Tanzim Taqrim Bitcoin is heating houses in Siberia and the global hunt for Bitcoin is burning up more electricity a year than Ireland. But in Siberia, Russia, cheap energy and long cold winters puts this to good use. Processing Bitcoins or ‘mining’ uses power which creates a lot of heat. Most Bitcoin miners need cooling…
Tariqul Islam Shumon Ministry of Education recently formed the Secondary Education Improvement Committee. They submitted their first proposal report & suggestions in a prolonged ministerial meeting, on 30 November. The committee proposed of lessening the number of subjects from school levels and removing of study curriculum divisions (Science, Commerce & Arts). The committee wants to…
Tanzim Taqrim Betty Reid Soskin a 96 years old park ranger has no plans to retire. She’s the oldest career national park ranger in the U.S. She works at the Rosie the Riverter and WW2 Home Front National Historical Park.She has done everything from hosting tours to sharing her own history with visitors. Soskin worked…
Sofian Khan The four day mega event “Digital World 2017” was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with world’s first robot ‘citizen’ Sophia around 12.10 pm on Wednesday at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital. The mega-event is visioned to urge the youths to be ‘Ready for Tomorrow’ and make Bangladesh’s…
Sofian Khan An underwater tunnel in planned to be built through under the Buriganga River to ease the struggle of commuters on each side of the river, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said on Wednesday.The minister also directed the BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) to take necessary steps regarding the matter in a meeting with…
Al Mahmood Biman Bangladesh Airlines has honored the Sophia the humanoid robot with a Gold card membership on Wednesday. A biman official said “The female robot ‘Sophia’ will be given the card from Bangladesh Biman, as a gift. Gold membership is much prestigious for a passenger.” The Public Relations Department of Biman said that they…
Sofian Khan In the inauguration of “Digital World 2017”, Bangladesh’s largest tech event, The Prime Minister met Sophia, world’s first robot citizen. The humanoid robot was called on stage right after the PM inaugurated the event, wearing a top and a skirt. The PM exchanged a short conversation with Sophia afterwards “Hello Sophia, how are…
Sofian Khan Interrogation of former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu has faced the Anti-Corruption Commission’s interrogation over the swindling around Tk 2,200 crore loan fraud accusation. On Wednesday at 10am, the second day of Bacchu’s questioning began, informed Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, the ACC Deputy Director (Media). The investigation is being led by ACC…