Afsan Chowdhury, Advisory Editor/ Dhaka Courier The stupendous electoral victory has put AL under pressure. It had said before the elections that it had been performing well and after the elections has claimed that the people had rewarded them for it. However, now that its political challenges are all but over, the AL is left…
Sinead Corcoran/ Stuff.com A hate-follow is exactly what it sounds like – it’s the term that describes following someone on social media even though you truly cannot stand them. Dyson-promoting mummy bloggers, for example. Instagram “influencers” endlessly unboxing free PR gifts, PDA-obsessed couples who do that heart-hands pose in photos, or that guy from Tinder…
Getbengal Information Desk/ Get Bengal If you have ever paid a visit to the dreamland of Kurseong, the peace, serenity, landscape must have left you in awe. In Lepcha language, this was originally called Kharsang or the ‘Land of the White Orchids.’ Be it the wooded mountains, lush green plantations, picturesque, thick forests, quiet monasteries,…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured that the opposition will be able to come up with criticism against the government in the parliament as it is an important aspect in a democratic process. The opposition will not face any obstacle if it criticises the government, she also said. The premier came up with…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT For the first time in the country’s history, the 11th parliament has elected Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury the Speaker for the third time on the trot. The attending MPs of the newly-formed parliament unanimously elected he as the lone candidate, though a voice voting as Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah,chairing the…
Sultana Kamal speaks to DOT : Discriminatory and abusive content against women is made in the Home Economics textbook of class six and nine-ten of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board for the academic session 2019. It says about how fair and dark complexioned girls should be dressed up, what slim and fat girls should…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Universal basic income (UBI) is program, where all citizens (or permanent residents) of a country, or any other region, regardless of their income, resources or employment status, may receive a regular sum of money from a source such as the government. Universal Basic Income is also called…
Channelnewsasia: James Ingram, a Grammy winner known for his soulful R&B hits, has died, his friends and colleagues said on Tuesday (Jan 30). He was 66 years old. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir,” performer Debbie Allen tweeted. “He will always be cherished, loved and remembered…
Euro News: Philippine authorities called for calm on Wednesday after a grenade attack on a mosque in a mainly Christian southern province killed two people, just three days after a devastating church bombing shook the restive Mindanao region. A grenade was thrown into a mosque during the night in Zamboanga, killing two people and wounding…
The Guardian, UK: Actor Gwyneth Paltrow has been accused in a lawsuit of breaking a man’s ribs and leaving him with a concussion when she smashed into him while skiing at a Utah ski resort in 2016. Terry Sanderson, 72, claimed during a news conference in Salt Lake City that he heard a “hysterical scream”…