UNB: Robert Douglas Simpson has joined as the new Representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Bangladesh. Simpson, a US citizen, has been working on the forest governance with the Forestry Department of FAO Headquarters since 2009, said a UN FAO press release on Wednesday. Graduated from the University of Minnesota…
AP news: A staple of summer,swarms of bugs,seems to be a thing of the past. And that’s got scientists worried. Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroaches are doing just fine. But the more beneficial flying insects of summer — native bees, moths, butterflies, ladybugs, lovebugs, mayflies and fireflies — appear to be less abundant….
Desk Report: The construction work of an auditorium-cum-community centre was completed nearly two years ago but it is yet to be opened due to absence of a connecting road in Ishwarganj upazila, reports The Daily Star. Mymensingh Zila Parishad started building the 500-seat complex in 2005 and it was scheduled to be completed in 2008…
Desk Report: Even ten years earlier, Dhaka city dwellers had to spend several hours in darkness every day due to frequent load shedding. But the time has changed,reports The daily Asian Age. Electricity remains almost similar even during the high summer. An hour power outage or load shedding is done when the situation goes to…
David Tilden/Seven Billion Today Australian man Daniel Love was born in PNG, but has lived in Australia since he was five. He has a PNG mother and Aboriginal Australian father. He is now fighting possible deportation from Australia. He does not have Australian citizenship and had his visa cancelled last month after serving a jail…
The Sun Daily: Singapore has suspended a maid employment agency’s licence and threatened to prosecute the company over “undignified” online ads offering Indonesian helpers for sale, after the postings sparked fury. Singapore is home to almost 250,000 maids, mostly from poor parts of Indonesia or the Philippines, who head to the tiny but wealthy city-state…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will place fresh specific proposals at the UN General Assembly for creating international pressure on Myanmar to take the Rohingyas back from Bangladesh. “She (PM) will place some specific proposals in continuation of her previous five-point proposal,” Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali told a press conference at his…
BSS Nasrin Jahan Chowdhury is the name of a bright star of women empowerment in the country. She has been working for about two decades in garments sector in Chattogram. After obtaining masters degree from Physics Department in Chattogram University, Chowdhury joined as a commercial assistant at Bangladesh Hats and Bag (BD) Limited, located in…
AFP: Scientists have created a self-flying glider that uses machine learning to navigate rising air currents, in an experiment that could help our understanding of how birds migrate. Soaring birds ride warm air passages known as thermals to fly and gain height without needing to flap their wings, although no one knows exactly how they do…
The Japan Times: There is no hot water in Odairajuku, no gas-powered stoves, no fridges and — most importantly — no internet. The nearest supermarket is an hour away by car, and so is the nearest place to get a signal on your phone. But what this tiny village in southern Nagano Prefecture does offer…