DOT Desk: A schoolgirl was allegedly killed after violation in Gabtola village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira, reports The Daily Observer. Deceased Sushmita was the daughter of Proshanto Das. She was a student of class III of Gabtola Government Primary School. When Sushmita became senseless, he threw her into a pond. Local people recovered Sushmita’s…
DOT Desk: Rubina Yasmin, a Bangladeshi girl working in the University of Greenwich, a UK’s prestigious educational institution after completing her graduation course from the same university thinks cash is dying and nobody is concerned about it, reports The Daily Observer. “Money is nothing but medium of exchange. People have reinvented the exchange of goods…
The learning and creativity: ‘RD Burman’s music is eternal, universal and a life-long joy.’ Each and every song RDB composed and set to tune has a unique identity in its treatment, an unmistakable RDB stamp. A straight-from-the-heart tribute to the musical genius of RD Burman by Peeyush Sharma. More than two decades of music has…
Science Alert: A near-drowning had left the woman in a persistent vegetative state for nearly a decade. Her universe consisted mostly of a room at a Phoenix Hacienda HealthCare facility where she received round-the-clock care. So when she went into labor a few days after Christmas, her caretakers were flummoxed. “From what I’ve been told,…
UNB: A farmer died from electrocution at Srifalkati village in Shyamnagar upazila. The deceased was identified as Ichha Morol, 55. Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar Police Station, said Ichha Morol came in contact with a live electric wire while he was cutting a branch of a tree in the morning and sustained severe injuries. Later,…
DOT Desk: Tin Duarer Kole, the autobiographical memoir by Subhash Ghosh, Chairman of Associated Builders’ Corporation (ABC) Limited, was recently launched at the ABC Garden, Anwar Jong Road, Ashulia. Prominent actor and founder of Asiatic 3 sixty, Aly Zaker, was the special guest and speaker at the programme, reports The daily Star. The author’s brother,…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Companies may increase wages in Bangladesh by 10 percent in 2019, according to a survey by Mercer. The global consulting firm’s 2018 Bangladesh Total Remuneration Survey suggests the rise in salary will be across industries and levels, reports bdnews24.com. This is consistent with the increase in salaries in 2017 and 2018,…
DOT Desk: Omnibus film ‘Iti, Tomari Dhaka’ (Sincerely Yours, Dhaka) is going to open the 11th Jaipur International Film Festival in India on January 18, reports The New Age. Iti, Tomari Dhaka, which had its world premiere at 23rd Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in October, 2018, is a collection of 11 short…
DOT Desk: Bone-biting cold wave that sweeps countrywide, especially over its northern, southern and north-southern region, has paralysed life all over, reports The Daily Sun. It also affected day-to-day activities, including ferry service, flight operations and traffic movement. Meanwhile, maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been asked to hoist signal no…
John Harris, Guardian columnist/The Guardian, UK A decentralised internet sounds offputtingly complicated. But our lives, online and off, now depend upon it OOur family got a Google Home Hub for Christmas. As comparative lifestyle Neanderthals, we have so far only used it as a glorified digital picture frame and music player, though this is clearly…