Michael Goodwin/New York Post Back in April, the Department of Justice sought to prevent illegal border crossing with a “zero tolerance” policy that involved a large expansion of criminal prosecutions. By June, holding facilities in Texas were packed, and pictures of crying children separated from parents hijacked any rational explanations, forcing President Trump to put…
BBC History will be made on Tuesday when Nasa’s New Horizons probe sweeps past the icy world known as Ultima Thule. Occurring some 6.5 billion km (4 billion miles) from Earth, the flyby will set a new record for the most distant ever exploration of a Solar System object by a spacecraft. New Horizons will…
DOT Desk Bangladesh could have exported $17.4 billion more last fiscal year even with the current capacity were there certain constrains not in place, found a study by the Policy Research Institute, reports The Daily Star. Export receipts in fiscal 2017-18 amounted to $36.66 billion, up 5.81 percent from a year earlier but short of…
BBC Absolutely Fabulous writer Jennifer Saunders has paid tribute to the “extraordinary grace” of Dame June Whitfield who has died, aged 93. The creator of the sitcom, in which Dame June starred, said she would “hugely” miss her “dear friend”. Fellow Ab Fab actress Joanna Lumley praised Whitfield’s “sensational talent” while Julia Sawalha described her…
Business Insider Earlier this year, researchers found a deposit of rare-earth minerals off the coast of Japan that could supply the world for centuries, according to a study. The study, published in the journal Nature in April 2018, says the deposit contains 16 million tons of the valuable metals. Rare-earth minerals are used in everything…
DOT Desk Police, in an anti-drug drive from Wednesday night till Thursday morning, arrested 32 drug traders and takers from the district, reports The Daily Observer. At least 10 cases were filed against them in this connection. Police also recovered 100 yaba tablets, 75 bottles of phensedyl, 200 grams of hemp, and 75 pieces of…
Science Alert Adam and Eve might have managed it in the Bible, but scientifically speaking, would two people be enough to repopulate our world from scratch, despite the inevitable health issues associated with inbreeding and a limited gene pool? First of all, let’s deal with the obvious problems. The first ‘new’ generation would obviously all…
DOT Desk: The ban on public and private transport on the election day is taking a heavy toll on the public, former chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said yesterday, reports The Daily Star. “We have many elderly members in our families. Some of them can hardly walk because of their illnesses. In such situation,…
DOT Desk Kolkata’s popular singer Anupam Roy is coming to Dhaka for a thirty-first night concert. His band “The Anupam Roy Band” will perform in the concert, reports The Daily Observer. The concert will be a joint one with performances from Tahsan Khan from Bangladesh. It could not immediately be confirmed whether other performers would…
UNB: Voicing confidence over her party’s victory in the 11th national election, Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the pro-liberation forces will surely come out successful. “I believe that people will cast their votes in favour of Awami League to continue the pace of development. The ‘Boat’ will surely win,”…