Arafat Hasan of DOT BNP has expressed acceptance over the Election Commission’s decision to deploy army in the country starting from today for the upcoming 11th Parliamentary Election on December 30. “We welcome the decision to deploy army during the 11th Jatiya Sangsad polls. We sincerely believe that the deployment of army will help create…
DOT Desk Mastercard, in association with Daraz Bangladesh Limited, has announced the winner for ‘Win Trip For Two To Singapore’ campaign for November 2018, which aims to drive digital payments on Daraz, reports The Financial Express. They win a two nights and three days trip for two to Singapore, says a media release. Syed Mostahidal…
Susan Konig, Publisher and the author of three books, including “Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children)/New York Post I ran into a neighbor and her daughter in our lobby recently. The daughter dashed for the stairs, while her mom and I waited for the elevator. I…
DOT Desk The Information Ministry is all set to launch a media centre at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka city to provide election related information from December 29-31, reports The Daily Star. State Minister for Information Tarana Halim came up with the announcement at her secretariat office yesterday. The media centre will remain open for…
Arun Devnath, The Hindu In its battle against the abuse of its network, Facebook shut down nine pages that imitated leading news outlets and six fake personal accounts in Bangladesh. It came on December 20, just 10 days before the nationwide election. Hours later, Twitter announced its decision to take down 15 accounts for “engaging…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has urged people in Rangpur to vote for her party and its allies, adding they could overcome a famine-like situation by continuing to vote for the Boat. “Once, the entire Rangpur was suffering from famine. Rangpur has overcome the bad times and now it is witnessing…
Images While Musk chose to tweet out a GIF of Ranveer dancing to ‘Malhaari’, the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film also starred Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles. The film follows the romance between Maratha general, Baji Rao I , and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand. The 2015 film won nine Filmfare awards and seven…
CNN Whether they are disrupting flights at London’s Gatwick Airport or racing around stadiums in one of the world’s newest sports, drones are being put to use in an ever wider variety of ways. Now, India may join a growing list of countries that use the unmanned aerial vehicles for transporting medical materials. Officials are…
CNN Miley Cyrus has just rewritten a holiday classic and it’s pretty catchy. Given the recent debate over songs such as “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” for lyrics that some see as demeaning to women, Cyrus turned the 1953 hit “Santa Baby” into a feminist anthem. The singer performed the song Thursday night alongside Mark Ronson…
Hindustan Times The wedding season this year is far from over as several Bollywood A-listers tied the knot within a few days. And now the multiple receptions are keeping their fans busy who try to keep a tab on their public appearances, starry parties and grand celebrations. Priyanka Chopra, who just hosted her third wedding…