Northern Jute’s share price soaring sans PSI

    DOT Desk The share price of Northern Jute Manufacturing Company Limited is soaring without having any undisclosed price sensitive information, reports The Financial Express. Within seven consecutive trading sessions, the company’s share price jumped more than 45 per cent or Tk 363 each to reach at Tk 1165.20 on Tuesday. Its share price was Tk…

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      Macron’s crisis in France is a danger to all of Europ

      Natalie Nougayrède, Guardian columnist/The Guardian,UK Extreme forces are rejoicing over the president’s predicament. Their ultimate goal is a political takeover of the continent For Europe’s sake, Emmanuel Macron needs help – not our scorn or hatred. A young, reformist French president who promised a “European renaissance” finds himself struggling at the helm of a country…

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        ‘Gender-based violence never got enough attention’

        Tim Gaynor/UNHCR UNHCR has more than 11,500 staff, most based in the field. Meet ethics officer Keiko Odashiro, who protects refugees from sexual exploitation and abuse. Name: Keiko Odashiro from Kobe, Japan Job title: Ethics officer focusing on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. More than five years with UNHCR, working in Uganda, South Sudan…

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          Bangla Academy completes 63 years yesterday

          DOT Desk Bangla Academy celebrated its 63rd founding anniversary on Monday. A programme, beginning with wreaths placed at the Central Shaheed Minar and grave of Dr Mohammad Shahidullah was arranged to mark the day, reports the Daily Star. A discussion session chaired by writer Subrata Barua was held at the Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad hall…

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            Menon files petition against Abbas’ candidature in Dhaka-8

            UNB Rashed Khan Menon, a candidate of the ruling Awami League-led Grand Alliance, on Wednesday filed a petition with the Election Commission challenging the candidature of the opposition combine Jatiya Okiyafront’s Mirza Abbas. Lawyer Ziad al Malum, on behalf of Menon, submitted the petition before the appellate authority, EC, in the afternoon against the validity…

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              Understanding how plants use sunlight

              Tech Explorist The sun is the main source of energy for almost every living thing on Earth. It gives a plant the light energy it needs to photosynthesize, which converts that light energy into a storable form (glucose) and keeps plants alive. Sometimes, plants use more energy than they can use and as a result,…

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                PM Hasina inspects second Dreamliner

                DOT Desk Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inspected the second Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. She inspected and boarded the aircraft named ‘Hangsabalaka’ at the VVIP Tarmac of the HSIA, reports state news agency BSS. After boarding, the premier went round different zones of the…

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                  A World of Khashoggis

                  Daoud Kuttab, a former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University/Project Syndicate The brutal murder of the US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul is far from an anomaly. Seventy-three journalists have been killed so far this year – often at the hands of those who, like the Saudi regime, are…

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