India Today: India has nearly one billion phone users and yet there is a wide gap between the ownership of mobiles in the country. According to a report by a Sri Lanka-based think tank LIRNEasia, the gap between rural and urban mobile ownership in India is as high as 22 per cent. This parity between…
The Guardian, UK: A new search for the missing Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala has been launched after more than £250,000 was raised to fund the operation. An official search and rescue operation for the Piper PA-46 Malibu carrying the Argentinian striker and the pilot David Ibbotson was called off on Thursday. Pleas for the search…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A Dhaka court yesterday directed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit by February 10 the probe report on the case filed over the cyber heist of $101 million from the account of Bangladesh Bank in 2016 — one of the biggest cyber crimes in the world, reports The Daily Star. Metropolitan…
A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi : According to the recent Global index by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Dhaka is now the 2nd least Liveable city of the world. And this again gives us an opportunity to Laugh louder and blame against the system, Government Event it makes possible to…
Hossen Sohel of DOT UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee will arrive in Bangladesh on January 19 for a six-day visit to meet the Rohingya community, reports The Daily Star Lee will also visit Thailand, a neighbouring country of Myanmar, said a press release issued today by the UN Human Rights….
The Science Alert: Scientists in Siberia have made an extraordinary find: the fossilised remains of an extinct baby Palaeolithic horse, in almost perfect condition. Dug out from the permafrost in Siberia’s Batagaika crater – AKA the “Doorway to the Underworld” – the tiny colt is so beautifully preserved, it looks like it could be sleeping….
Everyone needs to sleep at least six hours at night. This is very important for relaxation of body and brain. This helps to improve memory function and reduce the chance of stroke. You need to eat proper food to make your brain strong. Green vegetable, fish, nuts, milk and other healthy foods are beneficial not…
BSS, Dhaka General Secretary of Dhaka City Awami League and Disaster Management and Relief Minister said here on Tuesday there will be no existence of BNP if the party does not participate in the next general polls going to be held in 2019. “No general election will be held before 2019 and BNP would have…
Written by: Eshan Maitra 121 highways sites of Gazipur areas, Comilla zone, Chittagong highway, Bagura & Madaripur, were renovated spending about 140 cores taka, just 2 months ago. Unfortunately, within only 2 months 20% of these renovation totally went to waste. These roads became totally unusable for transportation purposes. Then had to be re-renovated at…
Jana Marle-Zizkova/New Straits Times It’s time for startups in Asia to get realistic. Our relationships with marketing clouds — despite their commitment to change, despite promising for years they would deliver what we want and need, despite their claims of progression and forward-thinking — aren’t working out. We think it’s time for us to bite…