AP: Aircraft turned hillsides red with retardant as homeowners wet their houses with garden hoses in a battle to contain an arson wildfire, which prompted evacuation orders for more than 20,000 people south of Los Angeles. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Thursday night for Orange and Riverside counties as a four-day-old…
M Humayun Kabir: Journalists from different houses yesterday formed a human chain in the city demanding arrest and exemplary punishment of those who made attacks on journalists during student protests for safe roads. Over 100 journalists carrying with banners formed the human chain in front of National Museum in Dhaka’s Shahbagh around 11am, reports The…
BSS: Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif yesterday said the government would formulate a law against misuse of modern technologies in the country. “The government has been working to formulate a law against those out to misuse modern technologies…No one would be spared if they try to instigate someone against the country using technologies,” he said….
Desk Report: Applications seeking renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles have marked a 40 per cent rise over the past few days, official figures showed, reports the financial express. According to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), this rise in the entries has been due to the recent student movement for road safety. Applications for…
BSS: A meeting of the managing committee of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust was held at Bangabandhu Bhaban in Dhanmondiyesterday. Chairperson of the trust and Bangabandhu’s elder daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. Other members of the trust were present. The meeting reviewed the social welfare activities…
Nigerian Tribune: MR Eigege Ejegbolo, a Psychologist with Mind-Set Integrated Services, said on Monday that sleeping for less than eight hours daily could lead to a weak immune system and mental health challenges. Ejegbolo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos that sleeping for less than eight hours daily was considered a poor…
Hossen Sohel: The government has undertaken a project to build a tunnel under the busy Airport Road aimed at averting casualties. The tunnel will be built close to the July 29 accident site outside Kurmitola General Hospital, reports The Financial Express. The move was made following the death of two students of Shaheed Ramizuddin Cantonment…
Reuters: In a suburban Minneapolis laboratory, a tiny company that has never turned a profit is poised to beat the world’s biggest agriculture firms to market with the next potential breakthrough in genetic engineering – a crop with “edited” DNA. Calyxt Inc (CLXT.O), an eight-year-old firm co-founded by a genetics professor, altered the genes of…
Arab News: The United Arab Emirates will build an oil pipeline connecting Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian state-affiliated broadcaster said on Friday. Fana Broadcasting said the information was revealed during a meeting in Addis Ababa between Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Reem Al Hashimy, the UAE’s state…
The Red Ferret: There are a ton of online learning resources out there but most of them geared to learning skills that could maybe help you get a better job, not necessarily follow your dreams and are taught by just normal everyday people. If you want to do something more less employment geared and learn…