Hossen Sohel: Time magazine is changing hands once again, nearly eight months after it was sold to US media group Meredith Corporation, reports BBC. The co-founder of Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, and his wife are personally buying Time for $190m (£145.3m). In a statement, Meredith said the Benioffs “will not be involved in the day-to-day operations…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka Facebook and Twitter have turned into rumor mill s in Bangladesh. Compared to Twitter, Facebook is used more ominously. The liberals who think the online based media as technologies of freedom may find this statement…
DOT Desk LG Life’s Good Disabled Students’ Trust Fund Scholarship awarded three differently able students of Dhaka University (DU) for their outstanding effort and results in the academic examinations, reports ObserverBD. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md Akhtaruzzaman and LG Electronics Bangladesh Managing Director D K Son handed over the scholarship cheque to three students at…
Desk Report: In order to support a positive emotional well-being, women require more nutrient-rich diet than men. It is because the anatomical and functional differences in men’s and women’s brain dictate susceptibility to mental disease. Scientists at the Binghamton University conducted this research on 563 participants through social media. Until now, there is less awareness…
UNB: Two Bangladeshi raising golfers Shakhawat Sohel and Ismail mad their successful cuts in the US$350,000 Take Solutions Masters at Karnataka Golf Association course in Bengaluru, India. Sohel aggregated one-under-par 141, after carding even-par-71 in the second round, while Ismail aggraded matching total with carding a two-under-par-69 in the second round. Both shared joint 53rd…
Hossen Sohel: Oppo-sition lawmakers have criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for offering to re-start talks with India on key issues, including terrorism and Kashmir, without taking parliament into confidence, reports PTI. Senate, the upper house of parliament, met Monday evening and among other issues discussed the government’s efforts to revive talks with India. In…
DOT Desk : Noted actor Tele Samad was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), reports Observer BD. The actor’s daughter Sohela Samad confirmed this on Saturday. She said her father felt serious breathing problem on Friday. Later, he was admitted to the hospital and now, he was kept…
Dipu Akter ‘There’s a light A certain kind of light That never shone on me I want my life to be lived with you … There’s a way, everybody says To do each and every little thing But what does it bring If I ain’t got you, ain’t got you?’ This lovely song is one…
Reuters: Greek passenger ships remained docked at ports across the country for a second day on Tuesday, as seamen extended a strike to demand wage increases and the reinstatement of labor rights after the expiry of the country’s third bailout. The strike, which started at 0600 (0300 GMT) on Monday and was organized by Greece’s…
Desk Report: Many were asking whether Arifin Shuvo will be in the comeback film under the banner of Manna’s production house, Kritanjali Kothachitra, reports The Asian Age. Titled ‘Jam’, the film had its ‘Shubha Mahurat’ (lalunching ceremony) recently and after one month of the ceremony news broke that Shuvo is acting in the film against…