Sayeed Muhammad of DOT At least two people were killed and a minimum 10 others received injuries in a clash between two groups of Awami League leaders and supporters in Pabna Sadar upazila yesterday evening. Officer-In-Charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station confirmed the news, reports The Daily Star. The clash was still continuing in Bharara…
Irfan Yusuf Khatri,the head of a company based in Dubai/Gulf News As all other like-minded Indians, we all are awaiting the great Indian circus which will be taking place during the first half of 2019. The trailers of which have already started on all Indian news channels. There are two main entertainers who are going…
AFP Qatar is to leave OPEC next month in order for the Gulf state to focus on gas production, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced on Monday. “Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC effective January 2019,” Kaabi said at a Doha press conference. He added that Qatar would still continue to produce oil…
Audra Wolfe, writer and science historian/The Atlantic By working for the CIA, a crack team of researchers honed the United States’ first formal peacetime campaign of propaganda and manipulation. The phrase Cold War didn’t always refer to a time period. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the very years that the battle lines between…
UNB The Rohingya community has continued to express ‘unwillingness’ to go back to Myanmar unless their security, basic human rights and citizenship are ensured. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has stated repeatedly at different levels that the repatriation of Rohingyas should be premised “upon the free and informed decision by refugees, on an individual basis,…
Science Alert In ancient cave art around the world, a particular motif shows up time and again: the impressions of the hands of the people who visited long ago, printed or stencilled. And yet, in some caves decorated by the Palaeolithic inhabitants of France and Spain, something curious has been observed: A very high number…
Eurek Alert Acute flaccid myelitis, a syndrome with rapid muscle weakness in children, has been seen in hospitals in the United States and Canada this fall. A practice article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) outlines five things to know about this health issue: Acute flaccid myelitis is characterized by rapid-onset muscle weakness, with patients…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government does not want to hold a lopsided election because Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is against scoring a goal on an empty field, reports Dhaka Tribune. He stated this while briefing reporters at the Awami League President’s Dhanmondi office on Monday, reports…
Science Alert It may sound like a scene straight out of a horror movie, but statistically you are not that unlikely to end up on a date with a psychopath. It is estimated that about 1 in 100 people are psychopaths – similar to the number of people who are teachers. And while we may…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The Election Commission has requested root level election officers to “build credibility and confidence” among the voters and candidates for the upcoming general election, reports The Daily Star. “Don’t allow any leniency. We don’t want a controversial election,” Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder said at a training session yesterday, adding “Build credibility…