Amna Chaudhry, Currently completing her MA in South Asia Studies from SOAS/Dawn, Pakistan For some reason, only girls are shamed for using the internet to seek validation. A L I A has almost 4,000 followers on Twitter. Her bio is unassuming; she states that she is from Karachi and that her old account is now…
DOT Desk: Number of honey harvesters in mustard farming fields is increasing gradually as in Rajshahi including its vast Barind tract. The composite farming is being adjudged as lucrative means of boosting mustard yield in the region, reports The Financial Express. Honey hunting is being expanded to many new areas every year contributing a lot…
UNB: Law enforcers on Sunday arrested a man for ‘making derogatory comments’ about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and spreading their distorted pictures through Facebook. The arrestee is Abul Kalam, 52, son of late Amin Ullah of Narayanpur village in Noakhali district. He used to make derogatory remarks and spread distorted…
NHS: Taking vitamin D supplements could reduce the risk of deadly lung attacks in some chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, finds a recent study. Conducted by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, the study has been published in the journal Thorax. The findings add to a growing list of health benefits for the…
DOT Desk: Jahir wasn’t all that disappointed after missing out on the opportunity to create a national record in the 200m. Jahir Raihan was an extremely happy man Saturday after claiming gold medal in the 200m at the National Athletics Championship at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, to go with his gold in the 400m,…
DOT Desk: Everyone should make a point to visit the inmates’ pavilion and buy their products, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Prison inmates are getting an opportunity to showcase their handmade products once again at this year’s Dhaka International Trade Fair. The products they produce are sold commercially in the fair at reasonable prices, and are…
Lifewire: Facebook Me-ssenger is the most popular messaging platform in the world (closely followed by WhatsApp), which makes it one of the best tools for getting in touch with people fast and for free. Despite its popularity, trying to figure out how to add people to Messenger can be kind of confusing. This is especially…
DOT Desk: Ujjiban Social and Behaviour Change Project of USAID has launched the drama series “Rodro Chayar Khela” directed by three prominent directors of the country namely-Salahuddin Lavlu, Giasuddin Selim and Amitabh Reza Chowdhury. It will be aired on RTV at 8 pm every Monday from today, reports The Daily Observer. The launching event was…
Rishi Ram Paudyal, Life member of Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association / My Republica There are many university teachers who can’t understand and speak English well but are ‘teaching’ in English medium It’s not so long since semester system was implemented in Master’s level in Department of Education. This system is supposed to be more…
Keren Shafir / The Jerusalem Post The issue of mourning is one of the core questions of psychoanalytic theory and I find its exploration via literary texts a fascinating prism through which to examine this foundational issue. By many accounts, the forging of art and poetry has been one of the central responses to the…