AFP: In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, the southernmost part of Chile’s Patagonia region, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world’s oceans. For the study, four researchers from the Austral University of Chile embarked from Punta Arenas for the remote…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the Jatiya Oikya Front will decide whether it will join a fresh round of talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once the agenda has been set, reports bdnews24.com. Currently, the party’s ‘main agenda’ is the cancellation of the 11th national parliamentary…
Khalequzzaman speaks to DOT : Apparel workers were supposed to get 5% increment against their wages since 2013 and the sum of money would be adjusted duly, according a 2018 circular. But the decision was withdrawn four days later. Nobody claimed responsibility for this and for which, there was no action taken against anybody. The…
Nadeem Qadir writes for DOT : Bangladesh is all set on the fast track to development amid an outcry by the sidelined opposition called the Oikkya Jote over the December 2018 elections that saw the electorate choosing a leadership that has and will deliver for a better future. A valid question I place to my…
Arab News: Freelance reporter Asad Hashim was named as winner of the 2018 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his coverage of the plight of ethnic Pashtuns and blasphemy issues in his native Pakistan. The award, named after one of AFP’s finest correspondents, recognizes journalism by locally-hired reporters in Asia operating in risky…
Reuters: Pilgrims from across the world are gathering in India for the Kumbh Mela, a heady mix of spirituality, politics and tourism that begins on Tuesday, garnering extra attention ahead of a general election in the Hindu-majority country this year. During the eight-week festival at Prayagraj in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, authorities expect…
Hindustan Times: Let me begin with the part that’s the most uncomfortable to write or read about. Some years ago, my wife was gang-raped by eight men. They took photos and videos of her during and after the rape and used the recorded material to blackmail her. She was shot naked and they used the…
Channelnewsasia: A Pakistani university is rebranding Valentine’s Day as “Sister’s Day”, and debating marking the holiday widely seen as a Western import by handing out headscarves and shawls to its female students. The University of Agriculture in Faisalabad (UAF), in central Punjab province, said the change was taken to promote “eastern culture and Islamic traditions…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Seismologists can guestimate the magnitude of an Earthquake from measuring how long an earthquake lasts. . Fifteen seconds Earthquakes hit more than 6.8 in Richter scale. A thirty-second earthquake generally has a magnitude in the mid-sevens. A minute-long quake is in the high sevens, a two-minute quake…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Jatiya Oikyafront top leader also Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain is scheduled to leave here for Singapore on Jan 20, for treatment and medical check-up, reports banglanews24.com. Reliable sources from his party confirmed the matter. Gono Forum Training Affairs Secretary Rafiqul Islam Pathik said Dr Kamal Hossain missed his…