Marilyn Thipthorpe In the past five years, a growing number of women in the Middle East have been making waves on YouTube. Between 2014 and 2015, the top four YouTube channels led by women in Saudi Arabia saw an increase in subscribers of more than 200%, according to numbers provided by YouTube. These women are…
Nusrat Progga “Bleh, I wish I could be a model, then life would be so easy”- said every girl at one point of their lives. Well, not so fast because fancy parties, travelling business class, and a grand lifestyle is not all there is to modeling. Maybe for the A-grade supermodels like the Kardashians, Jenners,…
Marilyn Thipthorpe God! Just the word makes me go weak in the knees… From dark to white, this gooey piece of cocoa is enough to drive the most civilized people mad. Chocolate has been around for centuries and is one of the most well known aphrodisiacs, besides letting you in on that little secret; here…
Nusrat Jahan If you are a Bangladeshi, then chances are that you do not know how to use Twitter. Or you know just the basic stuff and find it boring, thinking why you even need twitter to stalk your favorite celebrities when you could just use Instagram. But did you know that you could use…
Samiul Bashar Samin No political action seems to enjoy greater moral authority than the nonviolent methods Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated more than a century ago. Gandhi’s neologism for nonviolent direct action was satyagraha, which roughly translates to ‘holding fast to truth’. While this term itself never caught on, in principle or form, nonviolent models of organizing…
Marilyn Thipthorpe An accomplished pastry chef, owner of The Flourist and an extremely gifted artist with her own label- Pretty Shitty Art, Saria Saguaro Ahmed sat down for a rendezvous with the Our Time team. When asked how well she takes criticism for her art work she says that “just because you’re criticized doesn’t mean…
Myisha Nawar Yamin Khan, a renowned comedian, talked about his comedy inspiration, the struggles in the industry, his Youtube channel ‘Gold Digger’ and the present day Bangladeshi comedy scenario in a discussion with the Daily Our Time team at a rendezvous session. What started out as a school spectacle of imitating teachers branched out into…
A retired Bangladesh army member was killed by slighting throat by miscreants at Pirbari in the district town on Monday night. The deceased identified as Bahar Sakra, 45, a resident of Phulbaria area of the town, hailed from Birgaon village of Nabinagar upazila. Locals said a group of miscreants attacked Bahar on a lane in…
Four members of a family died from electrocution at Ramdighi village in Dharmapasha upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Ranjit Sarker,45, his father Jagajit Sarker,70, wife Rita Sarker,35, and daughter Sonali Sarker,10. Tabakar Talukder, chairman of Chamardani union, said Ranjit got electrified after a branch of a tree along with a live…
Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh seized one lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Gahira Chhipatoli area of Anwara upazila early Tuesday. Afsar Uddin, a coast guard official, said on secret information, a team of the coast guard conducted a drive in the area in the morning. Sensing the presence of the force, the drug dealers…