DOT Desk: The Chatto-gram Custom House has evidence that the seven Clearing and Forwarding agents, who have recently been found to be “involved” in a forgery, engaged in counterfeit activities for a total of 299 times between October 2013 and December 2018, NBR sources said, reports The Daily Star. On Wednesday, Customs Intelligence and Investigation…
The Mehr news: A research team at University of Tehran has designed a genosensor which can detect HTLV-I, the cause of T-cell leukemia and T-cell lymphoma. The HTLV-I is a recognized cancer virus which can cause blood cancer. This project uses fluorescent carbon dots to detect HTLV-I virus. The product makes the detection process of…
DOT Desk: Export earnings from jute and jute goods declined by 26 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year (July-December 2018) compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year (FY), reports The Financial Express. The sector insiders said lower demand for jute and jute products in the global market was…
DOT Desk: Small and medium scale leather good manufacturers are betting on a change in fortunes on the back of their participation in the ongoing Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), reports The Daily Star. “I am looking for foreign buyers as my products are world-class,” said Rubina Akter Munni, owner of “Design by Rubina”, which…
The Indian Express: Singer Shaan is not happy with the trend of recreating old songs as he believes the new versions do not have a great melody. Shaan is also not happy with the dearth of original songs. “I can’t think if any party song or dance track today is original. I am not thrilled…
DOT Desk: The financial institutions division will appoint a committee for bringing about changes in the Bank Company Act to check rising defaulted loans while the experts are sceptic about its success, reports The New Age. Division secretary Asadul Islam told New Age on January 15 that an additional secretary of the division would lead…
Jordan Fox Besek, Assistant Professor of Sociology and RENEW (Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water) faculty at SUNY at Buffalo/Monga Bay *The connections between social processes and environmental processes that generate biodiversity loss are very unclear compared to climate change, or even other environmental problems like oil spills or the clear-cutting of forests….
Laura Heck, LMFT, Certified Gottman Therapist/ Thrive Global As an adult, it’s common for lifelong friendships to drift apart. Here’s how to know if you should make the effort to branch out, according to a therapist. Q: I used to have a larger group of friends but cross-country moves, marriages, babies, and jobs have driven…
The Wired: Another installment of The Monitor, WIRED’s roundup of the latest in the world of culture. But this is much busier than most. Why? Well, there’s a new Ghostbusters movie in the works from Jason Reitman (son of the original’s director), Apple is adding some big names to its initiative to make original content,…
DOT Desk: Communist Party of Bangladesh expressed deep concerns over the price hike of essential commodities, including rice, reports The New Age. CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim and general secretary Mohammad Shah Alam, in a joint statement, said that rice prices had suddenly increased by Tk 4 to 5 per kilogram without any valid reason,…