DOT Desk Around 5,000 hectares of land have been brought under potato cultivation in the current Rabi season in Panchagarh district, reports The Financial Express. The farmers are seen busy over nurturing their potato fields. They started harvesting the early variety of potato, and have been selling their produce at fair prices in the local…
Reported by: S M Noor Mohammad Written by: Tanzim Taqrim Arnob A writ petition was filed today with the High Court seeking directives on the government to stop operation of national adverts in international channels. Last Wednesday Ekhlas Uddin Bhuiyan, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed the writ. Information Secretary, Commerce Secretary, Chairman of the Board…
Desk Report: A section of transport owners are busy renovating their rundown buses to give those a new and classy look to avoid stringent traffic scrutiny after the recent student protest over road safety, reports Financial Express. The face-lift of the outworn buses will also help the owners cash in on the usual mad rush…
AFP McDonald’s USA announced that its iconic burgers, including the Big Mac and the Quarter Pounder with Cheese, no longer have artificial preservatives, artificial flavors or added colors from artificial sources. Only the pickle slices still contain an artificial preservative, the American fast food giant said, noting that “customers are able to skip it if…
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Sumon Written by: Eshan Maitra Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (DMR) is receiving a hefty amount of funding to help the disaster-struck families in the haor areas. A special social security project has been taken in order to bring aid to the people may get hit or lose crops…
DOT Desk: Tin Duarer Kole, the autobiographical memoir by Subhash Ghosh, Chairman of Associated Builders’ Corporation (ABC) Limited, was recently launched at the ABC Garden, Anwar Jong Road, Ashulia. Prominent actor and founder of Asiatic 3 sixty, Aly Zaker, was the special guest and speaker at the programme, reports The daily Star. The author’s brother,…
H.K Shahriar, IU Correspondent The Islamic University Journalists Association (IUJA) has condemned the attack on three journalists of Dhaka University. IUJA president Abdullah Al-Faruk and its general secretary M Emran Shuvro was issued a press release in this regard on Monday morning. The wing demanded immediate punishment of the attackers who beat the journalists indiscriminately….
UNB: A teenager girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Abad Kochua village in Jashore sadar upazila as she could not tolerate an assault of her mother and brother following their protest against harassment by some eve teasers. The deceased was identified as Halima Khatun, 13, a class VIII student of Darus Sunnat Mojaddedia…
The Guardian, UK: A 16-year-old boy hacked into Apple’s mainframe, downloaded internal files and accessed customer accounts because he was a fan of the company and hoped to work there one day, a Melbourne court has heard. According to The Age newspaper, the boy’s lawyer told the children’s court in Melbourne on Thursday that his…
AFP: During World War II, Wojciech Narebski and his fellow Polish servicemen had to lift crate after heavy metal crate of artillery. Fortunately for them, one of the soldiers had superhuman strength: Corporal Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear. “When he saw that we were struggling, he’d want to help… He’d come over, grab a crate…