DOT Desk: The effort to digitalise Dhaka’s traffic by replacing the manual systems with electronic traffic signals is going in vain due to technical glitches in the signal lights and other equipment, reports The Daily Sun. Installed in 2004, the signal lights and other equipment were left dysfunction for years. Multiple glitches erupted within days…
Andrew Salmon/ Asia Times South Korean president upbeat on imminent North Korea-US summit, combative toward Japan and bullish on innovation and high technology investments South Korean president Moon Jae-in predicted that following Kim Jong Un’s visit to China this week, a second US-North Korea summit is imminent, and he expects more concrete outcomes from that…
AFP: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday his visit to Pyongyang next month will be a “bold step” towards formally ending the decades-old war with the nuclear-armed North. The two Koreas agreed earlier this week to hold a third meeting between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in September as a rapid…
Sofian Khan After mounting expectations, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Bangladesh and Myanmar on Thursday. According to a statement from the Bangladesh foreign ministry, the repatriation of the Rohingyas will start from January. The details of the deal is still undergoing discussions. Myanmar mentioned that the joint statement signed in 1992 will…
Minnie Potter German Nazis built concrete bunkers up and down the west coasts of Norway and France during World War 2. These buttresses were known jointly as the Atlantic Wall, and it was this blockade that the Allies violated during the assault at Normandy. A lot of the Atlantic Wall and many other WWII bunkers…
BBC: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended a decision to have a plane make an extra flight so she can spend less time away from her baby. Ms Ardern, who still breastfeeds her baby, is headed to the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru for a day on Wednesday. The air force plane that…
Banglanews24 The government imposed a restriction on the celebration of the 31st night on the eve of New Year 2019 ahead of the 11th general election. Neither open-air program nor rooftops gathering will be allowed to celebrate the 31st night (December 31), DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said while briefing media on security measures ahead of…
UNB, Dhaka Brac chairman Fazle Hasan Abed on Friday said giving the urban people a meaningful life would be a big challenge for Bangladesh as it will have 50 percent of population living in towns within next 35 years. “In the next 30 years, population of Bangladesh is likely to be around 200 millions. It…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Meanwhile the proposed budget has been presented in the House of Parliament and it will be passed by the Parliament at the end of June 2017. Budget, What matters for? Is budget size or fiscal year a matter? Today’s Bangladesh is a country of emerging economy. So,…
EurekAlert: The world’s most widely used weed killer may also be indirectly killing bees. New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that honey bees exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria….