শর্তাবলি | সত্য কথা ব্যবহারের নিয়ম

Last updated: 1 November 2026. These Terms explain how you may use Sotto Kotha (sottokotha.com), what you may not do, and where responsibility ends. Written for how this site actually works — not a generic paste.

By browsing, reading, searching, sharing or emailing us, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you disagree, please stop using the site.

1. Definitions and scope

Term	Meaning
“Sotto Kotha” / “we”	The service and editorial team operating sottokotha.com
“You” / “reader”	A visitor, user or email sender
“Content”	Text, images, design, templates, wordmark, metadata and presented output
“Service”	The website, RSS feed and related pages we publish

These Terms cover reader-facing use. Editors/admins who log in may also follow separate internal rules.

2. What kind of service this is

Sotto Kotha is a Bangla-first information portal. We publish verifiable guides and news across education and results, jobs, sports, news, tech, health, entertainment, business and lifestyle. Brand promise: accurate, clear, quick.

Included (v1)	Not included (for now)
Free public articles and topic archives	Reader accounts / login
Search, RSS, share tools	Comment threads
Language switch (BN / EN UI)	Newsletter subscription
Email contact	E-commerce, payments, memberships
Reserved ad slots (may be off)	Betting/gambling or adult content

3. Informational use — not professional advice

Our writing is for general information and guidance. It is not personal medical, legal, tax, investment, admission or employment advice. Rules, fees, dates and result portals can change.

Topic	What you should do
Exam results / form fill-up / re-scrutiny	Verify on the board or official portal yourself
Job notices / schedules	Confirm with the employer or official gazette/portal
Health-related articles	Consult a qualified clinician; use emergency services when needed
Business / finance information	Follow a licensed adviser or official notices
Legal context	Seek a lawyer for your own situation

Before important decisions, check primary sources. We try to cite them; third-party sites can be wrong or offline.

4. Accounts, age and contact

No reader account is required — browsing is enough.
The site is for a general audience. Teens may use it with parental guidance.
Do not email under a false identity, send threats/spam, or leak other people’s personal data.
Official contact: [email protected] — see the Contact page.

5. Intellectual property and permitted use

Original writing, editorial structure, theme design and brand presentation on Sotto Kotha are protected by copyright and related laws where applicable. Notice procedures: Copyright & DMCA.

Generally allowed	Not allowed without permission
Personal reading and learning	Republishing full articles or large site portions
Fair quotation with clear credit and a link	Impersonating our name/brand on another site
Sharing via share buttons or links	Selling our content as a paid product
Ordinary search-engine indexing	Bulk copying via scrapers/aggregators

Licensed images or third-party materials remain under their own terms. Background reading: U.S. Copyright Office — Copyright Basics (PDF) · WIPO — Copyright.

6. Prohibited use

Do not use the Service in ways that harm the site, the network or readers:

Category	Examples
Security abuse	Hacking, malware, credential stuffing, DDoS
Automation abuse	Aggressive scraping, bypassing protections, feed abuse
Misrepresentation	Cutting our copy into fake “official” announcements
Spam / fraud	Phishing links, scam offers, spoofed email identity
Prohibited pressure	Pushing gambling, adult sexual content or scam promotions — also banned editorially
Legal violations	Defamatory redistribution, privacy breaches, copyright theft

We may rate-limit, block access or notify authorities when abuse is clear. Crawling etiquette: Google — Introduction to robots.txt (also respect our robots.txt and meta directives).

7. Emails and feedback you send

We may use what you email us to handle corrections, questions or rights notices. Only send information you have a right to share. Details: Privacy Policy.

For corrections, a page URL, the mistaken part and a reliable source are usually enough — see the Corrections Policy.
We do not promise to publish every piece of feedback.
Spam or unlawful messages may be deleted or ignored.

8. Third-party links, embeds and sharing

Articles may link to government portals, newsrooms or other sites. Their content, uptime and privacy practices are outside our control. Share controls usually use Web Share / copy link / platform intents — we avoid heavy third-party widgets.

Platform	Their terms / privacy (reference)
X	X Terms of Service
Facebook / Meta	Meta Terms of Service
Google services	Google Terms of Service

9. Advertising and sponsorship

Ad slots are reserved in the theme; ads may be disabled in site options. When enabled, a third-party network (for example Google AdSense) may apply its own policies.

Ad claims are not our editorial opinion unless clearly labelled.
If sponsored or affiliate material appears, we will try to disclose it reasonably.
Publisher references: Google AdSense Program Policies · Prohibited content (AdSense).

10. Availability, changes and errors

We work to keep the site stable (cache, CDN, monitoring), but we do not guarantee uninterrupted uptime or error-free content. Maintenance, attack mitigation or hosting issues may slow or interrupt the Service.

Typos, date changes or source updates can happen — we try to show update dates.
Editorial standards: Editorial Policy.
Found a mistake? Corrections Policy.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service and Content are provided “as is” and “as available”. We disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement where the law allows.

12. Limitation of liability

Situation	Our position (plain language)
Official rules change	You are expected to verify primary sources
Third-party site/app problems	We are not responsible for them
Downtime or slowness	Liability for indirect loss is limited
Your prohibited use	Responsibility sits with you — access may be cut

Except where the law requires otherwise, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages (including lost data, lost opportunity or lost profits). Some places do not allow certain limitations — there, only the lawful limit applies.

13. Limited indemnification

If your breach of these Terms or unlawful use of the Service causes third-party claims or costs, you agree to indemnify us to the extent the law allows. This targets abuse — not ordinary good-faith reading.

14. Suspension and termination

We may change, remove pages or (for abuse) restrict access. You may stop using the site at any time. Provisions on liability and intellectual property may survive.

15. Governing law and disputes

To the extent permitted by law, these Terms are governed by the laws of Bangladesh, and courts in Bangladesh have primary jurisdiction — without limiting mandatory consumer protections that cannot be waived.

Please try resolving issues by email first: [email protected].

16. Changes to these Terms

If the stack or legal needs change, we will update this page and the date above. For material changes we may show a short site notice. Continued use after an update may be treated as acceptance of the revised Terms.

17. Miscellaneous

If one clause is unenforceable, the rest remain in force as far as possible.
Failure to enforce a breach immediately is not a waiver.
These Terms do not transfer ownership of the site or brand to you.
The English UI carries the same meaning; if wording conflicts, we will consider the Bangla text and context for Bangladesh readers where practical.

18. Related policies

Page	About
Privacy Policy	Cookies, logs, analytics/ads
Editorial Policy	How we write and verify
Corrections Policy	How mistakes are fixed
Copyright & DMCA	Rights and notices
About	What the site is for
Contact	Email and response timing