AFP: Lost in translation? Not in Mecca, thanks to a dedicated squad of interpreters gearing up to help two million Muslims speaking dozens of languages at the annual hajj pilgrimage. The six-day hajj, which starts on Sunday, is one of the five pillars of Islam, an act all Muslims must perform at least once if…
Jo Ellison /Channel NewsAsia I just don’t understand why, in addressing the subject of body image, we must now use jargon designed to obfuscate the issues, says one observer at the Financial Times. “If you carry on eating all that crap, you’re going to get fat.” I said that to my daughter about three years…
NTV While most parts of East Godavari West Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Nellore, Krishna, Guntur, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam in India are receiving incessant rains triggered by the Cyclone Phethai, residents of Amalapuram were in for a surprise. Residents in the area were surprised by seeing fish wiggling in puddles in front of their houses. Videos posted by…
UNB A young man sustained injuries being struck by a stray bullet in the city’s Elephant Road area on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Moinuddin, 18, son of Harun Bhandari, a resident of medical staff quarter in the area. He sustained injuries in his left elbow, he said. However, it couldn’t be ascertained…
Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT : For Sarah Ariannas to whom we owe a better world. Recently, we have seen a number of brave individuals coming forward with their stories of sexual abuse. Their purpose was to expose the perpetrators. But what about those who don’t make it to the Me Too march? What about…
DOT Desk: Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd), Chief External & Corporate Affairs Officer of bKash handing over books to Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Founder and Chief Executive of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro at their office recently, reports The Daily Sun. bKash has been supporting the ‘Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) Program’ of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro…
Fuad Khan Though Disney films are made for children,they tackle serious themes and reinforce important messages in their films. This is the reason why Disney films have been popular among people of different ages. Beauty and the Beast is a conventional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Recently Disney has published…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister’s Intern-ational Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi has called for social boycott of the corrupt to check corruption in the society. “Law is not enough to reduce corruption. They need to be socially boycotted,” he said at a program of the Transparency International Bangladesh. He commented that poverty cannot be reduced…
M Humayun Kabir: Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has strongly opposed the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in the upcoming national election. “It alone might plunge the polls into controversy,” said the commissioner, reports The Daily Star. Mahbub Talukder placed the opinion in written form yesterday when he walked out of a key meeting to…
Myisha Nawar Steam survival hit Rust implemented a new feature recently, which randomly makes the player’s avatar a man or woman. The previous, permanent randomization for the character’s skin, color, limb length and, even, penis size generally got positive reviews from almost all the players. But that was when the avatars were all male. With…