DOT Desk: Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said that Bangladesh is one of the most successful countries of the world. He specifically mentioned the progress that Bangladesh made over the last 10 years. Shringla, who was set to leave Dhaka yesterday, made the remarks while delivering his speech at…
Syed Nur-e-Alam Asia Pacific Agri Media Association (APAMA) has been formed at Wuhan city of Hubei province in China on Wednesday aiming to enhance communication regarding agricultural technology. The organization was initiated by China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association (CAMDA), an agricultural technology distribution giant.During the occasion, Sheikh Siraj, a media personality from Bangladesh, Susikae Kursida…
Kabir Humayun: The 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examinations begins today. The written test for compulsory subjects to take place from August 8 to August 13 and tests for the optional subjects will be held on the first week of September, reports UNB. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), in press release issued yesterday afternoon,…
The Guardian: A bed net designed to kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could prevent millions of cases of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have found. A two-year clinical trial in Burkina Faso showed that dousing bed nets with a combination of chemicals resulted in a 12% reduction in clinical malaria cases, compared with conventional bed nets. The…
AFP Moscow has scoffed at a report by a respected investigative group claiming that one of the suspects in the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal was a highly decorated colonel in Russian military intelligence. Bellingcat, the British based investigative group, said Wednesday that the real name of Ruslan Boshirov is Anatoly Chepiga, a military intelligence…
Taylor Lorenz, Staff writer at The Atlantic/The Atlantic The men behind the camera are ready to step into the spotlight. Earlier this week, Chrissy Teigen posted a video on Instagram of herself posing artfully on the beach while her husband captured an endless stream of photos, including multiple angles and poses. “Thank u for always…
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Reported by: Biplab Biswash Written by: Eshan Maitra Several groups of cyber-frauds are active in harassing & embezzling money from the general people. Their strategies range from fake customer services to forceful or influential conman-ship. IT is a new sector that many are still familiarizing with. Thus, most have no idea about such cyber-crimes. Therefore,…
9 Priyanta Islam Don’t take ideas from Jumping-out-of-window scenes During the 80s action film flick, we saw absolutely fearless protagonists jumping through a glass window and landing quite harmlessly. Something that has been carried on to this day, although it is one of the most unrealistic and misleading movie tropes. They may have the strength…
Eshan Maitra For the first time astronomers were successful in identifying a Binary Star System of Hyper-Velocity. Also experts are saying, it came from a different galaxy! It was never originated in our galaxy! On the top of that, it has been disproving many of the modern physics theories. It has already disproved the hypothesis…