David Ignatius, Columnist/ The Conversation, Australia Do cats and dogs understand humans when they make miaowing or barking noises? (Mila, 11, and Alex, 8) There’s been a lot of research about communication between people and domestic animals like dogs and cats. But we don’t yet have the answer to your very interesting question. We don’t…
Science Alert: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that has been baffling scientists for decades. It’s one of the most enigmatic afflictions out there, and no matter how much research is carried out, the mysteries continue to pile on. Today, one of the most burning questions, still unanswered, has to do with the role of…
DOT Desk: Experts at a workshop held in Rajshahi on Friday stressed the need for protecting water resources and soil quality to produce more crops to ensure the country’s food security, reports The New Age. They said that government and non-government organisations should work together to protect water resources and the environment from pollution. The…
Hossen Sohel of DOT: Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury yesterday asked all government staff and officials of the land offices to submit their wealth statements by February 28, reports The Daily Star. “All staff and officials of land offices from union parishad to the Land Ministry must have to submit their wealth statements by this timeframe,”…
DOT Desk: Higher gas tariff, suspension of new connections of gas and poor implementation of government policies are holding back the potentials of country’s attar manufacturing sector, insiders have said, reports The Financial Express. Besides, delay in obtaining certification from forest officials and discrepancies in export related documents are also restricting the growth of the…
Irtiza Nasim Ali/Southasian Monitor The elections to Bangladesh’s national assembly were far from credible. And as if the election results were not shocking enough—the Awami League bagging 288 seats while the main opposition BNP only managing to win five—the 47-member cabinet held more surprises than the proverbial Pandora’s box. The total absence of the Awami…
DOT Desk: Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar today said it is impossible to hold back girls in their homes any more as the prime minister has already brought them out for education and huge number of them are engaged in development activities. Countering the Hefajat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi’s speech in a roundtable discussing at…
DOT Desk: Container handling at the Chattogram port posted a year-on-year growth of 8.88 percent in 2018, reports The Daily Sun. The country’s premier seaport also posted a 12.98 percent year-on-year growth in overall cargo handling in the immediate past calendar year. Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) officials said round-the-clock services delivered by the port and…
John Mcwhorter, teaches linguistics at Columbia University/The Atlantic They suggest not just inadequate manners or polish, but inadequate thought. The president of the United States has many faults, but let’s not ignore this one: He cannot write sentences. If a tree falls in a forrest and no one is there to hear it … wait:…
Channel News Asia: The rapid growth of renewable energy sources and the demise of fossil fuels are causing major changes in global politics, a special commission said in a report Friday (Jan 11). The shift “will alter the global distribution of power, relations between states, the risk of conflict, and the social, economic and environmental…