Social Media Desk Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) executives are in early talks with potential Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) investors about contributing to financing to buy the troubled Internet company, a person familiar with the situation said. The talks are preliminary, the person added, and Microsoft is focused on preserving the relationship between the two companies. Microsoft and…
Marilyn Thipthorpe A swimmer’s snorkel can dramatically change the way you bang out laps in the pool. Unlike a regular snorkel, these devices typically have a single tube that extends from a special mask up the center of your head so that you can swim without the need to turn your head from side to…
DOT Desk : Renowned director and National Film Award winner Saidul Anam Tutul passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday. He was 68. The nephew of the deceased Samiul Anam confirmed the news. The director on both silver and small screen, Saidul Anam Tutul, was suffering from heart disease. He was admitted to Labaid…
Reported by: Jannatul Ferdous Panna Written by: Eshan Maitra After the passing away of past Chairman Judge Anwarul Haq. International Crime Tribunal (ICT) for punishing the war-criminals, is almost at halted condition due to having no Chairman Judge, said ICT Intelligence Unit’s Senior Officer M Sanaul Haq. Senior Prosecutor Jead Al-Malum mentioned that, 10 witness…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh is among the four nations in South Asia that experienced decline in terror attacks. While terror impact on South Asia has worsened on average, Bangladesh shows improvement in security alongside Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, said the 2018 Global Terrorism Index. Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are amongst the ten countries most impacted…
Wali-ur Rahman, Former Ambassador : Prime minister has travelled to India to inaugurate Bangladesh Bhaban and receive D Lit degree. These were the reason for her making the short trip to India. Despite visit being short and the two special reasons, the people of Bangladesh had enough expectation. They wanted the unsettled issues to be…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Amid rising political tension with Japan, South Korea has step up efforts to share with the world its experience of their neighbor’s wartime atrocities, including sexual violence against its women, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told Reuters. Kang said South Korea was seeking to host an international conference on sexual violence in…
Al Arabiya: In Saudi Arabia, Arabic coffee is a widely popular traditional drink, and a symbol of the country’s deep-rooted culture, where you will find it in almost every household. The popularity of Arabic coffee being part of Saudi people’s daily lives is what pushed doctorate-holding Saudi man, Ziad al-Ruqi, to leave his job in…
The statement “Islam does not belong to Germany” by Horst Seehofer, the German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, is equivalent to the statement “Muslims do not belong to Germany.” The de-individualization of Muslims does not change the discrimination and othering of them. As the term anti-Semitism was needed to highlight the growing…
Rahat Islam of DOT Taliban negotiators and US officials met in Qatar yesterday finalized clauses in a draft agreement to end the 17-year-old Afghan war, according to Taliban sources. US special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is reprotedly heading to Afghan capital Kabul to brief President Ashraf Ghani on the progress after the end of the…