Foreign Embassy

City: Dhaka Phone: (00880 2) 882 17 99 Fax: (00880 2) 882 36 38 Web Site: http://www.danishembassybd.com/ Email: info@danishembassybd.com Office Hours: Sunday to Wednesday, 8:00 to 15:30 Thursday 8:00 to 15:00

Icelandic Consulate in Dhaka, Bangladesh Icelandic Honorary Consulate in Bangaladesh Chamber Building 2/f 122-124 Motijheel C.A. Dhaka City: Dhaka Phone: 880 2 955 1927 Fax: 880 2 955 2409 Email: orioxi@citechco.vet

Indian Consulate in Dhaka, Bangladesh High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh House No. 120, Road No. 2, Dhanmondi Residential Area City: Dhaka Phone: + 880-2-865373 Fax: 880-2-863662.

Indonesian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Indonesia in Dhaka, Bangladesh Road No. 53, Plot No. 14 Gulshan - 2 Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: 880-2) 988-1640 to 41, 881-2260 Fax: (880-2) 881-0993, 882-5391 Web Site: http://www.jakarta-dhaka.com Email: indhaka@bangla.net Office Hours: Sunday - Thursday 08:30 - 17:00

Indonesian Consulate in Chittagong, Bangladesh Honorary Consulate of Indonesia in Chittagong, Bangladesh A.K. Khan & Company Limited Batali Hills, Chittagong (GPO Box 223) Bangladesh City: Chittagong Phone: (88-31) 613-953, 611-050, 611-052 Fax: (88-31) 610-596

Iraqi Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Iraq, Bangladesh 112 Gulshan Avenuedel Dhaka-1212 Dhaka, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: 600298 or 600299

Italian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Italy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Plot n.2/3 Road 74/79 Gulshan P.O. Box 6062 1212 City: Dhaka Phone: 88 02 882 2781 Fax: 88 02 882 2578 Email: ambdhaka@dominox.com Office Hours: Sunday to Thursday From 9 am to 3 pm

Japanese Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh send edits Plot No.5 & 7, Dutabash Road, Baridhara Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: (880-2)8810087 Fax: (880-2)8826737, 9882700

Libyan Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Libya in Dhaka, Bangladesh 4 CWN (C) Gulshan Avenue Dhaka, PO Box : 742, Gulshan, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: 600141-2, 883417

Malaysian Consulate in Dhaka, Bangladesh High Commission of Malaysia, Dhaka House No. 19, Road No. 6, Baridhara, Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: 88 02 8827759 or 88 02 8827759, Fax: 88 02 8827761 or 88 02 8823115 Web Site: http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/dhaka Email: mwdhaka@citech-bd.com Office Hours: Sunday - Thursday 09.00 am - 05.00 pm

Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Myanmar in Dhaka, Bangladesh No. 3 Block - Nel(l) Road No 84, Gulshan -2 Dhaka City: Dhaka Phone: (88-02) 60 09 88,60 14 61, 60 19 15, 60 22 84 Fax: (88-02) 88 23 740. Email: mofa.aung@mptmail

Nepalese Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Royal Nepalese Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh United Nations Road Road No. 2, Baridhara Diplomatic Enclave Dhaka, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: 880-2-601-790 / 601 890, 602 091 Fax: 880-2-882-6401 Email: rnedhaka@bdbn.bd.net Office Hours: Sunday to Thursday: 0930 hrs to 1600 hrs

Dutch Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Royal Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Road nr. 90, House 49 Gulshan II Dhaka, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: +880-2-8822715-18 Fax: +880-2-8823326 Web Site: http://www.netherlandsembassydhaka.org Email: dha@minbuza.nl Office Hours: Sunday - Thursday 08.00 - 16.00 hours Visa Section: Sunday - Wednesday 08.30 - 10.30 hours

Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bangladesh House 9, Road 111, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: + 880 2 882 3065 / + 880 2 881 05 63 Fax: + 880 2 882 3661 Web Site: http://www.norway.org.bd/ Email: emb.dhaka@mfa.no Office Hours: 08:30 - 16:00 Sunday to Thursday Visa hours: 09:00 - 12:00 Mondays & Wednesdays

Palestinian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Palestine Bangladesh P.O. Box 600 Code 1000 City: Dhaka Phone: 8802-603308 / 603016 Fax: 8802-883517

Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of the Philippines in Dhaka, Bangladesh House No. 6, Road No. 101 Gulshan II Dhaka People's Republic of Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: (8802) 9881590 to 93 or 988-1578 Fax: 00-8802-882-3686 Email: philemb1@citechco.net, philemb2@citechco.net, dhakape@dfa.gov.ph

Polish Consulate in Chittagong, Bangladesh Consulate of Poland in Chittagong, Bangladesh "Commercial Court" 95 Agrabad Commercial Area Chittagong - 4100 Bangladesh City: Chittagong Phone: (+880) (31) 72 15 23 Fax: (+880) (31) 71 00 66

Russian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Russia in Dhaka, Bangladesh House NE(J) 9, Road 79 Gulshan-2, 1212 City: Dhaka Phone: (8802) 882-8142 Fax: (8802) 882-3735 Web Site: http://www.rusdhaka.org/ Email: rusemb@citech-bd.com

Russian Consulate in Chittagong, Bangladesh General Consulate of Russia in Chittagong, Bangladesh House 1, Road 6, Khulshi R/A City: Chittagong Phone: (880-31) 654154 Fax: (880-31) 654157 Web Site: http://www.chittagong.mid.ru Email: chitcon@mail.ru

Saudi Arabian Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Bangladesh House-12 NE (N), Road-92 (PO Box-6001) Gulshan North Avenue 1212 City: Dhaka Phone: 883006 or 883315

Singaporean Consulate in Dhaka, Bangladesh Consulate of the Republic of Singapore in Dhaka, Bangladesh House no. 15, Road no. 68/A Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: 880-2-9880404, 880-2-9880337 Fax: 880-2-9883666 Web Site: http://www.mfa.gov.sg/dhaka/ Email: singcon_dha@sgmfa.gov.sg Office Hours: Sun - Thur 9.00 am to 1.00 pm; 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Friday, Saturday and Public Holidays closed Fasting month 9.00 am to 3.30 pm 1) Visa Application and Passport Submission Sun - Thur 9.00 am to 11.00 am 2) Visa Collection Sun - Thur 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Friday, Saturday and Public Holidays closed

Sri Lankan Consulate in Dhaka, Bangladesh High Commission of Sri Lanka in Dhaka, Bangladesh House No. 15 (NW)Road No.50 Gulshan Model Town Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: (+880) 2 8822790 or (+880) 2 8810779 Fax: (+880) 2 8823971

Swedish Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, Bangladesh House 1, Road 51, Gulshan 2 G.P.O. Box 304 Dhaka, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: +880 (2) 8833 144-47 Fax: +880 (2) 882 39 48 Web Site: http://www.swedenabroad.com/dhaka Email: ambassaden.dhaka@sida.se Office Hours: Sunday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Taiwanese Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Taipei Representative Office in Dhaka 181, Gulshan Avenue Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh City: Dhaka Phone: (002-8802)8851082 Fax: (002-8802)8860416 Email: bgd@mofa.gov.tw

Thai Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Royal Thai Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh House No.14, Road No.11 Baridhara Dhaka 1212 City: Dhaka Phone: (88-02) 881-2795-6, 881-3260-1 Fax: (88-02) 885-4280 Email: thaidac@mfa.go.th

Emirati Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Embassy of United Arab Emirates in Dhaka, Bangladesh House No.41 Road no.113 Gulshan Model Town City: Dhaka Phone: +88-2-9882277 Fax: +88-2-8823225 Email: info@uaeembassydhaka.com

