Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Legal notice seeks BCB action on ICC umpires

Dhaka: A legal notice was served on the authorities of Bangladesh C ricket Board (BCB) requesting them to file an appeal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for punishing the umpires for their wrong decisions in quarter-final between Bangladesh and India on March 19. Supreme Court lawyer...

Selena Gomez advices Jeff Ross on roasting Justin Bieber

Dhaka:  Jeff Ross has revealed that he got tips from Justin Bieber's former girlfriend, Selena Gomez, on how to roast the 21-year old singer. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post newspaper, the 49-year-old stand-up comedian admitted that he researched dirt about Bieber for 'Comedy...

Monday, 9 March 2015

Is It OK To Fantasize About Someone Else Once You're Married?

It’s not just the fans of Fifty Shades of Grey who have sexual fantasies. In fact, according to experts, most women — regardless of their relationship status — fantasize about sexual activities they’re not currently experiencing. “It’s completely natural for women to fantasize about other men. Even...

Friday, 6 March 2015

A suitcase laboratory against Ebola

A virologist from Göttingen has developed an easy to carry suitcase-lab that will enable medics to run full-fledged genetic tests for a variety of viruses. Until now, this was all but unthinkable.  RPA-Mini-laboratory, developed by the German Primate Center in Göttingen (Foto: DPZ) The RPA...

Monday, 2 March 2015

Digital Marketing: A Guide to Visuals & Digital Customer Service

This is the extended version of the 4th Installment of my Series of Articles on Digital Marketing Tactics Published on The Daily Star Newspaper. You may read the first extended version here discussing StoryTelling and Digital Campaigns, the second version discussing SEO and Content Crowdsourcing...

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

What is SEO?

SEO stands for search engine optimization. What is that? Suppose you have a website that is alright is every way but you don't get visitors to your site. Why? This happens when your design of the site and the contents of each page are not carefully put together. Before you design your website you...

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Why can't the search engines figure out my site without SEO?

Search engines are smart, but they still need help. The major engines are always working to improve their technology to crawl the web more deeply and return better results to users. However, there is a limit to how search engines can operate. Whereas the right SEO can net you thousands of visitors and increased attention, the wrong moves can hide or bury your site deep in the search results where...

Why need website SEO?

The majority of web traffic is driven by the major commercial search engines, Google, Bing, and Yahoo!. Although social media and other types of traffic can generate visits to your website, search engines are the primary method of navigation for most Internet users. This is true whether your site...

In battle against Islamic State, Iraqi tribal chiefs plead for more U.S. aid

Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha addresses Iraqi troops on June 21, 2014, in the city of RamadiSheikh Ahmed Abu Risha addresses Iraqi troops on June 21, 2014, in the city of Ramadi. The meeting in the Virginia home of retired Gen. John Allen, President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the coalition fighting...