The Telegraph: This is a children’s film, a children’s film and a children’s film,” says Sandip Ray emphatically. And then appends after a pause, “…which adults too can watch.” The director is talking about the film, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, that was directed by his father, Satyajit Ray. It turns 50 this year. That Goopy…
DOT Desk: Dinajpur’s Hili, for the last few days,has been enduring extreme weather – more specifically,enduring relentless cold waves and dense fog formations in the area.This has resulted in a sharp decrease in the already cold temperature, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Due to these adverse weather conditions, Boro seedbeds are suffering from winter-related disease. from…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh officials appeared to have backtracked this week from filing a case to claim damage of reserve heist against US Federal Reserve Bank of New York (US Fed) considering insufficient evidences. The case has to be lodged with ‘Inform Commercial Court’ under local laws in the USA. As per the law,…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) will formally launch its restaurant gradation programme in the city on January 20 aiming to help customers identify eateries’ hygiene level, a high official said. “We are set to launch the programme through marking 50 restaurants with four different sticker colours based on their hygiene level,” BFSA Chairman…
Eurek Alert: Patients with type 2 diabetes should be prescribed physical activity to control blood sugar and improve heart health. That is one of the recommendations in a position paper(1) of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), a branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The paper is published today in the European…
AFP: In 1975, a young Kodak engineer called Steven Sasson showed his bosses a device he’d cobbled together from a portable digital cassette recorder, a Super-8 movie camera, 16 nickel cadmium-batteries and various other components. The device could capture and display a small black and white image on a TV screen. His bosses weren’t impressed….
John Crudele/New York Post Donald Trump fancies himself as a great negotiator. But he’s made at least two big mistakes that’ll make it difficult for the US to come to a trade agreement with the Chinese.Eventually, some sort of deal will be reached. Whether it will be honored is another matter. But whatever it turns…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader has hinted at bringing reforms to the party’s constitution, reports bdnews24.com. The changes may address issues including the overarching powers of party chairman HM Ershad and the procedure of inducting members into its policy-making presidium, he said. The reform proposals will be discussed with Jatiya Party…
Eurek Alert: Researchers know that lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, but until now they didn’t know to what degree. New research out of the University of Michigan provides that context by examining the severity of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse reported by…
DOT Desk: Based on the 1952 Language Movement, the film Phagun Hawa is set to release on February 8, under the banner of Impress Telefilm Limited. The film is adapted from a story named Bou Kotha Kou, written by Tito Rahman. Directed by Tauquir Ahmed, the film was shot in Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna, reports…