BSS: Health experts at a meeting on Friday identified more than two weeklong continuous cough as the prime symptom for tuberculosis infection suggesting for immediately conducting cough test in such case. They said this at the views-sharing meeting organized by National Anti-Tuberculosis Associ-ation of Bangladesh (NATAB) on ‘Role of Civil Society Members in Launching Social…
Hossen Sohel: In an effort to reach common people and highlight the development works undertaken by the government, Awami League leaders began an election campaign by road yesterday, reports Financial Express and The Daily Star. A team of AL leaders led by the Secretary General Obaidul Quader started from the Awami League President’s Office in…
Desk Report: International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security. Transposition of a literary or scientific work, including technical work, from one language…
DOT Desk: Amid the chilly atmosphere of winter, a gracious perk of the season is the galore of pithas sold and enjoyed by many in city streets, reports The Daily Observer. It is somewhat of homage to the glorious taste of our rural treats. Since the beginning of the winter, makeshift pitha shops have sprung…
Hossen Sohel of DOT President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid tribute to the martyred intellectuals by visiting the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. Both the president and the prime minister have placed wreaths at the altar of the memorial and stood there in silence for a while….
Abrar Hussain The UNICEF declared on Wednesday that Rohingya children need a political solution to the issue of legal identity and citizenship and in the interim they need to be recognized first and foremost as children, reports Daily Star.At a press briefing in Geneva, Unicef Spokesperson Marixie Mercado said, “The Convention on the Rights of the…
Banglanews24: BNP has announced to hold a rally in Dhaka on September 1 to mark its 40th founding anniversary. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a press briefing in party’s central office on Tuesday (August 14). Moreover, BNP will also hold a Doa Mahfil program for its jailed chairperson…
Afrida Ahmed Prime Minister Saad Hariri has confirmed that he will return to Lebanon on Wednesday to participate in the Independence Day celebrations. He will explain his situation and try to solve the political disturbance that caused after he resigned two weeks ago. He said he will meet with President Michel Aoun before he takes…
Arafat Hasan: Four workers were killed and nine were missing after an explosion on Monday night at a small coal mine in China’s Guizhou province, according to state-owned Xinhua News. The incident happened at Zimujia coal mine, run by private-owned Pannan Coal Investment Co, in Panzhou city. The coal mine has designed annual capacity of…
Tech Explorist One in every eight deaths in India is attributable to air pollution in India, making it a leading risk factor for death in the country. This makes air pollution a bigger contributor to the disease burden than tobacco, according to a new study released on Thursday. In 2017, over 12 lakh deaths occurred…