DOT Desk Vashkar Bhattacharjee, a visually impaired Bangladeshi national, was awarded the UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for 2018-19, reports The New Age. This was the first time ever that a Bangladeshi had received such prestigious award, said the Embassy of Bangladesh in Paris…
UNB Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said Bangladesh will sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Philippines’ RCBC over the heist of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the US bank. “Bangladesh Bank has been working seriously to file a case in this regard and there’s no alternative to it,” he said…
DOT Desk Arifin Shuvoo and Bidya Sinha Mim are set to play the leading roles in Shaapludo, reports The Daily Star. The film, which is directed by Golam Sohrab Dodul, started shooting last month and finished on December 3. “We wanted to surprise everyone, and this is why we did not announce the film beforehand”,…
DOT Desk The case, filed against three teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, including its principal, over the suicide of schoolgirl Aritree Adhikari, has been transferred to Detective Branch of Police. Md Mahabub Alam, joint commissioner (DB), said that the case was transferred to DB police from Paltan Police Station on Wednesday for thorough…
NDTV As their devices have spread across the country this year, electric scooter companies have been criticized for deploying models that break apart in use, catch fire and lull vulnerable riders into a false sense of safety. With stories about badly injured riders proliferating, a transportation robotics company claims it may have the solution. Superpedestrian…
DOT Desk With advent of the winter season, migratory birds from the Himalayan and Siberian regions are coming to water bodies of northern region, giving a pleasant look to the areas, reports The Financial Express. The riverine char areas and water bodies in Rangpur areas have worn an eye-catching look with arrival of migratory birds…
Tech Explorist The National Science Foundation’s LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and the European-based VIRGO gravitational wave detectors have detected gravitational waves from a total of 10 stellar-mass binary black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars. These new events are known as GW170729, GW170809, GW170818, and GW170823, in reference to the dates they…
Katherine Mills, Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney & Natalie Peach, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney/The Conversation,Australia Some 80% of young people will experience a traumatic event by the time they become…
Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP has filed an appeal petition with the Election Commission (EC) against the commission’s rejection of its chief Khaleda Zia’s nominations in three constituencies, reports The Daily Star. A six-member team of BNP, led by the party’s law affairs secretary Barrister Kaiser Kamal yesterday submitted the petition. After submitting the petition…
Desk Report Jatiya Oikyafront’s key leader Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged the media to keep vigil against any “unlawful activities” of the police force during election, reports The Daily Star. He made the call while talking to reporters at Paltan in Dhaka this afternoon. “If you see any irregularity with police, report it. This responsibility…