Abrar Hussain of DOT The prime minister will sit with the political parties again for a dialogue at Gono Bhaban, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced yesterday. The parties will be invited to the Gono Bhaban through letters, Quader told media at the AL office on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. They were previously invited…
DOT Desk: Residents of some areas in Chattogram have been suffering immensely for a week due to low gas pressure for inadequate LNG Supply, reports The New Age. Officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited and Petrobangla blamed inadequate supply of LNG for the crisis. For about a week, from morning till 2:00pm daily, many…
Science Alert: New guidance for under-18-year-olds from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK said the evidence that time in front of a screen has a negative effect on children is “contested” and that the “evidence of harm is often overstated”. The evidence is so weak, the group said, that it…
Quartz: Mind time and clock time are two totally different things. They flow at varying rates. The chronological passage of the hours, days, and years on clocks and calendars is a steady, measurable phenomenon. Yet our perception of time shifts constantly, depending on the activities we’re engaged in, our age, and even how much rest…
DOT Desk: National Human Rights Commission today said they did not find any link between the gang-rape in Noakhali’s Subarnachar and the general elections, reports The Daily Star. The incident took place as a sequel to previous enmity as cited in the statement of the case filed by the victim’s husband, their report states. NHRC Chairman Kazi…
Arab News: A massive winter snowstorm that blanketed several Midwest states was a factor in at least five road deaths on Saturday and forced the grounds crew to scramble to clear snow from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City ahead of the NFL divisional playoff game. The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies…
DOT Desk: The circuitous Katasur canal in the city’s Mohammadpur area lies in a sorry state as the water body appears to have turned into a dumping ground, reports The Daily Sun. Apart from the fact that the canal is on the verge of dying, waste and trash being thrown into it by the locals…
The Guardian: Astro-nomers attempting to capture the first images of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way have given early hints that the ambitious project has been successful. The observations, by the Event Horizon Telescope, are expected to be unveiled in the spring in one of the most eagerly awaited scientific announcements…
The Art Newspaper: The recent detention of the photographer Lu Guang in north-west China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has sparked a global outpouring of protest. Lu Guang, who is known for his work documenting the ecological and human devastation of development in remote regions in China, is the first cultural figure from the Han Chinese…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud thanked Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday for realizing the ‘mistake’ that Jatiya Oikyafront had made by incorporating Jamaat-e-Islami in the 11th parliamentary election. “I would like to thank Dr Kamal Hossain for realizing their political mistake,” he told reporters at the Secretariat. On Saturday, Oikyafront Convener Dr….