Pratiti Shirin writes for DOT : There is an old saying that says do not ask men of their wage and women, of their age. But the average Bengali person just does the opposite. Not only does he ask of wage and age but of all other personal things which exist under the sun. For…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister’s political advisor HT Imam said the present government has been making constant strides to create a congenial atmosphere in the country so that people of every religion can live and prosper together in Bangladesh, reports BSS. “Everyone will live and prosper together in Bangladesh as ‘religious togetherness’ is the…
Khaled Ahmed/ The Indian Express SAARC holds the key to South Asia’s economic integration. Imran Khan earned a lot of popular support in Pakistan by opening up the Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara to Sikh yatris from across the border with India. He talked of “peace and trade” and was hailed by the man in the street….
Science Alert: Scientists have discovered mysterious streaking patterns crossing huge distances in the clouds of Venus. The discovery is giving us new insight into the brutal conditions and climate on the strange planet second closest to the Sun. Based on advanced computer modelling, the team thinks moving air caused by polar jet streams, similar to…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh should focus on resource development as well as ensuring good governance at the institutional level for its graduation to a developed country, economists said, reports The Daily Sun. They also stressed the need for political stability and increase taxation to reduce the income of gap and foster an inclusive economy. United Kingdom-based…
UNB: Farmers across the country are misusing some 800 liters of water in producing each kilogram of paddy. Even though it is possible to produce 1 kg of paddy using 2,500 liters of water, currently they are using 3,300 liters for the same only for lack of awareness of certain techniques that can reduce the…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Germany ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz said the current problem regarding the ready-made garment movement over the new wage disparity should be resolved peacefully. “There must be a peaceful mechanism to resolve these issues,” Fahrenholtz wrote in his twitter account re-twitting a news published by The Daily Star regarding yesterday’s protest…
Fox News: Portions of an overcast sky in southeast Brazil are painted with tiny black dots — and no, it has nothing to do with birds. Residents in the inland state of Minas Gerais recently reported seeing thousands of “raining spiders.” The eight-legged critters appeared to be falling, though they were actually just crawling on…
Tech Explorist: Earlier this year, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed the robotic probe Chang’e 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest, oldest, deepest, a crater on the moon’s surface. Now, on Friday, January 11, the team behind Chang’e 4 mission has shared images back to earth through a special relay satellite….
DOT Desk: The country is immensely lacking in technical capabilities to detect adulteration and contamination in food, leaving public health under severe threat, reports The New Age. So far, safe food campaign here has been limited to creating awareness and operations of mobile courts punishing perpetrators in spot inspection. Looking into hygiene issues is what…