BSS Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina yesterday unveiled her plan to upgrade the poorer people’s lifestyle in the capital saying if elected to power, her government would redesign the city’s congested areas and resettle slum dwellers in apartment complexes. “The rich people alone will not live in the flats buildings, multistoried residential…
EUrek Alert: Sudden, unpredictable drops in personal income during young adulthood are associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease and/or dying from any cause, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. In the United States, the recent rise in income inequality suggests that a larger proportion of the population…
A.S.M Riad Arif writes for DOT : After the 47 years of our Independence, the Voice of the Grassroots people remains silence at the mainstream media of the country. The highly centralized media has always been passive to focus the daily sufferings of the rural people. But the development of a country is largely depending…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Do you have that annoying habit of taking your phone everywhere, even to the bathroom? Well you’re not alone, 8 in 10 people use their phones in the toilet. It’s a great way to get your s**t done…while you’re getting your s**t done! But here’s why you should avoid this practice in the…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Barrister Mainul Hosein for six months in 13 defamation cases, The Daily Star reported. The court also stayed the trial proceedings of 15 defamation cases filed against Hosein for the next six months. The bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar…
Samiul Bashar Samin Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has revealed that she wants to play the first female James Bond, and says she would choose Leonardo DiCaprio to be the first ‘Bond boy’.Earlier this week X Files star Gillian Anderson hit headlines when she said she could replace Daniel Craig as the first female…
NDTV A man in Abu Dhabi has been fined 20,000 dirhams and sentenced to 60 days in jail for calling his fiancee ‘idiot’ over a WhatsApp message. According to Khaleej Times, the unnamed man sent his fiancee a message and referred to her as an idiot (habla in Arabic). Though he claims he used the…
BBC : Theresa May is heading to Brussels for an EU summit, the morning after surviving a vote of confidence. The prime minister is seeking legally binding pledges from EU leaders on the Irish backstop – a key obstacle for MPs who oppose her Brexit deal. The EU will not renegotiate the deal but may…
Arpeeta Shams Mizan writes for DOT : With the national election just around the corner, the voting and political participation is on everybody’s mind. Amidst the entire political hullabaloo, let’s talk about women’s political participation in Bangladesh, Here; I will look at some issues taken for granted by the society. Women and politics are not…