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…
Reuters : The two Koreas on Wednesday launched a project to reconnect rail and road links severed since the 1950-53 Korean War, but actual construction cannot start while sanctions remain in place against North Korea, officials said. The two sides agreed in October to work on reconnecting railways and roads as part of a thaw…
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,…
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…
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…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told Parliament that Bangladesh will place its proposals on future action plans, including the review of progress over the Rohingya crisis in different multilateral meetings during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Prime Minister she said this while replying to a starred question from Jatiya Party MP…
WIO News: The number of people killed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines jumped to 49 on Sunday, police said, as more landslide victims were discovered. Police spokesman Benigno Durana released updated figures showing the number of dead had risen from the previous reported toll of 30.
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…
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…
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,…