Sayeed Muhammad: Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales or NSW, is now entirely facing a drought, officials have confirmed. Officials said 23% of NSW was classified as being in “intense drought”, with the remainder in drought or drought-affected. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in…
DOT Desk: Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said the Railways Ministry and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division have joined hands to launch a one-stop digital service platform so that passengers can get seamless, easy and quick services, reports The Daily Star. Once the “One Stop Digital Railway Passenger Service System” and…
Richard A. Crosby, Ralph J. Diclemente/OUPblog HIV prevention is now focused on finding at least 90% of the existing cases, putting at least 90% of those people in HIV treatment, and keeping the virus from multiplying in the body among 90% of those people retained in care (known as durable viral suppression). Despite these admirable…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has advised party activists to not get carried away after their unprecedented victory in the 11th national parliamentary polls. He also told them to refrain from meting out vengeance against political opponents. The Minister of Road and Bridges congratulated AL activists in his Noakhali district…
Fabia Shahzadi In 1973, William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel, The Exorcist, was adapted into one of the most successful movies of all time. It told the story of a young girl’s soul being possessed by a demon, and it was actually inspired by a real-life incident. In 1949, a 13-year-old boy from Cottage City, Maryland…
Eurek Alert: Researchers know that lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, but until now they didn’t know to what degree. New research out of the University of Michigan provides that context by examining the severity of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse reported by…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari Let’s start with most recent, shocking and surprising election outcome of the world in the United States! “I want them to talk about racism every day,” Steve Bannon, the chief election strategist of Donald Trump said in the summer of 2016. “If the left is focused on race and identity, and we…
Reported by: Motinuzzaman Mitu Written by: Eshan Maitra Despite of the ongoing Rohingya Issue, Myanmar kept intact trade-relation with Bangladesh, stated Department of Agricultural Extension Botany Quarantine Wing’s Vice Director (Exporting) Md. Anwar Hossain Khan.Extra amount of rice had to be imported this year from Myanmar, due to flooding & crisis in Bangladesh. Both government…
Hossen Sohel: Mexico said Thursday it had received an offer from the United States of payment to deport migrants, but denied it had accepted the deal, reports SABC News The statement followed reports that President Donald Trump’s administration planned to send Mexico $20 million to deport undocumented Central Americans crossing its territory toward the United…
Sejuti Mourin: In recognition of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, US President Trump is scheduled to host an iftar dinner at the White House, reported Politico on Saturday. According to the publication, the dinner will take place on Wednesday and will mark the first time Trump will host the Ramadan meal after his controversial…