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New attraction for 2017 in SAMSUNG

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Smartphones are usually a lot better when they have big screens. From sending long messages to your boss explaining how badly you need that leave, to watching videos of a kangaroo terrorising an Australian bloke in a Land Cruiser, you name it, everything is better with a bigger screen. Moreover it’s IP68 water and dust resistant. But how good does it perform? Let’s find out:   First Impressions: The A7 does not make you want to have hands the size of the moon. It’s wrapped all around in toughened Gorilla Glass, curving round both the front and rear edges for that extra little bit of grip that decides the fate of your wallet. It follows the same design language as the likes of the premium line of devices from Samsung, resulting in the color-matched metal frame sandwiched between the two sheets of glass.  The speaker grill has been moved from the conventional bottom or rear-firing location, to an unusual place on the upper right corner of the phone, just above the unlock button
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Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Prize at last

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After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony yesterday, the Swedish Academy announced. The academy, which awards the coveted prize, ended prolonged speculation as to whether the 75-year-old troubadour would use a concert stopover in Stockholm to accept the gold medal and diploma awarded to him back in October. They were handed to Dylan at a "private ceremony in Stockholm" attended by 12 academy members, Sara Danius, the academy's permanent secretary, said in a blog post. "Spirits were high. Champagne was had," Danius confided. "Quite a bit of time was spent looking closely at the gold medal, in particular the beautifully crafted back, an image of a young man sitting under a laurel tree who listens to the Muse," she added. "Taken from Virgil's Aeneid, the inscription reads: 'Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes,' loose
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Shakib likeliest to succeed Mashrafe: Hassan

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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan said today that the board knew that Mashrafe Bin Mortaza would step down from the captaincy of the T20I side, but not that he would retire from the format altogether. Hassan also said that Shakib Al Hasan is the likeliest candidate to succeed Mashrafe as captain in T20Is. Bangladesh's limited-overs skipper Mashrafe announced his retirement from the shortest format during the toss of the first T20I against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa International Stadium yesterday. "I had a meeting with Mashrafe, Tamim [Iqbal], Mushfiqur [Rahim] and Shakib [Al Hasan] day before yesterday [Monday night]," Hassan told reporters at the holel in Colombo this morning. "I told them that they had such a contribution to the nation's cricket that barring a disciplinary issue no one, not me, not anyone could drop them. They would have to make their own exit plans. "Mashrafe had told us for some time that this series
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Trump drops adviser Bannon from National Security Council

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White House Senior Advisor Steve Bannon attends a roundtable discussion held by US President Donald Trump with auto industry leaders at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, US, March 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo President Donald Trump has removed chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, reversing a controversial early decision to give Bannon access to the high-level meetings. A new memorandum about the composition of the NSC was published in the Federal Register today. The memo no longer lists the chief strategist as a member of the Principal's Committee, a group of high-ranking officials that convene to discuss pressing national security priorities. The new memo also restores the director of national intelligence and the Joint Chiefs chairman to the Principal's Committee. Bannon's addition to the NSC sparked concerns from Trump critics, who said it was inappropriate for the political adviser t
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Cash-rich IPL marches into season 10

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T he 10th season of the Indian Premier League starts Wednesday, marking a decade of scandal and success for the flashy Twenty20 competition beloved by India and watched across the globe.The latest edition of the glitzy league—famous for its pyrotechnics, cheerleaders and huge signing bonuses—gets under way with defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad hosting Royal Challengers Bangalore.Since its debut i n 2008 the shorter-format league has evolved into India’s most popular sporting  event, filling stadiums and attracting TV audiences well beyond that enjoyed by Test and one-day competitions in the cricket-mad subcontinent.Its unique selling proposition is that most of the stadiums are packed, and it is being watched around the world,” IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla told AFP.Its appeal has outlasted numerous controversies—most notably corruption and match-fixing charges—that at times have raised more eyebrows than the showy theatrics on the pitch.Three of the eight teams from the
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Russia probes ‘act of terror’ after metro blast kills 11

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Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured as an explosion rocked the Saint Petersburg metro Monday, with the Kremlin saying it bore “all the hallmarks of an attack.Authorities shut down the metro system in Russia’s second city for several hours as security services said they had also defused a bomb at a second metro station.Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was probing an “act of terror” but added it would look into all other possible causes of the blast.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which comes after the Islamic State group called for attacks on Russia in retribution for its military intervention in Syria fighting against the jihadists.Pictures screened on national television showed the door of a train carriage blown out, as bloodied bodies lay strewn on a station platform.Above ground, emergency services vehicles rushed to the scene at the Technological Institute metro station, a key transport hub in the city centre.As the cit
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Suspension of Mayors: Selective use of law

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Abdul Baten is more fortunate than many other people's representatives. The mayor of Pabna's Bera municipality, Baten was charge-sheeted in a corruption case, and the district court sent him to jail in May last year. He was then suspended by the LGRD ministry. A few days later, he came out of prison on bail. The ministry scrapped his suspension and reinstated him in the post of mayor. However, the legal provision on suspension of municipality mayors says a temporarily-suspended mayor cannot resume office until the case proceeding ends.  Baten functioned as mayor for the remaining tenure. He was re-elected in August 2016, and is now discharging duties as mayor. The case against him is yet to be disposed of. He is president of Bera upazila unit of the Awami League and younger brother of AL lawmaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, also former state minister for home.For him, the legal bar on resumption of office was not applied. But the treatment was not the same in case of ma
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