South Korea grain silo now world’s largest mural

    Sayeed Muhammad of DOT A dreary grain silo that was transformed into an enormous colourful artwork in South Korea has been put on the list of the largest outdoor mural in the world, by Guinness World Records. The painting depicting a young boy’s journey into adulthood covers the outside of giant storage containers in Incheon…

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      Johnny Depp film about Biggie Smalls pulled from cinemas

      The Independent, UK: Johnny Depp’s thriller City of Lies, about the late rapper Notorious B.I.G, has been pulled from cinemas a month before its scheduled release. The film, formerly titled Labryinth, stars Depp and Forrest Whittaker, and was supposed to open in North America on 7 September via Global Road Entertainment. Directed by Brad Furman,…

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        Sharmili Ahmed in new serials

        Ovi Moinuddin Sharmili Ahmed is a renowned actress of our country. But in the recent times, she is busy with doing weekly serials. In the recent times, five of her serials are being aired in different channels. The names of the serials are Abul Hayat’s “Akaasher opaar akaash”, Chandan Chowdhury’s “Shob pakhi ghore firey”, Hridi…

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          Not just a Muslim issue

          Jawed Naqvi, Dawn’s correspondent in Delhi/ Dawn, Pakistan INDIAN actor Naseeruddin Shah was trolled and threatened last week for expressing a reasoned view that religious intolerance and growing mob violence posed a mortal threat to the secular state. Naseer’s is a mixed marriage like several other actors and ordinary folk. Like him, his Hindu wife…

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            Dubai Launching Hover Taxi

              A self-driving hover taxi model by China tested Dubai transport authority and they have a aim to introduce with it in the emirate by July. It is a one man electric vehicle which is self driving by 2030. The capacity of this hover taxi is 100 km per hour (60 mph) and it can…

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              Zimbabwe president urges court to toss opposition challenge

              Washinton Post: Lawyers representing Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa have filed papers urging the country’s Constitutional Court to throw out an opposition challenge to his disputed election. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU-PF party won the July 30 election in this politically and economically troubled southern African country’s first election without…

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                CPB concerned over price hike of essentials

                DOT Desk: Communist Party of Bangladesh expressed deep concerns over the price hike of essential commodities, including rice, reports The New Age. CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim and general secretary Mohammad Shah Alam, in a joint statement, said that rice prices had suddenly increased by Tk 4 to 5 per kilogram without any valid reason,…

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