DOT Desk: Fire broke out at a warehousing facility in Chattogram city’s Pahartoli area this afternoon, reports The Daily Star. The fire broke out at Victoria Jute Mill, a decades old facility which is currently in use as a warehouse for various companies, around 4:30pm, reports our local staff correspondent. The fire quickly spread out to…
Kabir Humayun: BNP leaders and activists staged a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka demanding the release of party chief Khaleda Zia. The hour-long programme began around 11am and ended at 12pm. The concurrent protests also occurred in metropolitan areas and district towns, said BNP leaders. The BNP also announced…
Kabir Mia has been living in Sreemangal for ages. His son is earning a good amount of money. This photo was taken on their own property. He had to face a lot of struggles before. He said, “all the struggles seem little now. Because my son is doing great in his life. That’s all I…
BBC: The first significant steps towards legally protecting the high seas are to take place at the UN in New York. These waters, which cover 46% of the planet’s surface, are under threat from deep-sea mining, over-fishing and the patenting of marine genetic resources.Over the next two years, government representatives aim to hammer out a…
Science Alert: A new report reveals that a shocking amount of contact lens users – nearly 20 percent – dispose of those little plastic circles in a terribly irresponsible way, by flushing them down the toilet or the drain of the sink. Of an estimated 45 million US contact lens wearers, that’s around 9 million…
Tanzim Taqrim In the latest evidence of the winter crisis engulfing the NHS nurses and GPs are sent to answer 999 calls ahead of ambulance crews. Health chiefs in the North East said that they may have to act as “first responders” for patients who have fallen in their own homes or residential homes and…
Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh will become a failed state if anti-liberation forces return to power. “If the anti-liberation forces and patrons of killers return to power, the country will become a failed one again,” she said while addressing a reception yesterday organized by Canada Awami League at Metro Toronto…
Desk Report: Save the Children Bangladesh launched a new website-based job platform to help unemployed young men and women to get jobs and trainings considering high unemployment rate in the country, reports New Age. Zunaid said, ‘Save the Children has done a wonderful job in terms of bringing solution to a complicated problem. We can…
AFP: India has banned the import of a rabies vaccine from a Chinese manufacturer embroiled in a safety scandal, the head of India’s drug regulator told a newspaper in comments published Wednesday. “The vaccine is being used in India, but we don’t have the exact details of the total number of units imported or where…