Egypt has reportedly arrested two people accused of helping a Danish photographer stage a naked photoshoot on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photographer Andreas Hvid sparked controversy in Egypt after he published a photo showing himself and a woman naked on top of the pyramid, provoking an investigation by Egypt’s ministry of the…
UNB Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on Friday said journalists can enter voting centres, take photographs and even talk to voters during the upcoming general election, but the Commission is thinking imposing a restriction on live telecast. He came up with the remarks while briefing reporters at Nirbachan Bhaban in the afternoon. The EC…
UNB The Bangladesh’s multinational electronics brand ‘Walton’ reduced the prices of its big screen Android Smart and LED televisions marking the victory month of December. According to Walton authorities, they reduced the prices of 32-inch Smart and LED televisions by Tk 1,100. Now, customers can buy Walton brand 32-inch Smart TV at tk 23,800 and…
Nearly a century after the idea was first floated, a museum dedicated to the magic of cinema is finally set to open in Los Angeles, with the first temporary exhibition devoted to Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, slated to open by the end of 2019, will be devoted to the…
Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University/Aljazeera Why did Trump, Bolton and Mattis refuse to listen to the tape of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder? Because of Arabic? “We have the tape,” US President Donald Trump finally admitted that there is a tape-recording of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi –…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain is slated to tour Mymensingh to campaign for electoral candidates of ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ today, reports Dhaka Tribune. Gono Forum leader Jaglul Haider Afrik told reporters that the decision was taken at a meeting of the coordination committee of the alliance on Thursday night….
UNB Some 20,000 people in Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts benefitted from the Jibika project, a Chevron-Brac joint collaboration scheme, in the last three years. The Jibika project was designed to develop local institutions and promote entrepreneurship for sustainable income growth of the poor and marginalised farming households around the Chevron-operated gas fields in the…
DOT Desk Bangladesh flower market has reached Tk 12 billion (142.86 million US dollars), according to the Bangladesh Flower Society, reports The Financial Express. Abdur Rahim, President of the Bangladesh Flower Society, said that about 3.0 million people are directly and indirectly involved in the Tk 12 billion sector. About 20,000 people are directly engaged…
DOT Desk Additional secretary of the agricultural ministry Md Abdur Rouf on Thursday called for laying emphasis on maintaining standards during production of food to boost exports and make more profits, reports The Daily Sun. “We have to lay stress on producing quality food. Only then Bangladeshi agro-products can secure a place in foreign counties,”…
Reuters Delegates at U.N. climate talks in the Polish city of Katowice point to the mining museum next to the conference venue as the proper place for coal, which provides 80 percent of the country’s electricity. Poland’s decision to host the negotiations to revive the 2015 Paris agreement on phasing out fossil fuel has laid…