Marilyn Thipthorpe Hyong Yi, lost his wife of 15 years, Catherine Zanga, to ovarian cancer. Rather than mourning her loss in a conventional manner, Hyong, with the help of his two children, Alex and Anna, took to the streets to impact the people of Charlotte, North Carolina. What they didn’t expect was that, thanks to…
Financial Express: Stocks inched lower on Monday after volatile trading as investors remained cautious stance. Brokers said the market finished flat as a section of investors continued on profit booking tendency while some others were busy rebalancing portfolio after quarterly earnings declarations. After witnessing volatility, DSEX, prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by…
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Sumon Written by: Eshan Maitra Already over a hundred applications have piled up praying for certification for a private university. As the term of current government nears to the end, more of such applications are piling up. Out of these, only 25 may get accepted, informs University Grants Commission (UGC). Most…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A consortium of companies from China – Sichuan Road and Bridge Group, Shamim Enterprise Ltd, and UDC Construction Limited—have signed a concession contract with the government of Bangladesh to upgrade the Dhaka Bypass under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement, reports The Daily Sun. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) acted as financial…
UNB An elderly man was allegedly beaten to death by rivals over land related dispute in Babna para village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nur Hossain, 75, a resident of the village. Jahirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Nagarpur Police Station, said there had been a longstanding dispute between Nur and his…
Afrida Ahmed It has been 2 years since the jihadists killed 130 people in Paris and the only surviving suspect decided not to talk to the investigators. According to police reports, the 28 year old suspect Salah Abdeslam played an important role in planning the attack but nobody knows about his exact role yet. He…
DOT Desk The law enforcement agencies remain on high alert in the capital and across the country to ensure a congenial atmosphere for polls, reports The Daily Star. As part of the move, all additional inspector generals, deputy inspector generals, superintendents of police have been asked to remain alert so that no vested quarters can…
Samiul Bashar Samin There can be no doubt that almost half of our internet time gets allocated to youtube. The problem is, with the vast number of channels floating around, it really is a hassle to judge which ones are worthy for you to subscribe to. So here’s a list of youtube channels that you…
Anisur Rahman Tapan Ministry of Agriculture has already sent the final the report on the ‘The Pesticide Ordinance 2017’, to cabinet for approval. All the previous revisions were included as well. Ministry of Agriculture believes that, approval of this ordinance may greatly reduce the rate of selling of pesticide. Ultimately, preventing all pesticide overuse. The…