Sayeed Muhammad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has cleared a Tk 3,825.34 crore project to procure 1.5 lakh electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of the polls to be held in the year-end. The approval came from the weekly Ecnec meeting held at the NEC conference room here with Prime Minister Sheikh…
Durjoy Chakraborty Shouri & Ashik Kabir It has almost been two and a half months since the Holey Artisan attack. The memories of that atrocious night are still vivid in many of our observances specially those who have lost their loved ones. Without any doubt, our country has never perceived a terrorist attack with such…
Tech Explorist Elon Musk, the founder, CEO and lead designer of SpaceX wants to have humans on Mars in the next few decades. His desire is to colonize Mars so the human species can be conserved in the event of a third world war. In spite of its chaotic schedule of launching satellites this year,…
Md. Ali Raj: At least 0.7 million US dollars has been handed over by Sadharan Bima Corporation to Sena Kalyan Insurance Company Ltd as part of the insurance money claimed by US-Bangla Airlines for its plane crash incident in Nepal. According to a press release on yesterday, Chairman of Sadharan Bima Corporation Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam…
DOT desk Residents in Old Dhaka, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Jatrabari, Rampura, Banasree, Agargaon, Khilgaon and Khilkhet, are among those most affected, reports the Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka city dwellers continue to suffer as shortage of gas supplies across the city deepen due fall in temperature as the winter season draws near. Residents in Old Dhaka, Mirpur, Mohammadpur,…
Wionews: Two US F-22 fighter jets escorted Tu-95MC Russian strategic bombers over the Arctic Ocean, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Friday. Russian warplanes carried out planned flights over neutral waters in the Arctic Ocean, and the Bering and Okhotsk seas, and were escorted by US jets on parts…
Desk Report: At least 50 women and men became sick waiting for hours in long queues due to mismanagement as they come to receive smart cards at the Bauphal Model Secondary School in Patuakhali district on this weekend, reports Daily Observer. Among them, Rabeya begam, 18, and Ferdousi Begum, 27, have been admitted to Bauphal Hospital….
Sofian Khan Sylhet’s traditional art of ‘Shital Pati’ weaving has been graven on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by UNESCO. At Jeju in South Korea, the recognition was given at UNESCO’s 12 ICH Committee session.According to its official website, this is the third ICH from Bangladesh inscribed by UNESCO….
Samiul Bashar Samin If someone ever said that music has the capability to revolutionize generations, I doubt he/she was aware of the grave understatement that was being made at that moment. Like it or not, music brings about irrefutable change in the way we talk, the way we walk and the way we dress. And…