Samiul Bashar Samin Among the bands that are currently ushering in a new era of modern music, Muse has to be one of the distinguished acts out there. The two-time Grammy winning band has had immense success in producing their unique and captivating sound. The topics of their albums range from anti-establishment notions to the…
News Sky Known as the dracula ant, its jaws snap shut 5,000 times faster than the blink of an eye at 200mph. The tiny insect is comfortably ahead of the cheetah, whose record running speed is 60mph. Researchers believe the ants, found in Africa, Australia and southeast Asia, use their rapidly accelerating jaws to smash…
Desk Report: Although there is a foot overbridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata road in Patuakhali Chowrasta area, people still cross the road directly without using the overbridge due to lack of awareness of traffic rules. Road accidents often occur in the area, but the people ignore the danger. Mayor Dr Shafiqul Islam took steps to build a…
A.S.M Riad Arif, Graduated from South Asian University, New Delhi : Geographically Bangladesh is the nearest neighbor of Myanmar. These two countries are sharing 271 kilometers of their borderland. The river ‘Naf’ flows both on the country. Even historically these two Nations were ruined by the British emperor. Before the age of ‘Nation State’, they had…
DOT Desk Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), in association with Save the Children in Bangladesh, launched an e-monitoring system at all primary-level government schools yesterday at a programme in Dhaka. Education officers can upload inspection summary and analysis of primary schools they visited on the DPE website instantly through a smartphone app, which will be…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has confessed that implementing their party’s election manifesto will be the main challenge for the 47-strong cabinet, reports UNB. Talking to reporters at Bangabhaban just after the oath-taking ceremony of the newly fromed cabinet, he said, “Now our main challenge is to implement the manifesto…
Desk Report: Nearly a half of dried fish samples tested at the laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute in the first six months of this year were found to have been treated with pesticides, reports New Age. Residues of six pesticides considered to be highly dangerous for humans and the environment were found in the…
AFP: North Korea on Tuesday released a South Korean who was arrested after crossing the border last month, Seoul’s unification ministry said, welcoming the “humanitarian” gesture. The North told the South Monday of its decision to release the man, who was detained for crossing into the country on July 22, the ministry said in a…
MEMO: Prominent Islamic Scholar Sheikh Suleiman Dweesh has died under torture in a Saudi Arabian jail, AlKhaleejonline.com reported on Tuesday. According to a twitter account which documents and reports news of political detainees in the Kingdom, the Sheikh was arrested on 22 April, 2016. The fact that the full details of the treatment to which…
Russia Today: Facebook has officially lost its cool. Snapchat is set to overtake it as the digital hangout of choice for teens and twentysomethings this year, as Mark Zuckerberg’s social media site struggles to remain relevant to the youth generation. By the end of this year Snapchat, which with its disappearing messages and funky photograph…