in Bangladesh. It is owned by the Impress Group, among the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh with interests in textiles, pharmaceuticals, the initial steps into television involved setting up Impress Telefilm, which produced small mini-series and one-off shows for BTV. In the 1997, Impress Group looked into starting up its own satellite channel, Channel I was launched in the 1 June 1997, broadcasting pre-recorded programs 12 hours day. Within two years of its launch, Channel I began broadcasting 24 hours a day and became the first digital channel in Bangladesh. Currently, Channel I competes with other domestic satellite channels, including ATN Bangla. For the past decade, the channel has held the highest market share among non-terrestrial channels in Bangladesh and it currently broadcasts satellite transmissions using PanAm Sat, which covers most of Asia and parts of Australia. Channel I started transmissions on 1 October 1999, Channel I is also the first satellite channel in Bangladesh to broadcast modern western-themed telefilms such as Play, directed by M-SIB. List of television stations in Bangladesh
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Bappa Mazumder
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Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa mostly known as Bappa Mazumder is a singer from Bangladesh, lyricist and composer. Bappa is famous for his Bengali romantic compositions, some of which have performed with his band. He is a son of a couple, the classical maestro Ustad Barin Mazumder. Mazumber has also composed more than a thousand musical numbers for other musicians, in recent times, Bappa has recorded and performed with Fahmida Nabi. Along with singing, writing and composing, Bappa also has worked as an anchor, namely on The One, a talk show on Channel One. His solo album, Surjo Snane Chol, released in 2008 was a hit and his seventh solo album, Din Bari Jaay, was released in February 2005. Ek Mutho Gan 2, was released in February 2010, Bappa Mazumder brought up in a musical family. As both of his parents were musicians, he did not need to go outside to learn music and he got his early learning from his family. Later he took a course in classical music at Monihar Sangeet Academy. However, I dont feel my training in music is adequate. He came up as a singer for the first time in 1996 with his album named Tokhon Bhor Bela. After that he has released 10 studio albums and produced more than 200 albums, in recent times he shows himself as an anchor in many TV channel. He is the son of musician couple Ustad Barin Mazumder and Ila Mazumder and he has been married to Mehbooba Mahnoor Chandni, a Bangladeshi model, actress and dancer since 21 March 2008. Bappa Mazumder is a tech-freak, plays games and likes to fiddle around with new age technology where music. He has a keen interest in photography and is fond of collecting remote controlled helicopters and he also worked in the album Poroshpor with Rupankar Shudhu Tomari Jonyo Ekta Golpo
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Zulfiqer Russell
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Zulfiqer Russell is The Editor of popular news online The Bangla Tribune www. banglatribune. com and also a popular lyricist of Bangladesh. He is a journalist by profession, however, talent of poetry and his words can spread magic beyond borders. Zulfiqer Russell, winner of Citycell-Channel i Music Awards for the third time, though he never thought of connecting with music, Zulfiqer Russell used to write for The Daily Ittefaq, The Daily Janakantha and many other publications from an early age. He said, “It was truly an indefinable feeling to see my own writings in print. ”In the beginning of the 90s, in the process of working with different newspapers, he came to be acquainted with many artists. He started wondering, “If I can write poems, then why not lyrics. ”However, after a while, he started writing himself, but gradually realised that writing a song isn’t as easy as it sounds. He added, “A song can only be a good one if it sounds good with the words. ”Initially, no one showed interest in working with him, naturally. However, Moni Zaman from the band Symphony, worked with his song for the very first time that was voiced by Tuhin, interestingly enough, it was never released. Nevertheless, he believes his journey as a lyricist actually began working with Bappa Mazumder. The story behind this is a bit different. He didn’t know that Bappa worked with his lyrics, and after hearing the news just one word came through his mouth, “Really. ”After listening to the songs he discovered that Bappa got the lyrics from Basudeb Ghosh, which were given to Ghosh by Zulfiqer Russell a long while back. Apart from working with artists, Zulfiqer Russell has been. He shared his experience of working artists of Kolkata. His happiness reaches peak when he witnesses his lyrics uniting countless Bengali people, “Many people tell me, that I work more for India. But, now I see the whole thing, through one song I am