Desk Report: Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) office saw huge crowd of license and fitness certificate seekers just after the nationwide students’ protest for road safety. However, the license seekers experienced hassle almost at every table. Meantime, the middlemen were also found active to make a fast buck. Long queues at BRTA circle-1 office in…
Desk Report: Three major private universities have been closed for indefinite period after clashes between their students and police over the road safety movement. They are North South University (NSU), East West University (EWS) and BRAC University. Authorities of the universities announced the decision on Monday evening. NSU Proctor Nazmul Ahsan Khan declared the closure…
Desk Report: The disruptions caused by the ongoing student movement is not only affecting the country’s economy but also hurting the Bangladesh brand and long-term investment outlook, business leaders said on Monday. They also urged the government to resolve the ongoing deadlock immediately for the greater interest of the country’s economy. Expressive grave concern over…
Desk Report: Mango trading in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts is now on the final stage amid last moment’s exorbitant price of the tasty and delicious seasonal fruit after more than two and half months long brisk business. Excepting a few places like Seroil Bus Termnal and Shaheb Bazar areas, most of the businessmen including the…
Desk Report: The dumping of garbage by Mymensingh municipal authorities into the Old Brahmaputra River at Kalibari Puran Gudaraghat has become a menace for residents and a serious threat to the river’s health. Household garbage dumping into the already dying river has been going on for eight years now, affecting the quality of life of…
Desk Report: Around 1537.01 lakh tonnes of granular and fibre-type animal feeds are required in the country, but only 783.32 lakh tonnes of animal feeds are currently being produced locally in the country, sources said. As a result, the nation suffers from a shortage of about 54.86 lakh tonnes of granular food for animal feed….
Metro.co.UK:Earth may only be decades away from a climatic tipping point that triggers runaway global warming and threatens the future of humanity, scientists have warned. The threshold will be reached when average global temperatures are only around 2C higher than they were in pre-industrial times, new research suggests. They are already 1C higher and rising….
Channel NewsAsia:A young electric scooter rider was fined S$2,200 on Tuesday (Aug 7) for injuring a pedestrian in March while riding his device. Derrick Gan Zhong Kang, 19, was with his 17-year-old girlfriend on his e-scooter at about 10.45am on Mar 16.The victim, 56-year-old Daisy Lim, stepped out from the back gate of Yishun Emerald…
Pink News:Being butch has “nothing to do with being masculine,” says Tabitha Benjamin. Tabitha, or Tabs as she often goes by, founded Butch, Please! – a trans-inclusive night in London for butch women. She spoke to PinkNews about butch identity, misogyny and rising levels of street harassment – including almost being run over by homophobes.“Butch,…
Masable:In the tiny hours of Tuesday morning, SpaceX launched an Indonesian satellite in its 15th flight this year. It’s also the first re-flight of the company’s new, recyclable Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, which had its first launch back in May. Launching at 1:18 a.m. ET, the flight carried communications satellite Merah Putih, which is…