Syed Badrul Ahsan, Columnist/Dhaka courier In conversation with a journalist a few years before his death, Selim Al-Deen took positive pride in the way the farmers in his tales reached heights as sublime or as heroic as the characters in the old Greek plays. And that about sums up Selim Al-Deen’s attitude to the world…
DOT Desk: The assistant commissioner (land) of Bagha upazila, PM Imrul Kayes, came under an attack by a gang of sand lifters at Harirampur of Rajshahi, reports The New Age. Officer-in-charge of Bagha police station Mohsin Ali said that Imrul went on a drive at a sand quarry by the River Padma in the afternoon…
DOT Desk: The motorcycle market is set to be around 6 lakh units by the end of 2019 thanks to price cuts, increasing purchasing capacity and thrust for faster mobility, reports The Daily Star. “2018 was a good year for the sector but 2019 will be better,” said Hafizur Rahman Khan, chairman of Runner Automobiles,…
UNB: A man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals at Sripur Bazar in Santhia upazila. The deceased was identified as Hafiz Miah, 42, son of Abu Taher Miah of Raghurampur village in Laxmipur union of Atghoria upazila, and was a regional leader of Purbangla Communist Party (Lal Pataka). Sequel to the enmity, Hafiz…
Tavleen Singh /Indian Express The Prime Minister himself said, at the opening of a medical facility, that plastic surgery must have been known in ancient India for Shiva to have given his son Ganesha the head of an elephant. It did not help that China landed a spacecraft on the dark side of the moon…
The Wired: Can’t be wrong—at least, not about the nearly 2,000 species of insects that make for good eatin’ around the world. But nobody has to pitch you on the benefits of insectivory, right? Easier on the environment, full of weird nutrients, and whoa, check out that feed conversion ratio: It takes half as much…
DOT Desk: Preparation for the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2019 is underway in full swing on Suhrawardy Udyan ground and Bangla Academy premises to welcome the book lovers at the month-long book fair from February 1, reports The Daily Sun. Bangla Academy has taken various initiatives to draw more book lovers to the book fair….
DOT Desk: Prices of vegetable oils including palm oil are set to rise by $50-$100 per tonne by June, according to a forecast by industry analyst James Fry, reports The New Age. ‘Prices of crude palm oil and other oils depend on the outlook for palm stocks. Stocks will fall till mid-year, which will lift…
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DOT Desk: Farming of Boro paddy, one of the high value crops, had begun in all seven upazilas of Gaibandha during the current season amid much enthusiasm among the farmers, reports The New Age. Office sources said that the Department of Agriculture Extension had set a target to bring a total of 1, 27,740 hectares…