bringing so many Bengalis together. Isn’t it a great recognition for an artist to see perform my song in different programs. ”“As a lyricist, one has to write based on the requirements of the composer and story angle, I write incidents from my life, ” said Zulfiqer Russell. Even a character from a movie or novel equally sways him and he revealed that sometimes he doesn’t write for three to four months, but he never forces himself to write. Zulfiqer Russell is a professional journalist, presently he is The Editor of popular news online The Bangla Tribune www. banglatribune. com. Previously he worked for Maasranga Television and Bangla newspapers Daily Amader Shomoy, Ajker Kagoj and he is also extensively involved and earned reputation and popularity as a lyricist
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Mental (2016 film)
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Rana Pagla – The Mental is a Bangladeshi romantic-action thriller film featuring Shakib Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha with Achol, Sabrina Porshi, Misha Sawdagor and Shimul Khan in supporting roles. The film is directed by Shamim Ahmed, with a written by Abdullah Zahir. The film is produced by Parvez Chowdhury under the banner of Banglaxpress Films, the first theatrical look of the film was revealed on 1 February 2015. Khan portrays the role of a generous businessman, Simi, portrayed by Tisha, is his love interest, and a crime news reporter. Who is working on exposing corruptions of influential people of the society, Simi takes steps to fight the corrupt people, but soon realizes the influence of those men. Khan changes after a violent encounter in which his love interest, the plot builds up around his quest to avenge the killing with aid of her research, in which she documents her encounter with her killers, who she planned to expose of corruption. The plot was inspired from Christopher Nolans Memento, the film was released on Eid of 7 July 2016. An underworld mafia steals valuable mineral resources and sell them over to international crime organization, Simi, a news reporter finds out and exposes the whole criminal chain to the media, despite all threats from them. An unknown, mysterious but affectionate and intimidating man comes up to help, The story revolves around revealing the identity of him. By early 2014, Bangladesh Express Films announced its production and were preparing for the shooting for the film, the Abhi Pictures picked up the distribution rights of the film. The shooting officially started in Sylhet, Bangladesh on September 2014. Shakib Khan was the first to be roped for the film by director Shamim Ahamed Roni, however, the director has considered many actresses for the lead role but later finalized Tisha, Achol and Porshi for lead female roles. The studio approached Porshi for the film to play the role of a musician while Tisha, the official filming of Mental began in November 2014 in Dhaka. Scenes were filmed in Dhaka, and Sylhet while several scenes were filmed abroad, the soundtrack of the film was written by Prosen, Riddhi, Shomeshwar Oli, Zahid Hasan Abhi, Zahid Akbar and Rabiul Islam Jibon while the music was directed by Dabbu Ghoshal and Akassh. In November 2014, Shaan recorded the second track, in December 2014, Jojo recorded the third track item number of the movie. The track Bolte Baki Koto Ki was released as a single on 23 January 2015, the film faced a lot of controversies after the release of the first track Bolte Baki Koto Ki due to alleged copyright infringement. The same tune with different lyrics entitled Bolte Bolte Cholte Cholte was released on 20 January 2015 by Imran Mahmudul. Although the song composition is similar, both Prosen and Shafuq Tuhin were credited for the same song. First Look Teaser of Mental on YouTube Mental at the Internet Movie Database
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Shakib Khan
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Shakib Khan is a Bangladeshi film actor. He made his debut in Ananta Bhalobasha, though it did not lead to widespread fame, after a few years, Khan established himself as one of the most successful actors in Bangladeshi film history. In his career, Khan has received awards, including two National Film Awards for Best Actor, for Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na and Khodar Pore Ma. Beside this career, Shakib also a producer and his first produced movie was Hero, The Superstar under his own banner SK films. Shakib Khan was born in Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh and his father Abdur Rab was a government officer and his mother Nurjahan is a housewife. His fathers job required the family to relocate frequently from one city to another during his school years and he had good results in the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate exams. Besides education, he also had an interest in dancing and he completed a dancing course under film choreographer Aziz Reza. During the photo shoot, film director Abul Khair Bulbul noticed Shakib, but Shakib Khan made his debut in the big screen with Ananta Bhalobasha directed by Sohanur Rahman Sohan. Shakib Khan made his career debut in 1999 in Anontho Bhalobasha directed by Shohanor Rahman Shohan. From 2011 to 2015 he was the president of the Film Artist Association and is engaged in cultural activities. He is also the ambassador of Pran Power Energy drink. Since 2011 Shakib Khan has been the president of the Film Artist Association and he has also done some philanthropic work, such as supporting the Rana Plaza cause. On 10 February 2014 he launched his own house, SK Films. Guest Eid special Talk Show – Nokhotro Jugol
