BSS: The Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) of Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will be launched in next month. Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will start selling bottled water in February. The water named “Sundarban” a safe drinking water, will go on experimental production this month, a KWASA official said. “The Bottle…
DOT Desk: Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said that Bangladesh is one of the most successful countries of the world. He specifically mentioned the progress that Bangladesh made over the last 10 years. Shringla, who was set to leave Dhaka yesterday, made the remarks while delivering his speech at…
EUrek Alert: Sudden, unpredictable drops in personal income during young adulthood are associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease and/or dying from any cause, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. In the United States, the recent rise in income inequality suggests that a larger proportion of the population…
Nina L. Khrushcheva/Project Syndicate The problem with a semi-authoritarian regime like Vladimir Putin’s is that people’s behavior is not fully under the leader’s control. And, in today’s Russia, this extends to the news media, which report far more often – and more boldly – on social challenges, and the anger they stoke, than outsiders might…
DOT Desk: Patients of different hospitals in the capital have repeatedly complained about the illegible handwriting of doctors. Even salesmen at pharmacies often face a tough time as they are unable to make out the exact names of medicines prescribed by doctors, reports The Independent. While visiting different hospitals in the city, including Bangabandhu Sheikh…
Glenn Thrush & Thomas Gibbons-Neff/ The New York Times President Trump raised the possibility on Friday of declaring a national emergency to allow him to build a wall along the southwest border without congressional approval, hours after Department of Homeland Security officials requested additional support to erect temporary barriers between the United States and Mexico….
Eurek Alert: A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the University of Oxford suggests that scientific advancement is limited by a lack of diversity. They show that the people studied in genetic discovery research continue to be overwhelmingly of European descent, but also…
NDTV: A California teenager is in police custody after biting a jogger her dog tried to attack. The East Bay Regional Park District Police Department said in a statement that the dog attempted to attack the jogger when she was on a run in Oakland’s Anthony Chabot Regional Park on Thursday morning. The jogger tried…
DOT Desk: The bitter gourd farmers are happy over fair market price as well as good output in Bogura district this season, reports The Financial Express. Each maund of bitter gourd is being sold at Tk 1400 to 1500 in the wholesale markets. In retail market it sells at Tk 35 to 40 for each…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Tungipara upazila Awami League President in Gopalganj Sheikh Abdul Halim. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister prayed for salvation of the departed soul and conveyed profound sympathyto the bereaved family members. Abdul Halim died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical…