UNB: Thanks to high import cost of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the government is all set to hike gas prices next week. However, residential and commercial consumers will be spared from paying higher prices. The upward price revision will affect industrial consumers, power plants, fertilizer factories, captive power plants, and CNG refueling stations, officials concerned…
UNB, Dhaka More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show, reports BBC. The Zika virus, which is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, triggered a global health emergency this year. Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and…
UNB Although one year has passed, the ‘Bandhan Express’ running between Bangladesh and India has been incurring a loss of around TK 6 lakh on each trip for not having sufficient number of passengers. The train has a total of 456 seats in 10 coaches but only some 100-120 passengers travel to India from Khulna…
Space News: NASA is making a new, and perhaps final, attempt to restore contact with the Mars rover Opportunity, which has not communicated with the Earth for more than six months. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Jan. 25 that it was transmitting a new set of commands to address what it acknowledged are “low-likelihood” events…
Mahabub Alam Babu, Comilla Artist Mizanur Rahman Akon can claim himself to be an established painter in the field of master painting by the dint of his individual styles. The main theme of his painting is “A pleasant natural resource”. The pleasures include human feelings and natural objects like trees, rivers, grasses, sky, fauna, clouds…
UNB: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will formally transfer 25 per cent of its shares to its Chinese strategic partner on Tuesday next on receipt of the stipulated amount of fund. On the same day, the DSE and the Chinese consortium comprising Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange will hold a joint press briefing…
AFP: The surprise Kamikaze “attack” claimed two victims, with Eminem (above) overtaking Abba and Led Zeppelin to clinch the record for the most consecutive chart-topping albums in Britain. It is the American rapper’s ninth straight album release to hit No. 1, said the British Official Charts Company. “Does this mean I get to call myself Sir…
UNB Mizanur Rahman Mizan, locally known as a motor mechanic, has turned out to be a very inspiring man as he achieved the national acclaim through inventions of new devices and machines. Mizan, who has actually no institutional education, has invented 10 devices, including automatic fire extinguisher, anti-pollution machine and automatic irrigation machine. He has…
Kabir Humayun: BNP yesterday demanded to bring necessary amendment to the proposed road transport law as it would not ‘ensure’ safety in roads. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the demand at the party’s central office, reports News Age. He suggested holding discussion with the students who took to the streets recently for…
AFP New York state authorities on Thursday announced a lawsuit against retail giants Walmart and Target for selling Chinese-made toys that had up to 10 times the legal limit of lead. The lawsuit seeks up to $6,000 in penalties for each of the thousands of Cra-Z-Jewelz jewelry kits the retailers and importer LaRose Industries sold…