Home is the place where souls find peace and satisfaction. Different rooms of a house have different purposes. While interior designing or renovating a home, preserving the distinct architectural character of rooms and spaces should not be ignored. Wall paint can be a means to make the home more homely, cozy, functional, and unique.  Significance of choosing the right paint color for different rooms  While planning the interior design of a specific room, proper color selection has great significance. Color can help create illusions. The perfect wall paint can make a small room look bigger and a large room more intimate.  Color also contributes to light reflection in a room. Light shades can make a room look brighter that has less access to natural sunlight; while darker shades can help avoid glare in a very sunny space. Read More: Choose the Right Curtains for Your Home: The Ultimate Guide The wall colors of interior rooms not only enhance the aesthetics of a house but also represents the taste of the homeowner. Not everybody's choice is similar. Adults and senior persons usually like mild wall colors while children and teenagers may love their walls to be painted in bright colors. As each color has unique meanings and significance, wall paint can also impact the mood. Therefore, the homeowner can choose different wall paint colors for different rooms.  Useful Tips for Interior Paint Color Selection  Defining the right wall paint color can be confusing. To make a decision about color paints, all it needs is a little confidence and some guidelines from interior designers and color experts. Here are some effective tips to select wall paint colors for a room. Read More: How to organise your home office Find Inspiration When choosing the wall paint color for a specific room or space of the home, it needs to be assured that the resident won't get tired of that color. At the time of selecting wall colors, the occupant can search for the versions of his or her favorite colors that are muted with grey. Several colors can be blended to get the desired hue.  The occupant can take color inspiration from the places and spaces he or she loves and visits frequently. It can be nature-inspired or a mix of shades, etc. Thus, the occupant will be able to match that feeling and find happiness in his or her own room.  Know the Meaning of Colors Different colors can denote different emotions. Before picking a specific color or mixing several shades of colors for wall paint, one must understand the power of the colors. The color of the bedroom walls can be different from that of the living room or study room.  Read More: Tips to Keep Home Cool in Summer Without AC

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (February 15, 2023) handed over the keys of ‘Bir Nibash’ to valiant freedom fighters, who are financially marginalized. The Prime Minister handed over keys to 5000 houses at a programme – held in Dhaka’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium – organized by the Liberation War Affairs Ministry with the Minister AKM Mozammel Huq in the chair. The PM joined the programme virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban. The houses are being given away to freedom fighters as gifts from the Prime Minister, on the occasion of Mujib Borsho and 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence. Read more: President-elect, PM call on incumbent at Bangabhaban The project, ‘House construction for insolvent freedom fighters’ – approved by the ECNEC on March 21 last year – is being implemented at the cost of Tk 4,122 crore which will come from government funds. The main objective of the project is to construct 30,000 ‘Bir Nibash’ (houses) for insolvent freedom fighters, Birangana (women freedom fighters), widows and children of martyred and late freedom fighters. Named ‘Bir Nibash’ (Home for Heroes), each 635sqft house has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a dining room, and a kitchen. This project is an initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to uplift the socio-economic status of financially marginalized freedom fighters, as well as widows and children of late freedom fighters. Read More: BALID honours six freedom fighters in the month of victory The cost of building each house is Tk 14,10,382, as per the official source. Deputy Commissioners of Narail, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Gazipur and Kishoreganj, on behalf of the Prime Minister handed over the keys in their respective areas.

The High Court(HC) has asked the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripokkho (Rajuk) to submit the records and probe report of the house which is alleged to be occupied by former footballer and Member of parliament (MP) Abdus Salam Murshedi within January 16. A HC bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Khijir Hayat passed the order on Thursday. The HC has also ordered the Ministry and Rajuk to submit the probe report to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). During the hearing, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin stood for the Ministry, Khurshid Alam Khan stood for ACC, Saeed Ahmed Raja represented Murshedi and Anik R Haque represented petitioner Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon. Read: High Court asks government to urgently appoint five recommended BCS cadres On October 30, Sumon filed a writ petition accusing Murshedi of occupying the deserted house and asking for an investigation. On November 1, the HC issued a rule in this regard, asking the defendants to submit the records of the house as affidavits within 10 days. After extending the deadline twice on November 13 and November 27, the HC fixed December 1 for submitting the records. Today’s hearing was a consequence of these extensions. Besides, various media outlets published news today blaming Murshedi for illegally occupying the house through forgery. “The whole matter is currently under trial but the media have published news accusing Murshedi of occupation, which is like giving a decision,” said Amin during the hearing. Read: Termination of 3 Khulna University teachers illegal: High Court Murshedi’s lawyer Saeed said that the way the news have been published is one kind of media trial. Later, the HC gave a directive to the media not to publish such news that touches on the contents of the petition, while stating that the media will have complete freedom to write about court procedures.

The construction of a new house for goalkeeper Rupna Chakma, a vital part of Bangladesh's SAFF winning women's team, has begun in Rangamati following a promise made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Naniarchar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Fazlur Rahman inaugurated the construction of the house in the Bhuiyandam area in Ghilachhari union Thursday. Abdul Majid, an upazila engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department, said the house will be built within two months at Tk10.67 lakh. A photo of the ramshackle house of Rupna, the best goalkeeper in the just-concluded SAFF Women's Championship in Nepal, went viral after Rangamati Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman went to greet Rupna and Rituparna Chakma after they had won the SAFF championship. Read: 5 SAFF champion girls receive grand reception in Khagrachari As the issue caught the attention of PM Hasina, she asked the district administration to build a new house for Rupna. "Following the approval of the drawing and the budget, the construction work of Rupna's house started. We've taken all preparations so that the house can be built quickly," said Fazlur.

A total of 230 landless families of small ethnic communities in the Bandarban district will get environment-friendly Machang Ghar—houses built on wooden or bamboo platforms—from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.   According to Bandarban district administration, houses are being built under the Ashrayan project initiated by the Prime Minister’s Office for a total of 4,133 families. The government has allocated Tk 70 crore for building a total of 3,560 houses, and each Machang Ghar is being built at a cost of Tk 2.5 lakh.   As of now, a total of 2,968 semi pucca houses have been handed over to their recipients and construction of another 592 houses, including 230 Machang Ghars, are currently underway. Read more: 4 lakh coastal people took refuge at Ashrayan homes during Sitrang: PMO Visiting the construction works in Jamchari union under Bandarban Sadar upazila on Monday (October 31, 2022), Chattogram’s Divisional Commissioner Md Ashraf Uddin expressed satisfaction at the progress of the project. “Instead of building semi pucca houses as in other areas of the country, we’re building Machang Ghars for the homeless ethnic people keeping in line with their culture and traditions,” said Ashraf. Yasmin Parvin Tibriji, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Bandarban, said that the Machang Ghars are being built based on people’s demands. Read more: “Husband and wife have equal ownership rights to Ashrayan homes for homeless” “After consulting the local public representatives, we sent a proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) regarding the construction of Machang Ghars. A team from the PMO approved our proposal after visiting the area,” Yasmin said. Yasmin added that the district administration received the allocation under the fourth phase of the Ashrayan project.

The Parliament on Wednesday witnessed an exchange of unpleasant words between Opposition Chief Whip Mosiur Rahman and BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid taking the members by surprise. Mosiur, a Jatiya Party MP, got angry when Harun advised him to move to the Treasury Bench during a discussion over proposed amendments to finance bill 2022. "Harun often quoted from holy Quran partially just for creating hype,” the JP leader said. Responding from the side bench, Harun advised Mosiur to rather sit on the Treasury Bench. An offended Mosiur then challenged the BNP lawmaker saying, “Who are you to suggest this? Are you the chief whip?” At this stage addressing the speaker Mosiur said if he (Harun) behaves this way in future, “I will not allow him to speak." Earlier, Harun complained that the speaker gave them limited time while Treasury Bench lawmakers were allowed to speak longer. He also sought protection from the speaker as ruling Awami League lawmakers thumbed the benches when Harun started his speech.  Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury also reacted to Harun saying that she is running the House as per rules of procedure and always try to give maximum time to opposition lawmakers. Besides, BNP lawmaker Rumeen Farhana termed the budget session as Padma Bridge session. She said that AL lawmakers talked about the Bridge or against BNP more than the budget issues.

Members of Rab are searching the residence of film actress Pori Moni at Banani in the city. The intelligence unit of Rab started the drive around 4 pm, sources at the elite force told UNB. READ: 'Rape attempt' on Pori Moni: Nasir, Omi get bail Meanwhile, Pori Moni went live on Facebook seeking help from the local administration and Banani police station after plainclothes Rab personnel reached her home. The actress alleged that an unidentified group of people entered her home and were knocking on the door of her flat. READ: Nasir, Omi put on 5-day remand over ‘rape attempt’ on Pori Moni

