CNN: Driving in Thailand can be a hair-raising experience at the best of times, but during the country’s so-called “seven dangerous days” over the New Year holiday motorists take their lives in their hands. Authorities say the one-week festive period is marred by an increase in crashes, deaths and injuries as Thais travel to visit…
Saeed Naqvi, Senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer, and distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi /The New Age ‘PROBLEMS’ like Afghanistan, even Iran, created in the thick of the Cold War, are now in the lap of a declining sole super power in a withdrawal mode. Since I was a witness to…
UNB: The Global Economist Forum (GEF) has said the Bangladesh economy will enjoy one of the happiest years in 2019 in respect to economic freedom, which will help achieve above 7.5 GDP growth. FEF, a Special Consultative Status development and policy organisation of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has released their worldwide…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, recently elected for the Rangpur-3 constituency, took oath yesterday, reported The Daily Star. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at the parliament around 12:30pm. “I am proud to be sworn in as the opposition leader,” said Ershad, who went to the Jatiya Sangsad on…
The learning and creativity: ‘RD Burman’s music is eternal, universal and a life-long joy.’ Each and every song RDB composed and set to tune has a unique identity in its treatment, an unmistakable RDB stamp. A straight-from-the-heart tribute to the musical genius of RD Burman by Peeyush Sharma. More than two decades of music has…
BSS: The government has nationalised 26,193 primary schools, 257 high schools and more than 333 colleges in different parts of the country to ensure quality education during the last ten years. “The government also nationalized services of 1.42 lakh primary teachers and established 1,500 new schools and 19 residential schools in three hilly districts during…
Eurek Alert: Cancerous tumors trick myeloid cells, an important part of the immune system, into perceiving them as a damaged part of the body; the tumors actually put myeloid cells to work helping them grow and metastasize (spread). A research team co-led by scientists at Rush University Medical Center have discovered a potential therapy that…
The Guardian, UK: A veteran American cyclist has accepted a public warning issued by the US Anti-Doping Agency after failing a drugs test and being stripped of a world record he set earlier this year. Carl Grove set a new record when winning the 90-94 age group sprint title at the US Masters Track National…
DOT Desk: Continuous cold wave coupled with dense fog that sweeps across the country is likely to keep an adverse effect on seasonal crops, including Boro seedlings, reports the Daily Star. Because of heavy cold and dense fog, crops are getting attacked by insects resulting in fungal diseases, cold injury and late blight et cetera….
DOT Desk: Banks showed less attention to green financing in last quarter when there was constant emphasis on sustainable practices and a conscious need for adopting cleaner energy, reports The Daily Observer. Green finance has been decreased by 1.59 per cent in July-September quarter than the previous one and the number of financial institutions involved…