BBC: Contamination of salad vegetables by E.coli and Salmonella bacteria are the most common causes of food poisoning. Although most Salmonella outbreaks are linked to contamination during handling and transportation of the vegetables, there are also cases where the infectious bacterium had entered the plant when it was still in the farmland. How does it…
Kamrun Nahar, Staff Reporter, Daily Financial Express The proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth” probably applies best when it comes to the question regarding the visible and viable measures against the perennial waterlogging problem in Dhaka city. With around 19 million people, Dhaka, a so called megacity, has been fighting various man-induced and natural…
Science Alert: If you live with a dog you just know when it’s happy or miserable, don’t you? Of course you do. Even the scientific community, now admits that dogs have emotions – even if scientists can’t directly measure what they are experiencing. People have had a close bond with domesticated dogs for centuries. In…
Desk Report: Fish, vegetables and many grocery items were rare in the city markets, the weekend just after the three-day Eid-ul-Azha holidays, as most vendors did not turn up, reports Financial Express. Cashing in on this situation, some traders charged high prices for the items available, consumers claimed. However, transaction in the kitchen markets remained…
Abrar Hussain: Myan-mar has received worldwide condemnation after it handed down a 7-year jail sentence to two Reuters journalists while they were investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims. Reuters has condemned it as a travesty of justice and severe blow to press freedom in the south-east Asian country. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo,…
Halima Akter: Joynul Abedin is a rickshaw driver. At the age of 61 he is paddling his rickshaw. He carries people heavy goods even animals. On a good day he earns 6 dollars. Joynul’s been at it for 30 years, saving literally, every penny he can. He may not know how to read or write…
BDnews24: Some operators are defying the decision by the owners to cancel the system of operating buses on daily deposits or contracts with workers in an effort to curb road accidents in Dhaka. Owners’ organisation Dhaka Road Transport Association cancelled membership of five companies on Thursday for not following their decision. In the system that…
Abrar Hussain Shakib Al Hassan has received the best sportsman award for 2017, reports Banglanews24. The Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) announced the ‘Kool BSPA Sports Award 2017’ and nominated Shakib and two others for the award. Alongside Shakib Al Hassan, the two others are- Arnab Sarar Ladif and Mohammed Jafar Iqbal. They were adjudged the…
Reuters: A row over human rights in Saudi Arabia will not have any impact on Saudi oil supplies to Canada, its energy minister said on Thursday, reassuring customers after Riyadh froze new trade with Canada and ruled out mediation efforts. Saudi Arabia, infuriated by Canada’s demand last week that jailed activists in the kingdom be…
Reuters: Singapore’s worst cyber attack in its history, in which personal information of about 1.5 million people including the Prime Minister was stolen, has the hallmarks of a state-linked group, the government’s communications minister said on Monday. In late June, hackers started stealing personal details and prescription records of patients who visited Singapore’s outpatient clinics…