Kabir Humayun: The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that asked the government to provide division facilities to imprisoned internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam. The order came to effect as Appellate Division’s chamber judge Justice M Imman Ali yesterday dropped a government petition from its hearing list that sought stay on the facilities. However, the…
Sayeed Muhammad In yet another major reshuffle in public service, the government has promoted 128 joint secretaries to the rank of additional secretary.A gazette notification issued by the public administration ministry led to the development yesterday.However, news agency UNB reported that it was not clear how the government will accommodate the newly promoted officers. There…
DOT Desk: The telecom regulator is set to introduce a registration process for all mobile handsets in the country with a view to mitigating the challenges of illegal import, theft, cloning, organised crimes and health hazard, reports The Daily Star. The mobile operators themselves will register the handsets that are in use in its network,…
ThriveGlobal Let your partners talk about themselves:A study by several Harvard researchers found that talking about yourself is a pleasure akin to eating. As in, people love it. Study participants went as far as to give up money for the opportunity to talk about themselves. What this means is that letting people talk about themselves…
Eshan Maitra New study suggests that we are not the single civilization in this whole wide universe. After all, there are ten-billion-trillion inhabitable planets existing right at the point of telescope vision by the Drake’s equation (introduced in 1961). Adam Frank and Woodruff Sullivan from the Universities of Rochester and Washington just published their writing…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Thousands of people took to the streets in Paris on Sunday to protest weeks of anti-government demonstrations by the Yellow Vests movement. The group calling itself the Red Scarves gathered in Nation Square and marched to Bastille Square, chanting “enough” and “end the violence”. Laurent Soulie, a 51-year-old aeronautics engineer, told…
Tarannum S. One of Celeine Dion’s residency concert at Colosseum at Ceaser’s Palace in Las Vegas where Selena Gomez went to visit with her gal pals. After the concert, it was obvious that she became the ultimate fan of Celeine Dion. After the pop princess met the queen, she uploaded pictures from the party in…
Desk Report: Chris Hemsworth will star in Dhaka, an action thriller set up at Netflix that will mark the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave, a stunt coordinator who also acts as the stunt double for Captain America actor Chris Evans, reports Daily Asian Age. Joe and Anthony Russo, who worked with Hemsworth and Hargrave when…
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Samad, Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka : Although the education sector allocation in the proposed budget for this fiscal year is Tk 2,500 crore more than that in the previous year, more would have been better. The allocation has increased, which is good news, but not enough. More investment is needed…