Gutenberg’s Press: What makes a book, a book? Is it just anything that stores and communicates information or does it have to do with paper, binding, font, ink, its smell of the pages? Is this a book? To answer these questions we need to go back of the book as we know it and understand…
Md. Taqi Yasir We are celebrating our 35 years of Independence today and the whole festival will be celebrated by the traditional means. Independence Day is commonly associated with parades, political speeches, fairs, concerts, and ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, and traditions of Bangladesh. TV and radio stations broadcast…
Reuters: Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday a single exchange rate pegged to his socialist government’s petro cryptocurrency, effectively devaluing by 96 percent in a move economists said would fan hyperinflation in the chaotic country. In one of the biggest economic overhauls of Maduro’s five-year government, the former bus driver and union leader also…
Desk Report: The traders of traditional handloom sari in the district are frustrated due to its poor sale ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports Daily Star. During a visit to Karatia in Sadar upazila and Jokarchar in Kalihati upazila a couple of days ago, it was found very few buyers at the traditional sari markets. “Although saris…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The president of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College’s governing body Golam Ashraf Talukdar, apologized yesterday over the suicide of Aritry Adhikary, a ninth-grader of the school. “The governing body is shocked and are apologizing to Aritry’s parents,” Golam Ashraf said at a press briefing inside the school premises, reported The Daily…
Reuters: Prominent anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov arrived in Berlin on a special medical transport flight late on Saturday after falling ill and being hospitalized in Moscow last week, German newspaper Bild reported on Saturday. Members of the Pussy Riot protest band with whom Verzilov collaborated have suggested he may have been poisoned. Bild said the…
Minnie Potter In today’s world, it is easy to be negative about everything easily but that does not help anyone. Moreover, being a pessimist only makes things worse than they are. 1. Admit to having your existing emotions. Optimism does not necessarily mean that one needs to be happy all the time. Trying to repress…
Md. Taqi Yasir Actress Robin Wright said that she necessitated the same wage as co-star Kevin Spacey for her work on “House of Cards” and finally acquired it. Wright at first and foremost playedLady Claire Underwood, an equally deceitfulspouse for Spacey’s President Frank Underwood, on the series depicted by Netflix. Wright said during a Tuesday…
UNB: Branding the Digital Security Bill 2018’ as an ‘evil spirit of Baksal’, BNP yesterday alleged that the government has enacted the law to hide its ‘massive corruption’ and gag the media and people’s voice. Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also called…