DOT Desk After playing a Test and an One-day International series, Bangladesh and the visiting West Indies are now gearing up for the three-match T20 International series which is set to begin today (Monday) at Sylhet International Stadium, reports Daily Sun. Bangladesh clinched both the series by showing tremendous effort against the vesting West Indies….
Independent, UK Interbreeding with Neanderthals thousands of years ago has given some humans alive today more elongated brains, according to a new study. Scientists connected two ancient DNA fragments that have been passed down to select people of European heritage with slight changes in skull and therefore brain shape. A key feature of the human…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the elections will be held on time “despite all conspiracies”. “No evil force can foil the upcoming elections,” the Road Transport and Bridges Minister said after paying homage at the Shaheed Muktijuddha Mausoleum in Feni, reported The Daily Star. “We will continue…
Russia Today The active volcano Popocatepetl, located in Central Mexico, has exploded Saturday evening, sending ash two kilometers into the air with the cloud of smoke moving in a northeast direction. Videos from the eruption show a powerful explosion and traces of magma flowing out of the crater. Possible ash fall is expected in areas…
Russia Today Aggregate global wealth grew by $14 trillion, hitting an enormous figure of $317 trillion over the 12 months through the end of October, according to latest Global Wealth Report, revealed by Credit Suisse’s Research Institute. The growth rate of nearly 4.6 percent was reportedly lower than last year, but higher than the average…
UNB Bangladesh missions abroad on Sunday celebrated the 48th Victory Day paying homage to the 1971 Liberation War martyrs and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh was born as an independent country on December 16 in 1971 after the Pakistani occupation forces surrendered after a nine-month bloody war. The new nation emerged…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT BNP candidate and former minister Abdul Moyeen Khan came under attack while electioneering amid the celebrations of Victory Day in Narsingdi. Moyeen, a BNP Standing Committee member, blamed the ruling Awami League for the attack, which occurred in the district’s Panchdona Bazar area around 12:30pm yesterday. However, local Awami League leaders…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT BNP candidate and former minister Abdul Moyeen Khan came under attack while electioneering amid the celebrations of Victory Day in Narsingdi. Moyeen, a BNP Standing Committee member, blamed the ruling Awami League for the attack, which occurred in the district’s Panchdona Bazar area around 12:30pm yesterday. However, local Awami League leaders…
A retired Australian forces chief known for his weekly boxing sessions with Indigenous youngsters in Sydney has been appointed as the Queen’s next representative in the country, a move the country’s opposition Labor party says it hopes will be the last appointment to the position by Buckingham Palace. AP
French Interior minister Christophe Castaner on Friday paid his respects at a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, days after 37 of its tombstones and a monument to Holocaust victims were defaced with Nazi symbols. Castaner said the “abject” desecration could have been conducted by a far right group, but did not elaborate as an investigation was…