The three-day food fair ended in the capital’s Khamarbari. The Ministry of Agriculture organized the fair on the occasion of World Food Day. The fair was held in A Ka Mu Gias Uddin Milki auditorium premises from 16th to 18th October. There were 57 government and non-government supervised stalls. Additional Secretary (PPC) of the Ministry…
Reuters: India has asked Britain to extradite billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi, one of the main accused in the $2 billion loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). Modi’s whereabouts have been unknown since PNB in January said that two jewelery groups headed by Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choksi, defrauded the bank for years…
Sofian Khan Uber has gained its popularity as the world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company. It now is building its milestones in changing the transportation system in Dhaka that is burdened with over 15 millions of people. The head of central operation of Uber in the southern region Pradeep Parameswaran claimed this at a press conference…
Desk Report: After a day of mainlining coffee and staring at the computer, “relaxing” at happy hour then staying up late glued to the television, getting in bed only to consume the infinite scroll of news and takes on your mobile instead of sleeping like you know you should, an eye twitch begins.You go to…
Sayeed Muhammad Election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) for its mayoral post will be held within a span of 90 days after the government announces it vacant. The post fell vacant with the death of Annisul Huq on Thursday. “The new mayor will elected within 90 days after a gazette announcing the post…
Anadolu Agency: US President Donald Trump yesterday confirmed that recent cuts in funding for Palestinians are intended to pressure their leaders to make political concessions, reported CBS News. Speaking in a “conference call with Jewish faith leaders and rabbis”, Trump said he would not give money to Palestinians until they agree to make a peace…
Syed Nasir Ershad South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to immediately tackle the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea’s advancing nuclear ambitions and soothing tensions with the United States and China. Moon said in his first speech as president he would immediately begin efforts to defuse…
Sultana Kamal speaks to DOT : Discriminatory and abusive content against women is made in the Home Economics textbook of class six and nine-ten of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board for the academic session 2019. It says about how fair and dark complexioned girls should be dressed up, what slim and fat girls should…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT In a significant development, police on Tuesday night arrested the main suspect from Tongi in Gazipur district in a case filed over the murders of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tanoy in 2016, reports UNB. Assadullah, the arrestee, was caught during a raid by the counter-terror police…
Eshan Maitra Inspired by Michael Trimble’s book “The Soul in the Brain: The Cerebral Basis of Language” and many other theorists, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell took a great task in publishing, “Humanity’s Long Search for the Soul in the Brain in the “Jacked In” series. This is a good read that piled in the history of…