It’s that time of the year again when everything from the weather to our mood is a bit romantic. It’s the most perfect setting when love is in the air, joy in our heart and good food on our plates. Valentine’s Day is a day of love and goes without saying that there’s a lot to love about food. There’s is, of course, the food of love also known as aphrodisiacs. These are…

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined mobile operator Grameenphone (GP) Tk 2.5 lakh for `deceiving consumers` by its internet packages. The consumar rights regulatory body came up with the monetary panelty after it found proof of an allegation of a consumer over GP’s internet package. Pranab Kumar Pramanik, an assistant director with DNCRP confirmed Jago News on this.…

Donald Trump forgot his earpiece and pretended to understand Donald Trump greeted Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe to the White House on Friday – but it didn’t go exactly to plan. It appears Trump wasn’t wearing his earpiece – which translated Abe’s address for the room. Yet, people noted Trump nodding in agreement to Abe. And, of course people noticed. Give Trump…

WhatsApp has recently rolled out a new update for iOS that makes a host of new changes on how the app functions.​ Queue up messages offline We all have faced the situation in which we think that we have messaged someone but later come to know that the message never went because of a bad internet connection. However, now those days are up. WhatsApp has finally rolled out an update that brings iPhone…

Benefits of gingerGinger is not only a most ancient herb; it has reputation as spice worldwide. It has become renowned for its range of health benefits.  The herb is full of essential nutrients such as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Dr Shamsunnahar Nahid shares the benefits of ginger. *    To improve immunity system, ginger root is well-liked. Adding…

India gave Bangladesh a minimum of 125 overs to survive to save the Hyderabad Test, 2.5 fewer than they managed to play in the first innings. It was only the second time they had batted 100 overs against India, and was largely down to their captain, wicketkeeper and one of their best batsman. Mushfiqur Rahim might be struggling as a captain and a wicketkeeper but as a batsman he stood between India…

The German government says 91 mosques were attacked in the country in 2016. The interior ministry said in a report sent to The Associated Press late Friday that most attacks — 21 of them— took place in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which is the country’s most populous state with a high number of Muslim immigrants. The report did not detail how badly the different…

Mobile handset brand Digo has introduced a new mobile phone named "Digo Detector" in the market with fake currency detection feature for the first time in the country. "An ultraviolet light has been used in the phone to detect the fake currency," Digo mobile said today at a press release. It said the lesser features can be used easily on a single press on a specific button. Besides,…

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said the new Election Commission (EC) will hold all the upcoming elections, including the general election in 2019, no matter whether BNP accepts it or not. Pointing out BNP’s criticism, the minister said that the President has constituted the new Election Commission as per the Constitution and law. We all have to respect his choice. There is no scope to create…

A Dhaka court on Sunday rejected bail for national cricket team player Arafat Sunny and ordered to send him jail in a case filed in women repression act against him. The court also dismissed a 7-day remand plea for interrogating him. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sorafuzzaman Ansari passed the order. On Sunday, probe officer of the case produced Sunny before the court and appealed for 7-day remand…

NEW DELHI: The University of Michigan on Saturday defied US President Donald Trump's executive order on Muslim immigrants and refugees+ and refused to release the immigration status information of its international students. On Saturday, the University's President Mark Schlissel released a statement, on university website, affirming the varsity's commitment to international students and…

New Delhi: Chinese Internet giant Alibaba may provide free Internet in India, as per news reports. The company is in talks with telecom operators and Wi-Fi providers to offer free Internet services, media reports further said.  “We will definitely look at the opportunity to work together with service providers or even some Wi-Fi providers. We are trying to offer lower cost data to users…

Schoolchildren in England will be offered lessons in cyber security in a bid to find the experts of the future to defend the UK from attacks. It is hoped 5,700 pupils aged 14 and over will spend up to four hours a week on the subject in a five-year pilot. Classroom and online teaching, "real-world challenges" and work experience will be made available from September. A Commons committee…

North Korea has fired an unidentified type of ballistic missile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports. Pyongyang has conducted a number of nuclear tests in the past year. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in January that the country was close to testing long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. North Korea's repeated missile and nuclear tests and aggressive statements…