PBS: The Eastern Puma was officially declared extinct early this year by U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Many years prior to this tragic declaration, the species could be found in the eastern states of the country – particularly along the Mississippi River. However, the Eastern Puma had been listed as an endangered species for…
Eurek Alert: Scientists increasingly believe that one of the driving forces in chronic pain–the number one health problem in both prevalence and burden–appears to be the memory of earlier pain. Research published today/this week in Current Biology suggests that there may be variations, based on sex, in the way that pain is remembered in both…
UNB: he once verdant banks of Madhumati River, separating Faridpur’s Boalmari Upazila from Magura’s Mohammadpur, are now blighted by illegal brick factories thriving on a growing demand for the construction material. The brick kilns, mostly sprung up on agricultural land, are burning trees, use topsoil from arable land and soil from the river banks to…
13DOT Desk: Bangladesh army Chief General Aziz Ahmed o Friday inaugurated a three-day reunion programme of ExCadet Association of Feni Girls’ Cadet College, reports The New Age. Principal of the college Group Captain Mumin Khan Mazlish received General Aziz at the venue of the event on the college campus, an ISPR press release said. Later,…
DOT Desk: That lovely saree you have got your eye on might feel so lovely if it is made out of silk and also it might be better at keeping you warm in chilly weather without compromising your fashionable panache. We are in the midst of winter season, and we have got still two months…
DOT Desk: Birdwatchers and avian enthusiasts thronged the annual daylong Bird Fair at Jahangirnagar University on Friday amid fanfare and festivity, reports The Daily Observer. JU Zoology Department in collaboration with Wild Life Rescue Center, Bangladesh Bird Club and Aronnok Foundation organised the fair with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds in…
DOT Desk: The government has taken a special initiative for improving the socio-economic condition of small ethnic groups living on plain land through a combined livestock development scheme, reports The Daily Sun. The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has submitted a Tk 381 crore project to the Planning Commission which is scrutinising the proposal to…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, who is given the charge after being election for the first time as a lawmaker, said Hefajat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi made his own remarks on girls’ education. While exchanging views with journalists yesterday morning, Nowfel said, “It is his (Shafi) personal…
Marc Thiessen/The New York Post Barring some miraculous breakthrough, on Saturday the current government shutdown will become the longest in American history. But it has already hit another historic milestone: It is, by far and away, the stupidest government shutdown in American history.In 2019, the federal government will spend a whopping $4.407 trillion. Yet Congress…
David Ignatius, Columnist/ The Washington Post One hundred days after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing ahead with anti-dissident campaigns and remains in regular contact with Saud al-Qahtani, the media adviser whom the CIA believes helped organize Khashoggi’s killing, according to U.S. and Saudi sources. The Saudi crown…