The Problem With Banning Pornography on Tumblr

    Jessica Powell, Formar head of communications for Google/New York Times The decision has taken away an essential platform for some women and members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community. This week, the social networking site Tumblr banned the very thing that drove many people to its site: adult content. Many cheered that Tumblr had finally caught up…

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      Why should the youth participate in politics?

      Chiroranjan Sarker, Columnist/ BDnews24 George Bernard Shaw was once asked: “What is the most beautiful thing in the world?” He replied, “Youth — and what a pity it is wasted on the young.” Yet, after being dormant politically for decades, young people are starting to make their presence felt again. We are living in a…

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        Mark Zuckerberg Is More Ruthless Than Clueless

        Shira Ovide/Bloomberg Internal emails show Facebook’s CEO is much different from the image he would like to portray. Lawmakers in the United Kingdom on Wednesday released a trove of Facebook Inc. documents that provide an intriguing glimpse inside the company — and obliterate any remaining notions of its chief executive officer as an innocent babe…

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          AL finalises candidates for 240 seats

          Hossen Sohel of DOT : Ruling Awami League (AL) finally announced its candidatures for 240 constituencies for contesting in the upcoming general election, reports The Daily Star. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader declared it formally at the party chief’s Dhanmondi office yesterday. “We have left 60 seats for our alliance partners,” Obaidul told reporters….

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            The chicken and egg theory

            Mahmudur Rahman writes for DOT :  More often than not the government gets hammered for not being able to provide enough jobs to meet the rapid turnout of able handed and educated (sic) workforce every year. The figures are arguable but unemployment is significant enough to be of concern for social scientists as idle m)nds…

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              When I am an ex-viqi and also a mother

              Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT :  It was back in 1995, I was admitted in class one of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC). Prior to this admission, I had to sit for a test where approximately 10,000 students participated, if I’m not wrong. Among them, only 500 students were selected. That was quite a…

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