M Humayun Kabir: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said that the election-time government will be formed in mid-October. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, made the disclosure at a press conference at the Secretariat, reports The Daily Star. The size of the government will be similar to that of the last…
Md. Taqi Yasir The DNA of an unborn baby floats freely in its mother’s blood plasma, the yellow liquid that holds blood cells in suspension. That DNA is a window into an unborn baby’s health, and future. But, at the time of this discovery, the medical world wasn’t interested. In 1996 when Yuk Ming Dennis…
Abrar Hussain James Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries leading to breakthroughs in cancer therapy, according to a statement released yesterday by the award-giving body. “Allison and Honjo showed how different strategies for inhibiting the brakes on the immune system can be used in the…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Awami League celebrated its landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election with a rally on Saturday. Ruling Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on that day promised that her government will work for all, irrespective of political affiliation. Following the 11th parliamentary election, Prime Minister Modi expressed…
UNB Bangladesh has urged the Singapore government to ease and speed up the visa process for its citizens. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam made the request when non-resident High Commissioner of Singapore Chan Heng Wing met him at the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed the issue of recent…
BSS: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has collected Taka 75 crore from the two mobile operator companies – Banglalink Limited and Robi Axiata Limited – as their outstanding value added tax (VAT). Out of the total amount, Banglalink paid Taka 47 crore while Robi paid Taka 28 crore for increase in their respective wealth…
NDTV: Barack Obama shared a throwback picture of him and his wife Michelle Obama to wish her on her 55th birthday. Shared on social media yesterday, the picture, along with a heartwarming message by Barack Obama, has gone viral with over 4.6 million ‘likes’ on Instagram alone, and another 1.15 million on Twitter. It has…
Structure of Manipulated News (Part:1) Noor Majid of DOT: Modern news media and journalism took its earliest form during the 17th century, but the inception of news distribution is far more ancient. Actually, its association dates back to the earliest human civilizations, even in the Stone Age’s when human used to live on caves in…
Dr. Zahid Hussain, Lead Economist, World Bank : It is a welcome initiative to publish the names of loan defaulters. In addition to that, there should have a provision of interim penalty. According to official data, the total non-performing loans (NPLs) reached 10.4 percent till June 2018, most of which are not classified. The number of…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Visiting Minister in charge of Economic Revitalisation of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi yesterday said his country will continue to support Bangladesh in key development arenas, showing interest to invest in the IT sector of Bangladesh, reports UNB. Toshimitsu Motegi came up with the assurance when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at…