Dr. Mahmud Hasan speaks to DOT : There are a lot of new faces in this cabinet. I believe they will work diligently with renewed enthusiasm and zeal. As a medical officer, I am happy with how this new cabinet turned out to be. The entire nation is eager to see them work. If their…
Afsan Chowdhury writes for DOT Last week I walked through the pedestrian under path opposite to Kaoran Bazar and saw scenes common everywhere. Daytime under passes are more respectable and clean but at night the real character peeps out just as people when asleep can never hide their souls. It’s actually not very dirty –shocked…
Duncan Bartlett writes for DOT : Democracy is like a precious crop. It needs to be carefully nurtured in order to flourish. In Bangladesh – a country with a recent history of political assassinations, coups and war – democracy is still developing. Its roots have not yet grown very deep. I am concerned that there…
BSS: The Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) of Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will be launched in next month. Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will start selling bottled water in February. The water named “Sundarban” a safe drinking water, will go on experimental production this month, a KWASA official said. “The Bottle…
DOT Desk: Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said that Bangladesh is one of the most successful countries of the world. He specifically mentioned the progress that Bangladesh made over the last 10 years. Shringla, who was set to leave Dhaka yesterday, made the remarks while delivering his speech at…
EUrek Alert: Sudden, unpredictable drops in personal income during young adulthood are associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease and/or dying from any cause, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. In the United States, the recent rise in income inequality suggests that a larger proportion of the population…
Nina L. Khrushcheva/Project Syndicate The problem with a semi-authoritarian regime like Vladimir Putin’s is that people’s behavior is not fully under the leader’s control. And, in today’s Russia, this extends to the news media, which report far more often – and more boldly – on social challenges, and the anger they stoke, than outsiders might…
DOT Desk: Patients of different hospitals in the capital have repeatedly complained about the illegible handwriting of doctors. Even salesmen at pharmacies often face a tough time as they are unable to make out the exact names of medicines prescribed by doctors, reports The Independent. While visiting different hospitals in the city, including Bangabandhu Sheikh…
Glenn Thrush & Thomas Gibbons-Neff/ The New York Times President Trump raised the possibility on Friday of declaring a national emergency to allow him to build a wall along the southwest border without congressional approval, hours after Department of Homeland Security officials requested additional support to erect temporary barriers between the United States and Mexico….
Eurek Alert: A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the University of Oxford suggests that scientific advancement is limited by a lack of diversity. They show that the people studied in genetic discovery research continue to be overwhelmingly of European descent, but also…