"Prothom Alo" was founded on 4 November 1998. The newspaper distinguished itself by its investigations of acid attacks and violence against women and pushing for tougher laws against the sale of acid. From press facilities located in Dhaka, Chittagong and Bogra, around 5,00,000 copies (as of March ‘2014) are circulated each day. According to National Media Survey 2012, everyday 5.1 million people read the print edition of "Prothom Alo". The claimed readership of the print edition of this newspaper is 9.6 million. According to a brand equity study conducted by Quantum Consumer Solutions Limited, "Prothom Alo" is considered to be the most influential newspaper brand in Bangladesh.
The online portal of "Prothom Alo" (www.prothom-alo.com) is the number 1 Bangladeshi website in the world.This portal is accessed by 1.6 million visitors from 200 different countries and territories across the globe with 60 million pageview per month. The e-paper site of "Prothom Alo" (www.eprothomalo.com) is also the Number 1 e-paper Web site of Bangladesh. From 160 countries, 465 thousand visitors access this website with more than 26 million pageview per month.
"Prothom Alo", which belongs to Mediastar Ltd., has the following sister concerns:
"Prothom Alo" is often criticized for its liberal attitude. A cartoon by Arifur Rahman was published in Alpin about a jokes partly related with religion, caused protests against the Newspaper. A subsequent order was given from the government to ban the supplement. The editor of the "Prothom Alo" acknowledged the gaffe. In a statement released by "Prothom Alo", the editor of Alpin, Matiur Rahman, apologised, expressing regret for publishing the cartoon. The cartoonist was jailed for six months and two days, he was arrested 18 of September 2007 and released 20 of March 2008.
In 2012, a High Court bench issued an injunction on the publication of Humayun Ahmed’s political fiction "Deyal" at daily "Prothom Alo"s weekly "Shahitto Samwiki" on a Friday.
Avadi Railway Station
Avadi Railway Station is one of the major train station in the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Avadi, a locality of Chennai located 23 km west of the city centre. The station has six tracks, including two loop lines, and has four platforms.As of 2013, the station handles about 40,000 passengers a day.
Royapuram railway station
The Royapuram railway station is a train station at Royapuram. It is on the Chennai Beach–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest railway station currently functioning in India (the original structures of the two older stations, Bombay and Thane, are no longer operational). It is also the first railway station of South India.
The first train of South India started operating in June 1856 from Royapuram railway station. The station also remained the headquarters of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway till 1922, when the headquarters was shifted to Egmore. Since the original structures of Bombay and Thane stations no longer exist, Royapuram station remains the oldest railway station in the entire subcontinent.
The Royapuram railway station ranks second in India in terms of space availability with 246,000 sq m, next to the Howrah station in Kolkata.
Syed Waliullah
Syed Waliullah (; August 15, 1922 – October 10, 1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He is notable for his first novel "Lalsalu". This novel has been translated in English with the title ""Tree Without Roots"". He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1961 for his contribution in novel. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Bangladesh National Film Awards for best story in 2001 both by Government of Bangladesh posthumously.
Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in Chittagong District. His father's name is Syed Ahmadullah. He was a government officer. Waliullah spent his childhood in Mymensingh, Feni, Krishnanagar and Kurigram district. He passed matriculation from Kurigram High School in 1939 and IA from Dhaka College in 1941. He graduated from Ananda Mohan College in 1943. Later, he admitted to University of Calcutta but did not complete his post graduation.
List of world champion football clubs
This list includes the official "(de jure)" FIFA club world champions;"" the international official competitions are trophies organized by FIFA or affiliated federations (for FIFA statute).In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those coming from the Intercontinental Cup and from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title, that of FIFA club world champion.""
The football experts agree that the Intercontinental Cup is the most fascinating football competition that ever existed thanks to the great balance in the field given by the lower economic gap of the time and rules on foreign players who gradually favored the European teams and weakened the South American teams; there are many sources and statistics that confirm this.
There are also federations not connected to FIFA (), also for this reason the titles recognized and awarded by FIFA are intended as titles of the federation in question. An officially recognized title, by definition, is official.""
In accordance to what is formally communicated by FIFA, the total count of official world titles is as follows:
Glamtron
Glamtron is the debut mixtape by American drag performer and rapper Alaska Thunderfuck 5000. It was released on October 7, 2009 through Sony Music-distributed label Music With a Twist Entertainment. It Sfeatures live performances by Thunderfuck in the Trannyshack located in Los Angeles, California.
All tracks were arranged and produced by Jefree Star and Matt Farber, from the Sony Music label.
Blue raspberry flavor
Blue raspberry is a common flavoring for candy, snacks, syrups and soft drinks. The flavor comes from "Rubus leucodermis", more commonly known as the "whitebark raspberry" or "blue raspberry" for its bluish-black fruit.
Blue raspberry food often contains a bright blue food coloring, the most common being Brilliant Blue FCF, although this coloring is not the color of the actual color of the fruit, which is almost black when ripe. The blue color also helps tell apart raspberry-flavored foods from cherry- and strawberry-flavored foods (cherry is usually colored red, and strawberry is also sometimes colored red but is often colored pink if the same product is also available in cherry ).
Trannyshack
Trannyshack is a San Francisco drag club started by drag queen Heklina, and takes place at The Stud Bar. It has been a Tuesday fixture in San Francisco for over many years.
This club has hosted many celebrities from Mary Wilson of the Supremes to Charo, RuPaul, Gwen Stefani, Alaska Thunderfuck, Lady Bunny, and more.
In addition, Trannyshack holds the annual Miss Trannyshack Contest. At one time, Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters lived in San Francisco, where she performed at Trannyshack and was the first and only female to reach the finals of the Miss Trannyshack pageant.
Heklina
Heklina is the stage name of Stefan Grygelko, who founded Mother formerly Trannyshack (1996), is an American actor, drag queen, and entrepreneur in San Francisco. Heklina is half-Icelandic and named herself after the Icelandic volcano Hekla.
World of Wonder
World of Wonder Productions is a production company founded in 1991 by filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company produces reality and documentary television programs, feature films, and new media, primarily specializing in documenting erotica, sexuality and the sex subculture.
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