Business Insider: Iceland has made it illegal to pay men more than women. A new law enforcing equal pay between genders came into effect on January 1, 2018, according to Al Jazeera. Under the legislation, firms that employ more than 25 people are obliged to obtain a government certificate demonstrating pay equality, or they will…
DOT Desk: National Board of Revenue has issued a permanent order regarding disposal procedures of unreleased items from ports and smuggled products seized by the government agencies including customs authorities to expedite auction or destruction process of the goods under integrated guidelines, reports The New Age. Customs wing of NBR on January 10 issued a…
DOT Desk: Former students of Dhaka University’s English department will celebrate their 31st annual reunion on January 25, reports The Daily Star. Graduates, from as far back as 1950s to as recent as last years, are expected to gather at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) for the event starting at 3:30pm. The alumni can register themselves…
BSS: Rajshahi zone of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (REB) is going to attain the target of 100 percent power supply to all its 30 upazilas by next June. “We have already brought 28 upazilas under the coverage of hundred percent power supply in this zone,” said Enamul Haque, superintending engineer (current-charge) of REB, Rajshahi zone….
Science Alert: Researchers have come up with five different types of insomnia – types that might help doctors personalise specific treatments in the future, making them more effective and better tailored towards each individual with sleep problems. Contrary to what you might expect, these groupings aren’t actually based on your typical sleep symptoms, such as…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the High Court verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing former Chief Conservator of Forest Osman Gani to 12 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case, reports The Daily Star. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice M Imaan Ali passed the order…
Michelle Alexander, Civil rights lawyer and advocate, legal scholar and author/ BDnews24 On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr stepped up to the lectern at the Riverside Church in Manhattan. The United States had been in active combat in Vietnam for two years, and tens of thousands of…
DOT Desk: Visitors at the fair said although prices are low this year, they are not happy with the designs. Despite attracting a large number of visitors to their stalls and pavillions at this year’s trade fair, jewellery traders are failing to make significant sales, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Similar to previous years, jewellery is…
Science Alert: We often think of bone as something that is structurally solid, especially its hard outer layer, called cortical bone. But a new discovery of never-before-seen hidden passages traversing these rigid organs in both animals and humans could lead to a rethink of the structure and function of basic skeletal anatomy. In a new…
Eurek Alert: Corals know how to attract good company. New research finds that corals emit an enticing fluorescent green light that attracts the mobile microalgae, known as Symbiodinium, that are critical to the establishment of a healthy partnership. The study led by researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Basic Biology and the ARC Centre of…