BSS: With the increase of cold wave here, district administration has intensified warm cloth distribution among cold affected people of the district to mitigate their sufferings. Officials said District Relief and Rehabilitation office received a total of 41,700 pieces of blankets from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief this season to distribute those to…
DOT Desk: After a brief lull in anti-drug crackdown, members of law enforcement agencies including RAB have further intensified its drive against drug across the county, reports The Daily Sun. Many listed drug dealers who came out of their hideouts taking the advantage of recently held 11th parliamentary polls have reportedly gone into hiding again…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Noted physicist Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal said has reacted on his verified Facebook page yesterday, with his write-up asking in the headline “Where do we keep this stigma?” Dr Iqbal, who retired from at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) after teaching there for years, expressed his hatred and…
NDTV: “What is this bicycle made of” is a question that everyone seems to be asking after looking at this viral pic. A picture that has gone massively viral on Chinese social media websites shows the scene of an accident between a car and a bicycle. However, contrary to what one would expect, it’s the…
Banglanews24: The conjoined twins Rokeya and Rabeya will be taken to Hungary on Friday night (January 4) for better treatment with assistance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim handed over the air tickets to their parents at a press briefing held at burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital…
DOT Desk: What can be a more better gift than this from Jaya Ahsan for her fans and movie lovers in the beginning of the New Year, when an award-winning film of the celebrated actress is set for release in Bangladesh just on the fourth day of the year, reports The Independent. Starring Jaya in…
DOT Desk: A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Muktarpur village in Damurhuda upazila, reports The Daily Sun. The deceased identified as Abdul Barek, 40, was the son of Abdul Goni of Karpashdanga village in the upazila. Sukumar Biswas, officer-in-charge of Damurhuda Police Station, said police arrested Barek…
Eurek Alert: Cells along the brain’s cavities are equipped with tiny hair-like protrusions called cilia. Cilia are still poorly understood, but we know a few things about what can happen if they are not doing their job. People with ciliary defects can develop neurological conditions like hydrocephalus and scoliosis. New research from the Yaksi group…
Hossen Sohel of DOT UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners have been turning to green and non-polluting technology, including solar power, to help provide safe and clean water to Rohingyas living in the crowded settlements in Cox’s Bazar district, reports UNB. Over the past six months, five new safe water networks funded by…
DOT Desk: A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his rival group over previous feud at Railway Colony in the city’s Bandar area on Wednesday night, reports The Daily Sun. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 25, son of one Ali Akber of Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla district. He was caretaker of a…