Sayeed Muhammad of DOT China has made five suggestions to deepen the Bangladesh-China strategic partnership of cooperation in the new era with an emphasis on deepening “strategic mutual trust”, saying the next decade will see “faster changes” in the international alignment of forces. “First, we need to deepen strategic mutual trust and then we need…
Tech Explorist The sun is the main source of energy for almost every living thing on Earth. It gives a plant the light energy it needs to photosynthesize, which converts that light energy into a storable form (glucose) and keeps plants alive. Sometimes, plants use more energy than they can use and as a result,…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Hidden beneath the surface and entangled in the roots of Earth’s astonishing and diverse plant life, there exists a biological superhighway linking together the members of the plant kingdom in what researchers call the “wood wide web”. This organic network operates much like our internet, allowing plants to communicate, bestow nutrition, or even…
Arif Rafsan Place – MACAW Restaurant. We took 2 set menus. Items : 1. Set menu 9- 1/4 bar-b-q chicken, fried rice, vegetables and salad – 150 BDT 2. Set menu 10- 1/4 barb-q chicken, one naan, vegetables and salad – 150 BDT Taste – 8.5/10 Ambience – 9/10 (u can enjoy charmful sceneries of…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto : The Bangladeshi born Canadian citizen Dr Taj Hashmi, who is an internationally acclaimed academic and author has written a letter on January 3 afternoon to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in connection to testify in the US Congress about 2018 Bangladesh Election, as learnt by this correspondent of…
Desk Report It is a twist of fate that two different Asia Cups have been witness to two stages in Bangladesh’s evolution. Along with evolution, of course, comes growth amid turmoil and Bangladesh have had much of both in the 2012 tournament and the ongoing one in the UAE where they will contest for the…
BBC: A British hacker whose cyberattacks took the nation of Liberia offline has been jailed for almost three years. Daniel Kaye launched a series of attacks on Liberian cell phone operator Lonestar in October 2015, which became so powerful they knocked out the west African country’s internet the following year. Kaye, 30, had been…
James M Dorsey/WION Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined and finetuned to ensure that it serves his geopolitical ambitions, primarily stymying the expansion of Iranian influence in the Middle East and North Africa and enhancing the kingdom’s global impact. The…
Desk Report: As a result of protesting against drug abuse, 50-year-old Mominul Islam has been lamed. He can’t move his left hand and right leg now, reports Daily Star. “But the sad thing is that the people, who put me in this situation, are yet to be arrested,” repents Mominul, a day labourer hailing from…
Linda S. Heard, Award-winning British political columnist and guest television commentator with a focus on the Middle East/Gulf News Mass demonstrations that begin peacefully are invariably hijacked by bad actors. While I sympathise wholeheartedly with the frustrations of France’s ‘yellow vest’ protesters who feel the government has turned a deaf ear to their problems, such…