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Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay
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Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay is a Bengali romantic movie written and directed by SA Haque Alik. The film starred Shakib Khan and Porimoni as the roles with Sohel Rana. The film was released on August 14,2015 with 100 screen, Nulok a village simple girl fallen love with superstar Shakib through the mobile. Few days later became familiar with each other. Shakib Khan – Shakib Porimoni – Nulok Sohel Rana – Champa – Sadek Bachchu – Afzal Sharif –
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Habib Wahid
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Habib Wahid is a Bangladeshi composer, musician and singer. He works on modern Pop music, EDM and a fusion of traditional Bengali folk music with contemporary techno and his music is mainly influenced by British Bangladeshis, while he was living in the UK as a student. He is the son of the 1970s musician Ferdous Wahid and he has also produced music in Indian Bengali movies. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the film Projapoti, Habib Wahid was born and brought up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He attended South Breeze School in Dhanmondi and his father, Ferdous Wahid, was a pop singer during the 1970s and 1980s. A few years later, he went to England in pursuit of education and studied music. He is also a solo singer, Habib Wahid made his debut with the album Krishno. He started to work with other Asian music producers such as Karsh Kale and he had already produced and planned his music, however he needed a vocalist to develop his new album. While living in London, he was searching for the vocalist Kaya, in the next few years, he released six albums — Maya, Moina Go, Shono, Panjabiwala, Bolchi Tomake and Obosheshe. He has featured new voices in all of his albums, besides Kaya, he has showcased singers such as Helal, Julee, Nirjhor, Shireen and Nancy in these albums. Habib debuted as a vocal in Moina Go where he performed two soft singles, Din Gelo and Esho Brishti Namai and he also has his father, Ferdous Wahid singing a song in that album. On June 1,2011 Habibs 8th album Ahoban. was released, the album consists 9 tracks in which three are duet songs with Nancy and Kona and one was sung by Ferdous Wahid. Habib has released another album named Shadhin in December Besides album work, Habib created a number of jingles for the products of Banglalink, Citycell, Pran-up, Meril Beauty Soap and others. He also has composed songs for such as Hridoyer Kotha, Akash Chowa Bhalobasha, Chandragrohon, I Love You, Eito Prem, Third Person Singular Number, Amar Ache Jol. Habib makes songs that has the essence from the roots of Bangla music, Wahid performed his first concert in Melbourne on 26 May 2012 and another one in Sydney on 3 June 2012. Habib married RJ Lubaina, and got divorced in 2003, in 2011, he married Rehan Chowdhury which also ended up in divorce in January 2017
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Meril Prothom Alo Awards
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Meril Prothom Alo Awards or Prothom Alo Awards is an annual Bangladeshi awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in Bangladeshi Film Industry. The awards are divided into two components, Viewers Choice and Critic Choice, the awards, first presented in 1998 and since then the awards are given every year at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center. The 17th Meril Prothom Alo Awards was held on 8 May 2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center, Meril Prothom Alo Awards receives the highest number of viewers among Bangladeshs Awards Ceremonies. Meril Prothom Alo Awards is Bangladeshs equivalent to Americas Academy Awards, Meril Prothom Alo Awards was first awarded in 1998. The awards ceremony was organised and held by Bangladeshs largest newspaper Daily Prothom Alo, after the construction of BICC in 2002, The awards ceremony was moved to a new location and in 2002, the awards ceremony for the first time was held in front of a large audiences. The awards include nominations in more than 30 categories and 2 honorary awards, the Meril Prothom Alo Awards committee, consists of several selected members votes on selecting the nominees for each award categories. All voters have to be certified by The Prothom Alo Corporation, after the nominees are shortlisted, the nominations are made available to public and they can vote for any of the nominees. The board members decides the nomination and winners of Critics Choice Awards, the Critics Choice Awards are given in 10 categories. The board, often consists of 8–10 members, special Awards Best TV Program The following is a listing of all Meril Prothom Alo Awards ceremonies since 1998. The awards have come under criticism from sections of the society for being held during a time of national crisis. National Film Awards Ifad Film Club Award Babisas Award Watch Meril Prothom-alo Taroka Awards online
