Desk Report: A campus-based journalist of Chittagong University was beaten up by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men as he protested an incident of ragging. Victim Minhaj Tuhin, the CU correspondent of Alokito Bangladesh, also a third-year student of Arabic, took primary treatment at the university medical centre. Minhaj said five to six BCL activists, led…
Desk Report: With smartphones in every pocket, purse and cubicle in America, it’s easier than ever to discreetly record a workplace conversation. Just look at Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former White House aide who slipped her phone into the secure Situation Room to record private conversations, including her firing by Chief of Staff John Kelly….
Hossen Sohel: Quota reformists yesterday demanded the government to publish gazette on quota reform before the issuance of the circular of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations. If the gazette is not issued before that, the quota-reform movement will resume, said Din Yamin Mollah, joint convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, the…
Reuters: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Tuesday he is not seeking revenge for the 2005 bombing that killed his father, former prime minister Rafik Hariri, and will act to preserve stability in his country. Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Tuesday he is not seeking revenge for the 2005 bombing that killed…
Desk Report: Ejaj completed the MBBS from Rangpur Medical College in 1984 and post-graduation in Nuclear Medicine from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in 1989 Popular Bangladeshi television and film actor Ejajul Islam, who is also a physician by profession, has recently been promoted as Head of Nuclear Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital….
Desk Report: Top officials of BRAC on Sunday urged all humanitarian agencies working on Rohingya issue to prioritize the needs of the local people. At a briefing at BRAC Centre Auditorium in Dhaka marking one-year since the beginning of the latest Rohingya influx, the NGO also urged donors to come forward fast with adequate funding…
Abrar Hussain: China is preparing a new guideline to crack down on “chaotic” and illegal online promotion of religion, according to a report yesterday by the Chinese newspaper Global Times. All organizations engaged in the online dissemination of religious information will be obliged to apply for licenses from provincial religious affairs departments, the paper…
MIT News: MIT-developed tool improves automated image vectorization, saving digital artists time and effort. Artists may soon have at their disposal a new MIT-developed tool that could help them create digital characters, logos, and other graphics more quickly and easily. Many digital artists rely on image vectorization, a technique that converts a pixel-based image into an…
Sakura Scott, Detroit/Seven Billion Today Would you say Google is supporting Russia? Give me your thoughts on this. Google has removed posts from Alexei Navalny. He is a well-known critic of Putin. The specific videos revealed Navalny calling for Russians to take part in protests on 9 September against the raising of the retirement age….
Phys.org: Video footage of a rare, protected fish in water almost twice the depth it is thought to inhabit has raised questions about how marine life is responding to climate change and how much we really know about the deep ocean. Marine biologists from the University of Wollongong (UOW) have recorded the first verifiable recording…