Channel News Asia: The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports that suggested a so-called pause…
DOT Desk: A good number of extreme poor farmers of Bogura district are becoming self-reliant rearing Turkey birds from last year, reports The Financial Express. Sensing lucrative profit, over 300 new farmers in Dupchanchia, Gabtoly, Sariakandi, Sonatola, Shajahanpur, Sherpur, Adamdighi, Kahaloo and Sadar upazilas of the district are rearing birds commercially. Turkey farming has become…
DOT Desk: The lone children’s hospital in Rajbari has remained inoperative for the last one year and four months due to shortage of doctors, much to the suffering of child patients of the district, reports The Daily Star. “Rajbari Municipality Children Hospital under Rajbari municipality was established in 1996 at Charlaxmipur area. Ministry of Health…
DOT Desk: Poet and pro-VC of University of Dhaka, Muhammad Samad has become the recipient of “The Prizes 2018: The International Best Poet.” The award is given every year by China’s The International Poetry Translation and Research Centre or IPTRC, reports The Daily Observer. Nine other poets from nine other countries have been nominated for…
Science Alert: Birds see a very different world to the one we’re familiar with, and now we can get a hint of what that looks like thanks to a specially designed camera that simulates birdo-vision. Apart from being fascinating, the resulting images also explain why birds can navigate so accurately through dense foliage. Behavioural biologist…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumer Association on Saturday urged the government to strictly monitor and enforce mobile phone handset standards, reports The New Age. High radiation from low quality mobile phone handsets is harming users physically and mentally, speakers said at a seminar hosted by BMPCA at the National Press Club. High radiation causes…
Rozette Rago/ The New York Times “There were meet-ups that were generalized for those in their 20s, 30s and 40s, but there was nothing for older women,” said the founder of a group in Los Angeles. “And I didn’t want men.” Dale Pollekoff, 71, moved to Los Angeles after a long career in graphic design…
DOT Desk: Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd), Chief External & Corporate Affairs Officer of bKash handing over books to Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Founder and Chief Executive of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro at their office recently, reports The Daily Sun. bKash has been supporting the ‘Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) Program’ of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Local think tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has blamed defective procedures in the implementation of the wage structure for the recent unrest in the garment sector. The research organisation has also found inadequacies in the systems used for informing workers about their wage increases, reports BDnews. The CPD highlighted…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on winning the ‘Bharat Ratna’ – India’s highest civilian award, reported UNB. Sheikh Hasina greeted Pranab over telephone yesterday morning, according to the Press Wing of the Prime Minister’s Office. On Friday, Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh…