Muhammad Nabil/ ICDDRB Some children living in urban slums in Bangladesh may experience longtime exposure to certain toxins produced by fungi that grow over food and contaminate food grains, suggests a new icddr,b study. The poisonous element known as ‘Aflatoxin’ is produced by a group of fungi, which can contaminate crops in the field or…
Straits Times: The trial of two women accused of murdering the North Korean leader’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam was adjourned on Monday (Jan 28) until March, and the case will now drag on until at least mid-2019. Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam have been on trial since October 2017,…
Science Alert: Arthur Ashkin, the world’s oldest Nobel Prize winner, favours comfort over style. When I met him in his New Jersey home, he was sporting a fleece-lined zip-up, corduroy pants, and fuzz-lined Crocs. The outfit makes sense for someone who spends a lot of time tinkering with new inventions in the basement. Ashkin, who’s…
UNB: Police recovered the body of a madrasa student from a pond in Hazarpara area of Patkelghata upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ismail Hossain, 12, son of Shahbuddin, a resident of Enayetpur village in Kholishkhali union and a student of Hazrapara Hafizia Madrasa. Later, police recovered the body. The OC said…
DOT Desk: ar sales fell 16.5 percent to 18,227 units last year, the lowest in four years, as customers tightened their belts because of uncertainty surrounding the general election, reports The Daily Star. Some 21,959 units of cars were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in 2017. It was 20,304 and 21,062 units in…
DOT Desk: The first session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will begin at 3:00pm on Wednesday, January 30, reports The Daily Star. President Abdul Hamid called the session on January 9 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution. President Hamid will deliver speech on the…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court has ordered the Department of Environment to conduct mobile court drives twice a week in Dhaka city to take action against air polluters, reports bdnews24.com. The order came yesterday after the court issued a rule asking why the administration’s inactivity on curbing air pollution in Dhaka city should…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday hosted a tea party at Ganobhaban in honour of foreign diplomats, heads of different missions and representatives of international organisations. She hosted the tea party for them at the South Lawn of Ganobhaban, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister arrived at the venue at…
DOT Desk: The government has taken a plan to select and train 1,000 workers in each upazila for overseas jobs annually, reports The New Age. Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry officials told New Age that the plan was taken to cut down workers’ migration costs. They said that the names of workers keen to…
Eurek Alert: Engineering researchers have demonstrated proof-of-principle for a device that could serve as the backbone of a future quantum Internet. University of Toronto Engineering professor Hoi-Kwong Lo and his collaborators have developed a prototype for a key element for all-photonic quantum repeaters, a critical step in long-distance quantum communication. A quantum Internet is the…