British Consulate in Dhaka, Bangladesh British High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh United Nations Road Baridhara Dhaka 1212 City: Dhaka Phone: (880) (2) 882 2705/ 2706/ 2707/ 2708/ 2709 Fax: (880) (2) 881 6135 / (880) (2) 882 3474 Web Site: http://www.britishhighcommission.gov.uk/bangladesh Email: ppabhc@citecho.net or Dhaka.Consular@fco.gov.uk Office Hours: Sun-Wed: 0200 - 1000, Thurs: 0200 - 0800 (GMT) Sun-Wed: 0800 - 1600, Thurs: 0800 - 1400 (Local) Consular Hours: Sun-Thurs: 0230 - 0730 (GMT) Sun-Thurs: 0830 - 1330 (Local)

American Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh Madani Avenue, Baridhara City: Dhaka Phone: (880) (2) 885-5500 Fax: (880) (2) 882-3744 Web Site: http://dhaka.usembassy.gov/ Office Hours: Sunday to Thursday (08:00 AM - 16:30 PM) except holidays.

toothpick দিয়ে কি শুধু দাঁত খোঁচায়???

লোকটির নাম Stan Munro, বয়স ৩৮ বছর। তিনি কাজ করেন Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York (USA)-এ। তারই অসাধারণ সৃষ্টি এই toothpick city, যা তৈরী করতে তার ব্যয় হয়েছে ৬ বছর।


Toothpick city-এর প্রতিটি স্হাপনা তৈরী করতে Stan Munro এর সময় লেগেছে ৬ মাস। আর তার প্রতিটি স্হাপনার পরিমাপ ১.১৬৪ স্কেল। পুরো Toothpick city তে Toothpick ব্যবহার হয়েছে ৬ মিলিয়ন আর glue ব্যবহার হয়েছে ১৭০ লিটার।

How can I improve English skill

Dusk settled coolly over the vineyards in Napa Valley, California, one fall evening. Through the window, I gazed wistfully at a thin stream of bittersweet chocolate sauce a waiter was ladling high over a raspberry-colored cake at the table of a hand-holding couple, inside the big stone restaurant operated by the Culinary Institute of America. I knew it was bittersweet chocolate because the rich smell was drifting through the French doors out onto the patio, where we were drinking a fine Cakebread cabernet next to two giggling toddlers, just as happily chewing red licorice twists from the local 7-11 store.

“See” the picture? Here’s the pity. As adults, we tend to lose our “picture-making” way of speaking. We forget to tell the story that tells the story. We’ve gradually forgotten how to speak English like it tastes good, even when we desperately want people to remember what we are saying. Our conversations often begin with sweeping generalizations. To further numb people, we talk about “work” by using longer sentences, full of jargon that even colleagues won’t remember the way they’d remember everyday language wrapped around an example.

Unlike most children under the age of 12 or so, we adults offer qualifiers and chronology before we finally get to the delicious details that are most involving, credible, and evocative. By then, even well-intentioned listeners have taken several mental vacations. Think of the speeches, advertisements, and conversations you most remember. Didn’t the words evokesome visual experience?

Let ideas roll around in your mouth like a good merlot. The specific detail proves the general conclusion. It’s also more credible and memorable. The generality fades quickly. For several years, many ad campaigns featured a group photo of “diverse” people, with some variation of this headline: “We Are the People Who Care.” Banks, insurance companies, hospitals, and other large institutions thus offered a generality that perpetuated their impersonal image instead of promising some specific service, guarantee, or customer story that proved how they were better than the competition.

Avoid gray generalities. Speak in Technicolor. Say less, better. Make your most important truths well-told — how you describe those who matter most to you, or your job, product, program, cause, or idea. Ironically, because you are so close to these topics, and care and know so much about them, you are most likely to speak generally about them than you do about a recent, negative incident you’ve experienced. And, as Adlai Stevenson once said, “When you throw mud, you get dirty.”

Whoever most vividly characterizes a situation or person usually determines how others see it, discuss it, and decide on it. If your description is more interesting than another’s, even if that person has more money, smarts, or power to push his message, others are more likely to recall and repeat yours. Even those who disagree are likely to use your description as they talk about their disagreement. Think how influential you are when you thus speak English like it tastes good.

Become more memorable by saying it better next time in one or more of these specific ways:

* Before you speak, reverse the sequence of what you instinctively say, putting the example before the conclusion. Give the specific story, detail, vivid contrast, or client’s situation and how you solved it or an unexpected twist of detail that pulls listeners in.

* Speak or write to evoke a smile, or at least a pause. Evocative words deepen the listener’s memory and feeling for what you say. Such words can be heartwarming, quirky, poignant, humorous, inspiring, startling, and more.

Heart-warming: Isn’t “Doggie Care” a more emotional name for a dog-washing and kennel service than, say, “Canine Care”?

Quirky: My second book dedication was “To Thelton, without whose companionship this book would have been completed much earlier, but life wouldn’t have been nearly as sweet.”

Poignant: The first words of an inexpensive but highly successful radio public service announcement began with a man saying: “One in three women who are murdered in this state (pause) are murdered by their husbands.” He ended the two-sentence PSA with, “If you even think there’s a slight possibility that someone you know’s life is in danger, do what I didn’t do for my sister. Call this number . . .”

Humorous: My friend Paul Geffner’s chicken take-out restaurant in San Francisco was called “Poultry in Motion.” Montana cowboy friend Hank D. modestly accepted an award for heroism by saying simply, “The sun don’t shine on the same dog all the time. Thanks for this sunshine.”

* Use words from the real world. Which was easier to remember the first time you heard these company names: “Intel” or “Apple”?

* Use a metaphor from the common cultural experience of the people with whom you are talking. For example, columnist Albert Hunt wrote recently, when describing the winners and losers in Congress’s impeachment debate: “A man who touches more bases than the New York Yankees, Tom Daschle now has the solid support and confidence of the other forty-four Senate Democrats.”

Use these four techniques to get people to remember what you say, even when they did not try to:

1. Imagine that the brain is like a wall with clothes hooks on it. For the brain to catch and retain a detail, that detail must hang on one of the memory-inducing hooks that is already in the brain. The biggest hooks are the three universal and core life experiences: 1) family, 2) hometown or town where you have lived or are living, and 3) past or current kind of work. For family, relate what you’re saying to a family situation: yours, theirs, someone else’s, or even a metaphorical family of services. Or relate your topic to the listener’s work situation or work with which she is familiar. People also remember landmark places where they live, have lived, or have visited or well-known places. For example, our business is in Sausalito, which evokes pleasant by-the-bay memories for most who’ve visited here.

2. Motion makes memories. Whenever people are moving or see movement, they remember more and are more emotional about what they remember. Get customers in motion with you in a positive experience and they will be more fervent, vivid, and believing fans, more likely to evoke their bragging rights and likely to share their experience with others. That’s why we literally move to offer samples, getting people to reach out, so they feel the experience more deeply.

An experience is most memorable when you and the other person are both in motion, such as when you shake hands, walk together, or reach to exchange something. Pick those ripe moments to say the most vivid, specific detail you want the listener to remember and repeat to others. Times are next most memorable for the listener who is in motion even if you are not. Ask the person to reach or turn for something while you’re saying your tasty tidbit to remember. The next most memorable movement is when you are in motion, even if your listener is not. A final valuable way to evoke a memory is for you both to watch motion from something or someone else.

Warning: Movement is a two-edged sword — it is never neutral. The listener who experiences something negative where motion is involved will also remember the experience longer, and more intensely. As to a vibrating pole, we hold on sooner, longer, and more strongly to the negative incidents of life than to the positive, because the primitive triune part of our brain — wired to help us survive — causes us to respond to appearances of danger more strongly than to those of delight.

