Desk Report: Kormo, an experimental job marketplace of Google, was officially launched in Bangladesh yesterday with the view of helping people in the informal sector, either unemployed or employed at low pay, find jobs. Kormo, which means “work” in Bangla, is a jobs and careers app that connects jobseekers to businesses looking to hire alongside…
BSS Everyone who loves football has seen showing red card to footballers by a referee for foul play, but it is almost a surprising and strange event for many when they see schoolchildren in Bangladesh are showing similar cards to social menaces like child marriage. Such a surprising event took place on Thursday when hundreds…
Tech Explorist New research by University of Canterbury psychologists shows that minerals and vitamins may help to reduce cigarette consumption and promote successful quitting. A new study by the psychologists at the University of Canterbury (UC) demonstrates that minerals and vitamins may lessen cigarette consumption and advance effective stopping. This examination is the first known…
BBC Facebook has announced Oculus Quest, a virtual reality headset it hopes will rejuvenate the VR industry. Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg said the device would offer the types of VR experiences that previously required a device to be connected to a high-powered PC.It will be released in Spring 2019, priced at $399. At an event…
Desk Report American scientists reported a new antibiotic treatment with heavy metal gallium that showed signs of efficacy in a preliminary trial among patients with hard-to-treat lung infection. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine described the new approach that tricks bacteria into taking up a molecule that looks like food,…
UNICEF How children have become frontline targets in armed conflicts. From widespread killing, maiming, abduction and sexual violence to recruitment into armed groups and strikes on schools and hospitals, as well as essential water facilities – children living in conflict zones around the world continue to come under attack at a shocking scale.Today, one in…
Desk Report Banks’ investment in a Tk 2,000 crore bond floated by the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh will not be counted as their capital market exposure, paving the way for the state-owned firm to form the fund at the earliest. The development comes after the Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday gave the nod to the ICB,…
William Hague, Former British foreign secretary, and Angelina Jolie, top Hollywood actor, are co-founders of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative/Gulf News UN should recommit to the principle that there can be no long-term peace and security without accountability for crimes against humanity The United Nations General Assembly is viewed each year through the…
Desk Report Mobile phone users will have to collect new subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to enjoy the much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service, to be available from October 1, reports The Financial Express. The assigned MNP operator Infozillion Teletech BD said as per the directive of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the users have…
John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford/Reuters The British prime minister and the leader of Her Majesty’s opposition gave speeches on the same day this week, outlining their vision for their country’s economy – and by implication, its society. They had little in common. It’s hardly…