M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought India’s continual support for the development of Bangladesh. “I look forward to continued support from the government of India in our development pursuit. I’m quite sure we’ll get such many happy events in the days ahead for the welfare of our people,” she said yesterday. The…
Al Arabiya: Houthi militiamen on Saturday launched an attack on the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) warehouses in the Kilo 7 area in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. Local residents confirmed that a huge fire broke out in the warehouses as a result of Houthi artillery shelling from positions stationed east of the city. The…
NDTV: The past four years have been the four warmest that humans have ever recorded – and now, according to a new scientific forecast, the next five will also probably be “anomalously warm,” even beyond what the steady upward pace of global warming would produce on its own. That could include another record warmest year,…
NDTV A picture of a diamond-encrusted Emirates airplane left netizens puzzled after it was tweeted by the airline’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The blinding pic shows an airplane bedazzled with thousands of diamonds, and it left many wondering whether it was real or not. “Are you playing with physics & aerodynamics?” one Twitter user…
Desk Report: At least nine students of a college were injured as they engaged in a clash with policemen to protest assault of one of their teachers in Mymensingh yesterday reports Banglanews24. Five police members also sustained injuries. Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam College Computer Science teacher Delwar Hossain said an auto-rickshaw hit the college’s English…
DOT Desk There is no legal bar for foreign tourists, journalists and diplomats to visit Bandarban before the forthcoming elections, said Bandarban district commissioner Md Daudul Islam. The district returning officer came up with the information while speaking with media personnel after distributing electoral symbols to aspirants at his office on Monday. Mentioning that foreign…
Engr. Mashiur Rahman, Managing Director, TGTDCL: The capacity constraint of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) is not responsible for the ongoing gas crisis. Though no expansion of network is done, maintenance and upgrading of pipelines and network is ongoing. But failure in supplying gas as per demand is the main reason for…
Hindustantimes: Twitter has been warned by Pakistan’s telecom authority that the micro-blogging site could be banned in the country for not complying with its directive to block objectionable content, according to a media report. There have been several instances in the past also when social media were banned in Pakistan. Facebook was banned in the…
UNB, Dhaka Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq on Thursday said over 300,000 saplings will be planted in the DNCC area within next three years to turn the city green. “We’ll plant 325,000 plants within next three years. We have already formed a committee, headed by Bishwa Sahitya Kendra chairman Abdullah…