Parts of Dhaka not to get gas for 11 hours
Sayeed Muhammad: The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL), the company providing gas in greater Dhaka and Mymensingh regions, will snap gas supply for 11 hours today in major areas of the capital city for pipeline relocation. A TGTDCL press release yesterday said that supply of gas to domestic, industrial and commercial users…
The role of the intellectuals in society: Bangladesh context
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Intellectuals are enlightened persons are those possessing intelligent understanding of the ideas and thoughts as well as the problems of the society. They are from a minority in the society, and they are the Ôleaders’ of thought. They can lead the majority to…
Alright Twitter, calm down. Jack Black is not dead
T.S A recent twitter prank has set another celebrity death hoax on fire. The victim this time is none other than Jack Black. One part of the world keeps putting his name in the dead list and on the other side, people keep believing in it. Social media was sent into a frenzy on Sunday…
Rajshahi Youths launch education campaign
DOT Desk A youth organisation named “Bangladesh Innovative Education Society (BIES) has launched education inspiration campaign for the underprivileged slum children in Rajshahi city which aims mainstreaming them through institutional learning, reports The Financial Express BD. The organization comprising more than 90 students at Namo Bhadra area on Wednesday.
“We will keep fighting for rights”
Arafat Hasan of DOT Noted human rights activist Sultana Kamal has pledged that rights defenders will continue to be vocal unless rights of the oppressed people are ensured. “Our voice will not be stopped before that. I can stress this out,” she said while addressing a roundtable discussion in the capital yesterday afternoon organized by…
With rising sea levels, Bangkok struggles to stay afloat
AFP: As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade. A preparatory meeting begins Tuesday in Thailand’s capital for the next UN climate conference, a crunch summit in…
UK refugee’s major maths award stolen
BBC: A Cambridge professor who won one of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics, the Fields Medal, has had his award stolen in Brazil. Professor Caucher Birkar, a Kurd, came to the UK as a refugee from Iran.He was one of four people honoured for their contributions to mathematics and had said that he “couldn’t…
Yarn prices slide on supply glut
Dot Desk The fall in yarn prices by at least 12 percent in the last two months has made Bangladesh’s 430 local millers uneasy, industry insiders said. Between June and July, the widely consumed 30 carded yarn sold between $3.40 and $3.50 a kilogram. But from November onwards the prices of the same yarn dropped…
Dengue turns alarming in capital
Desk Report: More than 3,000 people have been infected with dengue in the capital and 11 of them died of the disease, showing a rise in the number of dengue cases compared to the last year, reports Daily Sun. According to a report of Health Emergency Operations Centre and Control Room of Directorate General of…