DOT Desk: Abul Bajandar, dubbed as “tree-man” for his extremely rare skin disorder on hands and feet, has returned to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) today to get admitted, months after he “voluntarily” left treatment last year, reports The Daily Star. Bajandar, 28, left the Burn Unit of the DMCH on May 26 last year…
Hossen Sohel of DOT High Court yesterday set January 31 for hearing a writ petition that challenged the legality of 300 members of parliament holding office before the expiry of tenure of the previous parliament, reports New Age. A bench of justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and justice Razik Al Jalil rescheduled Monday’ hearing to January…
DOT Desk: The poor demand for electricity during off-peak hours in winter has created a peculiar problem for the country’s power producers. Officials said this trend in the electricity demand-supply curve has resulted in negative industrial consumption of electricity, which ultimately affects power production, as industrial connections offset the subsidy in domestic lines. The country’s…
DOT Desk: National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has achieved a five-star safety rating by an international aviation safety rating agency, reports The Daily Star. Biman achieved five stars out of seven in terms of air safety from Australia-based company airlineratings.com. The national flag carrier got three stars for achieving International Operational Safety Audit (IOSA),…
DOT Desk: Popular actor Chanchal Chowdhury will be leaving for Nepal in the first week of February to film four Eid tele-fictions that are all directed by Shokal Ahmed and scripted by Brindabon Das. The actor will be staying in Nepal for two weeks, reports The Daily Star. “I liked the stories and characters of…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in a number separate drives found 40% of doctors absent in 11 government hospitals including three in the capital city yesterday. Though the rate of absentee doctors was 11% in the three Dhaka hospitals, it was 61.8% in the eight hospitals and health centres outside Dhaka city,…
DOT Desk: Habitual and influential defaulters are the main barriers to bringing down delinquent loans in the state-owned commercial banks, according to the assessment of the lenders, reports The Daily Star. The banks placed separate reports to the finance ministry last month articulating the major reasons behind their rising defaults loans and ways to bring…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The High Court granted bail yesterday to two former inspectors general of police who were sentenced to two years in prison in the August 21 grenade attack case, reported The Daily Star. The High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty accepted the appeal petitions of former…
Tech Explorist: Chocolate is on the tip of everyone’s tongue – not only as a gently melting treat. Every time we taste chocolate, it is a wonderful memory for us. A survey conducted on chocoholic people in UK suggests that 10 million chocolate lovers would be willing to break the law if there was a…
Eurek Alert: Children’s heads expand steadily to accommodate their growing brains and doctors routinely measure head circumference during the first years of life to assess healthy brain development. Children from around the world follow similar patterns of head growth and final head size has been largely achieved by the age of six years. “We know…