DOT Desk: The negative effects of early marriage come in many variations that are being widely discussed recently. From higher risk of teenage pregnancy, physical and mental health problems, to gender-based violence, school dropout, inequality, and economic deterioration — it has been established that child marriage, indeed, is a violation of human rights and children’s…
DOT Desk: According to the Department of Agriculture Extension office in Rajshahi, there are around 800,000 date palms in the district, Dhaka Tribune. What used to be simple extraction of juice from isolated date palms has now turned into a profitable process for entrepreneurs in the district. Extracting juice from date trees is usually done…
DOT Desk: The farmers of Saturia Upazila in the district are frustrated over price fall of brinjal this season, reports The New Age. Farmers said they got bumper yield of brinjal this year due to fertile soil and favourable weather. After meeting local demand, the brinjal is being sent to other districts. Farmers alleged that…
DOT Desk: Around hundred nurses of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Thursday morning observed work abstention and demonstrated in the campus protesting at the assault of one of their fellow’s husband by the staff, Reports The New Age. Protesters said that on Wednesday night hospital staff Harun along with others assaulted one of their…
UNB: A singer of ‘Kirtan’ was reportedly raped by two men at Pirarbari village in Kotalipara Upazila. The victim’s father, a disable vegetable vendor, said his 15-year-old daughter, member of Kirtan group ‘Laxmi Narayan Samproday’ of Khulna, came home two days ago. “She helped me with my shop on Thursday night. On her way back…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh’s economy is set to continue to expand at a fast pace in the near term, above 7 per cent per year, says a new UN report launched, reports The Daily Sun. Strong fixed investment, vigorous private consumption and accommodative monetary policy will lead the growth, according to the World Economic Situation and…
DOT Desk: Country’s first omnibus project “Iti, Tomari Dhaka” has been awarded at Jaipur International Film Festival in India, reports The Daily Observer. It has won the Best Original Screenplay award at the eleventh edition of the festival. Abu Shahed Emon, creative producer of the film has confirmed the news. It might be added that…
DOT Desk: Flower farmers of Bogura district are passing busy time to supply large quantities of flowers for celebrating February 21 with much fervour, reports The Financial Express. They are expecting to grow flowers worth Tk 20 million for this peak period. A good number of extreme poor farmers of the region mostly depend on…
Mohammad Ayesh/Middle East Monitor In the past few years, Israel, the alien state in the region, has been sleeping in peace in a way that it has never dreamt of since it was founded more than seven decades ago. Meanwhile, the Arabs are drowning in war and blood day after day. If we expand our…
Ed Yong/The Atlantic In frigid waters, their ability to keep their bodies warm gives them an edge over sharks and fish. When ecologists watch nature documentaries, sometimes they get ideas for research projects. John Grady, an ecologist from Michigan State University, kept seeing those inevitable scenes in which shoals of hapless fish are demolished by…