Brian Bennett/ Yahoo News President Donald Trump began a meeting with the top Democrats in Congress Friday with a 15-minute rant. Shortly after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took their seats, the president told them he would not budge below the $5.7 billion he’s demanded for a border wall and that…
BSS Taking the burden of her five-member family expenses on her tiny shoulder, 10-year Rokhsana works at a bidi factory in Lalmonirhat leaving her out of education, a basic right of children. Living in Kalmatirpara of Lalmonirhat district, she has been preparing bidi shells with her mother as a child labour since the age of…
UNB: Journalist Abu Bakar Chowdhury, acting editor of Dainik Manobkantha, passed away at a private hospital here early Tuesday. He was 54. Abu Bakar suffered a heart attack early morning and was admitted at Ibne Sina Hospital where he breathed his last around 5:15 am. His namaj-e-janaza will be held after Zohr prayer at Taqwa…
Desk Report: A Dhaka court yesterday denied a petition seeking bail for actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed and sent her to jail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for allegedly spreading rumours on social media during the recent student movement for safe roads, reports Daily Star. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhtar…
BDnews24: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged students to pursue education which will uplift their standards of life, rather than theoretical knowledge. The premier advised students during her inaugural speech of ‘7th March Building’ under Rokeka Hall, a female dormitory of Dhaka University. Sheikh Hasina said, “Students ought to receive quality education in the similar fashion…
Eurek Alert Researchers found that gently stroking a baby seems to reduce activity in the infant brain associated with painful experiences. Their results, appearing December 17 in the journal Current Biology, suggest that lightly brushing an infant at a certain speed–of approximately 3 centimeters per second–could provide effective pain relief before clinically necessary medical procedures….
Desk Report: Popular reality show, Banglalink Next Tuber, is coming up with its second season on September 20, 2018. The first season of Banglalink Next Tuber gained immense popularity, where many talented content creators were featured, reports The Daily star. Ahnaf Nasif and Rafid Mahadi were the winners of last season. Recently, the previous winners…
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…
James Ball, Writer and journalist based in London/The Atlantic It’s no longer spy versus spy. It’s spy versus tweeter, plane spotter, criminal, activist, bored person on the internet, and who knows who else. On the morning of December 26, Alan Meloy stood on the front porch of his home in northern England and noticed that…
Sayeed Muhammad: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that culprits who attacked journalists while covering the student protests will be brought to justice. He already discussed the matter with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports quoting the information minister as saying. He made the comments while he was speaking to…