3. Speak first of the other person’s most current, pressing interest. Just as those in the market for new cars are most likely to hear car ads on the radio, all people listen sooner when you first speak about what is most on their mind at that moment. Sadly, in fewer than 5% of interactions when we want something from someone else do we first speak about what matters most to them. We are more likely to speak about our own interests first.

4. Speak in vivid, specific details that have a high emotional value for the listener.

The good news? If you practice speaking first about the other person’s interests, then about what you share in common, and only then about how that commonality relates to your interests, four amazingly powerful changes occur in how that other person relates to you. The person listens sooner, listens longer, remembers more, and assumes you have a higher IQ than if you first speak about your own interests. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- ~ Learn how to reduce or avoid arguments for just $10.95. Kare’s new book, Resolving Conflict Sooner, offers a powerfully simple four-step method, plus 100 specific persuasion techniques. Reserve a copy now at your bookstore. Or order one by sending a $12 check to “Kare Anderson” at our address below and we’ll include the “Clarity Cards” pack of 40 tips + inspirational sayings for free.

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Six Common Job-Interview Questions

One of the easiest ways to build confidence before a job interview is to prepare answers to questions you might be asked. Whether you're applying for a position as a web programmer, accountant, or legal secretary, interviewers often use some general questions to assess candidates, so you'll increase your chances for success if you prepare for them in advance.

Six common questions are listed below, along with insights from several recruitment professionals about how to answer. As part of your interview preparation, take the time to formulate answers to each question, focusing on specific tasks and accomplishments.

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"

This is one of the most well-known interview questions, and interviewers often ask it indirectly, as in, "What did your most recent boss suggest as areas for improvement in your last performance review?"

Lindsay Olson, founder of Paradigm Staffing Solutions, a firm specializing in hiring public relations professionals, suggests tailoring your "strengths" answer to skills that will benefit the prospective employer. Though you may have a knack for building gingerbread houses, it might be of little value for the job at hand.

When it comes to weaknesses, or areas of growth, Olson recommends building on your answer to include "how you have improved, and specifics on what you have done to improve yourself in those areas."

"Why did you leave your last position?"

"Interviewers will always want to know your reasoning behind leaving a company ? particularly short stints," says Olson. "Be prepared to tell the truth, without speaking negatively about past employment."

"Can you describe a previous work situation in which you ... ?"

This question comes in many forms, but what the interviewer is looking for is your behavior on the job. Your answer could focus on resolving a crisis, overcoming a negotiation deadlock, handling a problem coworker, or juggling multiple tasks on a project.

The theory behind this type of question is that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, according to Yves Lermusi, CEO of Checkster, a company that offers career and talent checkup tools. "The key to responding well is preparing real job examples, describing your behavior in specific situations that demonstrate important skills that the job requires."

"What is your ideal work environment?"

This question is not about whether you prefer a cubicle or an office, so think broadly to include ideas about supervision, management styles, and your workday routine.

Bob Hancock, senior recruiter for video game publisher Electronic Arts, says that he uses this question with candidates because it can give "a sense of their work habits, how flexible they are with their schedules, and how creative they are."

"How do you handle mistakes?"

The best strategy for this general question is to focus on one or two specific examples in the past and, if possible, highlight resolutions or actions that might have relevance to the job you're interviewing for.

"Employers want to know they're hiring someone with the maturity to accept responsibility and the wherewithal to remedy their own mistakes," says Debra Davenport, a master professional mentor and columnist for the Business Journal in Phoenix.

"What is your most notable accomplishment?"

Paradigm Staffing's Olson suggests that candidates think of three or four accomplishments and quantify what their actions meant in terms of increasing revenues, saving resources, or improving resources.

"Being able to quantify your achievements in your career will launch you ahead of the rest," she says, "and demonstrate your ability to do the same as a future employee."

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