Desk Report: Like most graduates, when Rangamati resident Piyal Chakma finished his degree in textiles in 2011, he hoped for a good job. Unfortunately, the job search proved disappointing. Piyal’s occasional contribution at a music studio in Dhaka was a far cry from the start of a prosperous career. Ultimately, it wasn’t a job that…
UNB: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali has called on Bimstec nations to enhance their security cooperation to “defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.” He was speaking at a panel discussion on Monday in New Delhi with heads of mission from Bimstec member states in India ahead of the fourth Bimstec…
Desk Report: The shipping minister has warned launch owners of taking legal actions, if they carry extra passengers during the Eid-ul-Azha festival, reports Financial Express. “I urge you (launch owners) not to carry extra passengers during Eid. We will take legal actions, if any owner violates our directives,” Shajahan Khan told the media after visiting…
BBC: Crazy Rich Asians beat expectations to take the top spot at the US box office on its opening weekend. The Warner Brothers film starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding is the first romantic comedy in three years to take the top spot. Since it opened five days ago, the film – which cost $30m…
Desk Report: Filming has begun on the sequel to It, the Stephen King adaptation directed by Andy Muschietti, with an all-new cast on board. Unfortunately, one of the actors – James McAvoy, who plays the adult version of Jaeden Lieberher’s Bill Denbrough – has already had some trouble on set. While battling Pennywise, McAvoy managed…
Russia Today: A video has emerged on Twitter showing a faceless yet worryingly realistic humanoid robot walking in what looks like a perfectly mundane courtyard. The trip down the uncanny valley caused some to proclaim an impending apocalypse. The clip shows the stoop-backed robot making its way past the cameraman, with ominous music playing in…
UNB: The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft Sarkari Chakori Ain 2018 with a provision for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take prior permission of the authorities concerned for arresting any public servant. The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
Kabir Humayun: Three more students involved with the recent student protest and quota reform movement were granted bail in cases filed with different police stations in Dhaka. The students who secured bail are Risalatul Ferdous, student of East West University, Saber Ahmed Ullash of Uttara Asian University and Aminul Ehsan Baizid of Turag IUBAT, reports…
The Guardian, UK: A kindergarten in Indonesian has been criticised for dressing girls up in black, Isis-style costumes and replica rifles for an independence day parade, with organisers forced to apologise for the embarrassing gaffe. Photos of the “cultural” parade held in the city of Probolinggo, East Java, on Saturday showed lines of young girls…
Desk Report: To give a relief from every pressure and tension of the arrangement of a wedding or a corporate arrangement of the city dweller, an IT firm called “Cloud Next Generation Limited” come forwarded with a new initiative, reports Asian Age. They have built a web platform named VENUE.com.bd that will serve you information…