DOT Desk: Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) will formally launch its restaurant gradation programme in the city on January 20 aiming to help customers identify eateries’ hygiene level, a high official said. “We are set to launch the programme through marking 50 restaurants with four different sticker colours based on their hygiene level,” BFSA Chairman…
Eurek Alert: Patients with type 2 diabetes should be prescribed physical activity to control blood sugar and improve heart health. That is one of the recommendations in a position paper(1) of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), a branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The paper is published today in the European…
AFP: In 1975, a young Kodak engineer called Steven Sasson showed his bosses a device he’d cobbled together from a portable digital cassette recorder, a Super-8 movie camera, 16 nickel cadmium-batteries and various other components. The device could capture and display a small black and white image on a TV screen. His bosses weren’t impressed….
John Crudele/New York Post Donald Trump fancies himself as a great negotiator. But he’s made at least two big mistakes that’ll make it difficult for the US to come to a trade agreement with the Chinese.Eventually, some sort of deal will be reached. Whether it will be honored is another matter. But whatever it turns…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader has hinted at bringing reforms to the party’s constitution, reports bdnews24.com. The changes may address issues including the overarching powers of party chairman HM Ershad and the procedure of inducting members into its policy-making presidium, he said. The reform proposals will be discussed with Jatiya Party…
Eurek Alert: Researchers know that lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, but until now they didn’t know to what degree. New research out of the University of Michigan provides that context by examining the severity of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse reported by…
DOT Desk: Based on the 1952 Language Movement, the film Phagun Hawa is set to release on February 8, under the banner of Impress Telefilm Limited. The film is adapted from a story named Bou Kotha Kou, written by Tito Rahman. Directed by Tauquir Ahmed, the film was shot in Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna, reports…
BSS: Amidst a well harvest and better prices in the market, the tomato growers in the region including the vast Barind tractare happy this winter. Tomato, an attractive vegetable to the consumers, has been appearing in different local markets of the region for the last couple of weeks here. Now the farmers are collecting tomatoes…
The Cnet: There were some alarming headlines floating around over the weekend about how NASA has revealed a sure sign that would indicate the apocalypse is coming. This heart-pounding warning traces back to a video released on Jan. 10 from educational YouTube channel Big Think. The video poses the question “Would scientists tell us about…
DOT Desk: Once a housewife struggling to make ends meet, Khursheda Begum Khushi has now become a shining example of self-employment in her locality in Jamalpur, reports The Daily Star. The 45-year-old runs her boutique “Khushi Basralay” at Tomal tola, making a profit of around Tk 25,000 per month. Her road to success, however, was…