UNB: Three young men died reportedly after taking excessive liquor during a pre-wedding party at Siddhirganj. The deceased were identified as Ashique Hossain, 20, son of Abul Hossain and two brothers-Akib Uddin, 24, and Rasel, 28–sons of Alauddin Akhter of the area. Locals said the trio and some others consumed foreign-made alcohol during a during…
Science Alert: That’s because scientists have used the groundcherry as an experimental test case to illustrate just how quickly CRISPR genome editing can speed up the domestication of wild, unruly plants. For a relatively obscure crop like the groundcherry (Physalis pruinosa) – aka ‘husk cherries’ and native to Central and South America – it would…
DOT Desk: Small-screen actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba, can now be seen in a web film titled Ditio Koishor, directed by Shihab Shaheen, reports The Daily Star. This film will be released on the online platform, Bioscope. He has also acted in the drama Tumi Bolle, written by his wife, Nazia Hassan Audity and directed by…
DOT Desk: Bus registration in Dhaka witnessed a significant decline in 2018 compared to that of 2017, reports The Financial Express. A total of 2,322 buses were registered in 2018 while the number was 3,294 in 2017, according to statistics provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). With the latest, a total of…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Columnist/ Dhaka Courier There was a knowledgeable being that inhabited Waheedul Haque. He was into song, into all those feelings that contribute to the making of aesthetics. Tagore for him was a lifeline, to culture, indeed to politics. He was always humming a tune, on the rickshaw rides we took together on…
AFP: United States President Donald Trump has signed the deal bringing the government shutdown to an end, news agency AFP reported. President Donald Trump said Friday he will temporarily end the government shutdown, while dropping his previous insistence on immediate funding for wall construction along the Mexican border. The announcement in the White House Rose…
DOT Desk: Local farmers achieved bumper Aman yield in Barishal Division this year, said sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the division, reports The Daily Observer. Arshed Ali, additional director of the DAE, claimed that due to favourable weather and use of high-yielding seeds, the Aman paddy production increased since the last…
DOT Desk: Andrographis paniculata, locally known as “kalmegh” is being cultivated by many farmers in Tangail; and might invigorate the area’s economy, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Kalmegh is an herb of the Acanthaceae family. Kalmegh grows in waste ground and thrives in moist habitats; making Bangladesh’s weather perfect for its cultivation. The herb is tastes…
Hindustan Times: Being a woman is tough in China — at least if you go by how men and women spend their day. Chinese women on average spend 2.1 hours a day on housework, roughly three times that of men, according to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics conducted last year and published…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Three members of a family died and a minor went missing after a boat capsized in the Buriganga River on Friday night, reported UNB. The deceased were identified as Motiur Rahman Moti, 55, his wife Rozina Begum, 42, and Momtaz Begum, 50. Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat River Police Station, said…