BSS: Rajshahi zone of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (REB) is going to attain the target of 100 percent power supply to all its 30 upazilas by next June. “We have already brought 28 upazilas under the coverage of hundred percent power supply in this zone,” said Enamul Haque, superintending engineer (current-charge) of REB, Rajshahi zone….
Science Alert: Researchers have come up with five different types of insomnia – types that might help doctors personalise specific treatments in the future, making them more effective and better tailored towards each individual with sleep problems. Contrary to what you might expect, these groupings aren’t actually based on your typical sleep symptoms, such as…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the High Court verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing former Chief Conservator of Forest Osman Gani to 12 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case, reports The Daily Star. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice M Imaan Ali passed the order…
Michelle Alexander, Civil rights lawyer and advocate, legal scholar and author/ BDnews24 On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr stepped up to the lectern at the Riverside Church in Manhattan. The United States had been in active combat in Vietnam for two years, and tens of thousands of…
DOT Desk: Visitors at the fair said although prices are low this year, they are not happy with the designs. Despite attracting a large number of visitors to their stalls and pavillions at this year’s trade fair, jewellery traders are failing to make significant sales, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Similar to previous years, jewellery is…
Science Alert: We often think of bone as something that is structurally solid, especially its hard outer layer, called cortical bone. But a new discovery of never-before-seen hidden passages traversing these rigid organs in both animals and humans could lead to a rethink of the structure and function of basic skeletal anatomy. In a new…
Eurek Alert: Corals know how to attract good company. New research finds that corals emit an enticing fluorescent green light that attracts the mobile microalgae, known as Symbiodinium, that are critical to the establishment of a healthy partnership. The study led by researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Basic Biology and the ARC Centre of…
BSS: An all-time record quantity of 84.67-lakh kg ‘made-tea’ worth Taka 204 crore was produced last year in the ‘Kartoa Valley’ ecological zone comprising of five sub-Himalayan northern districts. “The produced quantity of 84.67-lakh kg ‘made-tea’ in 2018 is higher by 55.64 percent than the output of 54.40-lakh kg in 2017 in the valley,” said…
DOT Desk: The central bank has strengthened monitoring and supervision as the first half (H1) of this fiscal year (FY) has witnessed a fall in the disbursement of agriculture loans by nearly 5.0 per cent, officials said, reports The financial Express. As per its latest move, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to meet with…
DOT Desk: With noticeable assistance of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) tomato farming has changed fate of hundreds of poor farmers in Bogura district, reports The Financial Express. Getting repeated bumper production and fair market prices in previous years, the farmers have emphasised on tomato farming in a large scale across the region this season….