E. Maitra Inky the Octopus escaped the National Aquarium at the Coastal city of Napier, New Zealand. This clever octopus has successfully escaped through a gap in its tank to its freedom and re-entered the ocean. It fell in the into Hawke’s Bay through the drain pipes. Aquarium staff Mr Yarrell mentioned, Inky might have…
BSS: A massive development of mother and child healthcare services took place in the country over the years. Bangladesh has demonstrated its successes in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-5 by ensuring good health of mothers during and after giving birth to children. Experts concerned said sound health is a basic right of people and a…
DOT Desk Peasants in the district are happy over high yield and fair price of bitter gourd, a popular vegetable in the country, reportsThe Financial Express. Bitter gourd produced in the district is being sent to different areas of the country including Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Barishal on regular basis. District agriculture office sources said…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office in Bangladesh is encouraged by the Bangladesh government’s decision to revisit the minimum wages for ready-made garment workers through an agreement reached on Sunday, 13 January 2019 by a special tripartite committee set to examine and resolve the issue.“We acknowledge the genuine efforts of all parties, led by…
M Humayun Kabir: BNP is taking preparation to run a ‘brief but effective’ simultaneous movement with other opposition parties in October next. The aim of the movement is to force the government to release Khaleda Zia and hold the next national election under a non-party administration, reports UNB. Talking to UNB, senior BNP leaders said…
Raj Abrar of DOT All the three nominations filed by BNP chief Khaleda Zia for contesting in the parliamentary election from Feni-1, Bogura-6 and Bogura-7 constituencies have been cancelled due to her conviction in two corruption cases, reported The Daily Star. In Feni-1, Returning Officer Md Wahiduzzaman rejected the nomination papers of Khaleda and three…
BBC: A Taiwanese tourist has died after being bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph in Kenya. Chang Ming Chuang, 66, was tracking the animal at a wildlife resort on Lake Naivasha, 90km (56 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi.A second tourist, also from Taiwan, was injured. Six people have…
Russia Today: Mounting US pressure on Turkey is hardly a good diplomatic strategy for Washington and its allies, says veteran investor Marc Faber. Ankara has other countries to make alliances with. “[US President Donald] Trump doesn’t pursue foreign diplomacy. He is just like an elephant in a porcelain shop. He picks on this, picks on…
The Hill: A police chief in California said he was “disgusted” when he learned that his 18-year-old son was arrested in connection with the beating of a 71-year-old Sikh man. Darryl McAllister, police chief of Union City, revealed on the department’s Facebook page Wednesday that he and his wife helped police in Manteca capture his…
Desk Report Shafi-Nur and Begum Gallery has organized the second International Sufi Art Exhibition to begin today at Begum Restaurant and Gallery in Panjora Bypass area at Ulukhala in Dhaka. Shafi-Nur and Begum Gallery is a Sufi platform and organization for Sufi Art and poetry. The exhibition will continue till 11 November. The exhibition has…