Australians in the north-east of the country are bracing for a severe tropical cyclone, with authorities warning of flash flooding and destructive winds. Cyclone Owen has been strengthening off the north coast of Queensland state, in warm waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is expected to reach category four – defined as a severe…
DOT Desk: The 17th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival has ended in city. The closing ceremony was held at the Main Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbagh. KM Khaled, State Minister of Cultural Affairs and Shahriar Alam, State Minister of Foreign Affairs and also chief patron of the festival were present at the…
Reuters: European shares dipped on Thursday as corporate earnings triggered sharp price swings and failed to dispel worries over China-U.S. trade tensions and new sanctions against Russia. At 0914 GMT, the pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.2 percent, with heavy losses notably on London’s FTSE .FTSE, which slipped 0.6 percent. Weighing on the British…
The Guardian, UK Two Japanese robots have sent back their first video images from the surface of a moving asteroid as part of an unprecedented mission aimed at shedding light on the origins of the solar system. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) released the 15-frame clip along with new photographs days after the unmanned…
Khalil-Al-Anani/Middle East Monitor US President Donald Trump tweets threats against Iran and the Gulf capitals dance with joy at his scowling and anger. The man then tones down his language and manner and calls for dialogue with Tehran, and the same capitals become angry and enraged with the man they believed was working in their…
Global Times: Photo taken on July 31, 2018 shows single chromosome yeast strain at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, east China. Brewer’s yeast, one-third of whose genome is said to share ancestry with a human’s, has 16 chromosomes….
AFP: The Iraqi parliament will hold an emergency session today to discuss a water contamination crisis which has triggered protests in which eight people have died in the southern city Basra. Lawmakers would “discuss the problems, the solutions and the latest situation” in the city, where anger over poor public services has boiled over after the…
NSU Finance Club has launched the second installment of their critically acclaimed national financial modeling competition, IDLC presents Blueprints 2.0 in associations with Dhaka Bank Ltd. The competition is the first and only one of its kind, bringing new flavor to the competition scene dominated by marketing competitions. Finance majors are limited to their books…
BBC: Police in Seoul have raided the offices of a South Korean company which claimed to have found a sunken Russian warship with billions of dollars of gold on board. Shinil Group attracted global attention when it claimed last month to have discovered the Dmitri Donskoii, a 5,800-ton warship that had sunk during the 1905…
Daily Sun: The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh or REHAB’s annual fair is going to be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital, over five days from February 6 to 10, reports The Daily Sun. REHAB has been organising the housing fair since 2001 to induce consumers into buying their…