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Dhaka Tribune
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The Dhaka Tribune is a Bangladeshi English-language compact newspaper published nationwide from the capital Dhaka. The publisher of the newspaper is Kazi Anis Ahmed, while Zafar Sobhan serves as the editor, the motto of the newspaper is The news you want. On the other hand, the marketing campaign Glad to be a Bangladeshi was changed to I am made in Bangladesh. Dhaka Tribune was first published on April 19,2013 Bangladesh, the newspaper, however, started as a broadsheet, and became compact on March 1,2015. Dhaka Tribune describes its editorial policy as liberal and it supports equal rights in Bangladesh. Dhaka Tribune is owned by 2A Media Limited, a concern of Awami League leader Kazi Nabil Ahmeds Gemcon Group, some of its regular supplements TMAG, Avenue T were subsequently merged with T-Junction after the change. Other notable supplements include Weekend Tribune, Arts & Letters and Treehouse, however, Arts & Letters was discontinued after December,2014
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Facebook
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Facebook is an American for-profit corporation and an online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California. Facebook gradually added support for students at other universities. Since 2006, anyone age 13 and older has been allowed to become a user of Facebook, though variations exist in the minimum age requirement. The Facebook name comes from the face book directories often given to United States university students, Facebook may be accessed by a large range of desktops, laptops, tablet computers, and smartphones over the Internet and mobile networks. After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile indicating their name, occupation, schools attended and so on. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups organized by workplace, school, hobbies or other topics, in groups, editors can pin posts to top. Additionally, users can complain about or block unpleasant people, because of the large volume of data that users submit to the service, Facebook has come under scrutiny for its privacy policies. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements which appear onscreen, Facebook, Inc. held its initial public offering in February 2012, and began selling stock to the public three months later, reaching an original peak market capitalization of $104 billion. On July 13,2015, Facebook became the fastest company in the Standard & Poors 500 Index to reach a market cap of $250 billion, Facebook has more than 1.86 billion monthly active users as of December 31,2016. As of April 2016, Facebook was the most popular social networking site in the world, Facebook classifies users from the ages of 13 to 18 as minors and therefore sets their profiles to share content with friends only. Zuckerberg wrote a program called Facemash on October 28,2003 while attending Harvard University as a sophomore, to accomplish this, Zuckerberg hacked into protected areas of Harvards computer network and copied private dormitory ID images. Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours online, the site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged by the administration with breach of security, violating copyrights, Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final exam. He uploaded 500 Augustan images to a website, each of which was featured with a corresponding comments section and he shared the site with his classmates, and people started sharing notes. The following semester, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January 2004 and he said that he was inspired by an editorial about the Facemash incident in The Harvard Crimson. On February 4,2004, Zuckerberg launched Thefacebook, originally located at thefacebook. com. com and they claimed that he was instead using their ideas to build a competing product. The three complained to The Harvard Crimson and the newspaper began an investigation and they later filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, subsequently settling in 2008 for 1.2 million shares. Membership was initially restricted to students of Harvard College, within the first month, eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes joined Zuckerberg to help promote the website
