Prithvijit Mitra/Times of India It’s a non-descript room at the south-western corner of the century-old Baker Hostel. With a narrow bed, a chair, a table and a wooden cabinet, it looks Spartan, but incredibly well-preserved. A picture placed on the table shows the most famous occupant of the room passionately delivering a speech. “Ebarer sangram,…
AFP: During World War II, Wojciech Narebski and his fellow Polish servicemen had to lift crate after heavy metal crate of artillery. Fortunately for them, one of the soldiers had superhuman strength: Corporal Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear. “When he saw that we were struggling, he’d want to help… He’d come over, grab a crate…
DOT Desk: The Education Ministry has asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to launch an investigation into the alleged financial irregularities in private universities, reports The Daily Sun. In a letter to the UGC in November last year, the ministry said there are allegations of embezzlement of fund by trustee board members of some private…
Dilip Mandal, Senior journalist/The Print So little is known about educator and social reformer Fatima Sheikh that even her date of birth is debated. Every year, on 3 January, India celebrates (or at least acknowledges) Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary. She was the first Indian woman to become a teacher and start a school for girls….
AFP: The cockpit voice recorder from an Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October has been recovered, officials said Monday, a discovery that could be critical to explaining why a brand new plane fell out of the sky just after take-off. The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after departing Jakarta,…
Barrister Sabrina Zarin, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and partner at the FM Associates/ Daily Observer Having dual citizenship has become a matter of concern for many citizens of Bangladesh due to the high interest in migrating to different countries of the world from Bangladesh. People from Bangladesh are moving towards the western…
Paul Aleixo, Senior lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University/ Channel NewsAsia There are a number of reasons why we should celebrate Tintin, a character that has contributed immensely, says one observer. For such a perennially young man, always in a hurry to right the world’s wrongs, it may be strange to hear that Tintin…
DOT Desk: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said necessary initiatives will be taken to publish gazette of ninth wage board for journalists by January 28 next, reports The Daily Star. “Necessary initiatives will be taken to publish ninth wage board gazette for journalists — I will begin work from today in this regard,” he…
BSS: A total of 100 students of Tamiz Uddin Disable and Autistic School at Komorpur Bazaar area under Palashbari upazila in the district got blankets from district police yesterday. Blankets were distributed on the school premises in a function with chairperson of the school managing committee (SMC) and social worker M. Rafiqul Islam in the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT In a shocking statement, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rejaul Karim yesterday said the capital’s development authority has been directed to prevent the construction of unplanned buildings. “We will take strict legal actions against illegally constructed buildings,” he said as he was replying to a question at a review meeting…