Former President Donald Trump has made no secret of his long list of political enemies. It just wasn’t clear until now how far he would go to try to punish them. Two House Democrats disclosed this week that their smartphone data was secretly obtained by the Trump Justice Department as part of an effort to uncover the source of leaks related to the investigation of Russian-related election interference. It was a stunning revelation that one branch of government was using its power to gather private information on another, a move that carried echoes of President Richard Nixon during Watergate. On Friday, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog announced that it was investigating the records seizure. And Democratic leaders in Congress are demanding that former top Justice officials testify before a Senate committee to explain why the iPhone records of Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both Democrats, and their family members were secretly subpoenaed in 2018. The records of at least 12 people were eventually shared by Apple. The dispute showed that the rancorous partisan fights that coursed through the Trump presidency continue to play out in new and potentially damaging ways even as the Biden administration has worked to put those turbulent four years in the past. White House spokesman Andrew Bates said the conduct of Trump’s Justice Department was a shocking misuse of authority. “Attorneys general’s only loyalty should be to the rule of law — never to politics,” he said. The disclosure that the records had been seized raised a number of troubling questions. Who else may have been targeted? What was the legal justification to target members of Congress? Why did Apple, a company that prides itself on user privacy, hand over the records? And what end was the Trump Justice Department pursuing? READ: Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays The revelations also are forcing the Biden Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland to wade back into a fight with their predecessors. “The question here is just how did Trump use his political power to go after his enemies — how did he use the government for his political benefit,” said Kathleen Clark, legal ethics scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. The effort to obtain the data came as Trump was publicly and privately fuming over investigations by Congress and then-special counsel Robert Mueller into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia. Trump inveighed against leaks throughout his time in office, accusing a “deep state” of working to undermine him by sharing unflattering information. He repeatedly called on his Justice Department and attorneys general to “go after the leakers,” including singling out former FBI Director James Comey and Schiff, now chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. In May of 2018, he tweeted that reports of leaks in his White House were exaggerated, but said that nonetheless, “leakers are traitors and cowards, and we will find out who they are!” Schiff and Swalwell were two of the most visible Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, then led by Republicans, during the Russia inquiry. Both California lawmakers made frequent appearances on cable news shows. Trump watched those channels closely and seethed over the coverage. There’s no indication that the Justice Department used the records to prosecute anyone. After some of the leaked information was declassified and made public during the later years of the Trump administration, there was concern among some of the prosecutors that even if they could bring a leak case, trying it would be difficult and a conviction would be unlikely, one person told The Associated Press. That person, a committee official and a third person with knowledge of the data seizures were granted anonymity to discuss them. Federal agents questioned at least one former committee staff member in 2020, the person said, and ultimately, prosecutors weren’t able to substantiate a case. For decades, the Justice Department had worked to maintain strict barriers with the White House to avoid being used as a political tool to address a president’s personal grievance. For some, the Trump administration’s effort is more disturbing than Nixon’s actions during Watergate that forced his resignation. Nixon’s were done in secret out of the White House, while the Trump administration moves to take the congressmen’s records were approved by top Justice Department officials and worked on by prosecutors, who obtained secret subpoenas from a federal judge and then gag orders to keep them quiet. “The fate of Richard Nixon had a restraining effect on political corruption in America,” said Timothy Naftali, a Nixon scholar and former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. “It didn’t last forever, but the Republican Party wanted to cleanse itself of Nixon’s bad apples and bad actors.” The Republican Party is far too aligned with Trump to do that now, but it doesn’t mean Biden should let it go, Naftali said. “The reason to do this is not revenge,” Naftali said. “It’s to send a signal to future American lawyers they will be held accountable.” While the Justice Department routinely conducts investigations of leaked information, including classified intelligence, opening such an investigation into members of Congress is extraordinarily rare. A less rare but still uncommon tool is to secretly seize reporters’ phone records, something the Trump Justice Department also did. Following an outcry from press freedom organizations, Garland announced last week that it would cease the practice of going after journalists’ sourcing information. The subpoenas were issued in 2018, when Jeff Sessions was attorney general, though he had recused himself in the Russia investigation, putting his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, in charge of Russia-related matters. The investigation later picked up momentum again under Attorney General William Barr. Apple informed the committee last month that the records had been shared and that the investigation had been closed, but did not give extensive detail. Also seized were the records of aides, former aides and family members, one of them a minor, according to the committee official. The Justice Department obtained metadata — probably records of calls, texts and locations — but not other content from the devices, like photos, messages or emails, according to one of the people. Another said that Apple complied with the subpoena, providing the information to the Justice Department, and did not immediately notify the members of Congress or the committee about the disclosure. And the people whose records were seized were unable to challenge the Justice Department because the subpoenas went to Apple directly. The gag order was renewed three times before it lapsed and the company informed its customers May 5 what had happened. READ: Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassess Apple said in a statement that it couldn’t even challenge the warrants because it had so little information available and “it would have been virtually impossible for Apple to understand the intent of the desired information without digging through users’ accounts.” Patrick Toomey, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the seizure of congressional records was part of a series of Trump-era investigations that “raise profound civil liberties concerns and involve spying powers that have no place in our democracy.”