Mirror.UK: A Premier League footballer is going on trial for the rape of a 15-year-old girl at a campsite in France. The unnamed player, who was aged 17 at the time, stood in front of a court for the first time in July along with his cousin, who is two years older, for the alleged assault.Details…
Utpal Dutta, Executive Assistant, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : Is there any space, we call it cosmos too, that embraces the notion ‘purpose of life’! Does any resolution really exists that is inevitable live life! Perhaps not. We are striving for give it a meaning. Then on what we are looking for…
Science Alert: After Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the scientific community by announcing last month that he had edited the genes of human babies, he mysteriously vanished. And now he’s been found. The New York Times reports that guards are holding He in a guesthouse at his university, the Southern University of Science and Technology….
Raj Abrar: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of the two drivers accused in the case of the killing of Titumir College student Rajib Hossain, reports The Daily Star. The accused are Wahid Ali, 35, and Khorshed, 50, bus drivers of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Sajan Paribahan respectively.On April 3, Rajib lost…
CNN: But two American startups think they may have created the innovations that will give them a foothold to compete with Chinese powerhouse DJI, which has faced data security questions. Impossible Aerospace, a Silicon Valley-based startup founded by Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX veterans, announced Monday it’s selling a drone with two hours of flight time…
Sofian Khan: Finance Minister AMA Muhith warned of taking necessary steps if members of Jatiya Party calls him a former minister of the party again. The minister came up with the warning yesterday while taking part in discussions on the supplementary budget for 2017-18 fiscal as Jatiya Party MP Selim Uddin repeatedly mentioned him as a…
DOT Desk: The country’s first Bicycle sharing service, Jobike, has started its operation in the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology campus in Sylhet, reports The Financial Express. The service was first launched in the tourist city of Cox’s Bazar in last year. Apart from Cox’s Bazar, the service has already been launched commercially in…
DOT Desk A campaign titled, Bhalobashar Bangladesh, was organised by Chabial, Aamrai, reports The Daily Star. Bangladesh and Greenbee Communications, in association with Square Toiletries Ltd and Mediacom Limited, to celebrate 47 years of Bangladesh’s victory. The main goal of this campaign was to show the positive sides of Bangladesh from the perspective of the…
BSS: Many farmers in the region have become successful in malta farming by dint of its lucrative market price for the last couple of years. Cultivation of the citrus fruit is gaining popularity in the region, including its vast Barind tract, with the help of the local agricultural offices. Hundreds of people from ultra-poor families…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT At least 1,441 incidents of violence against women and children occurred in the country last year, Zinat Ara Haque, executive coordinator of We Can Bangladesh, has said. Of them, 996 were women and the rest were children, with around half the incidents taking place in Dhaka division, reports The Daily Star….