DOT Desk: The fortnight traffic discipline programme in capital Dhaka begins Tuesday in order to develop and bring discipline in the city traffic system, reports The Daily Observer. The awareness programme, initiated by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP traffic), will be continued till January 31. During the campaign, the DMP will make the people aware to…
Tech Explorist: A team of scientists at Stanford University has identified a bundle of brain cells in mice responsible for the latter—that is, the negative emotions of pain. Supported by animal-brain imaging and molecular testing, the analysts have discovered an ensemble of cells in the amygdala, a region of the brain traditionally connected with feeling…
Desk report: The High Court yesterday denied bail to Hallmark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a corruption case filed against her for allegedly misappropriating Tk 85.87 crore from Janata Bank. The court, however, directed the jail authorities 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) to immediately take necessary steps for proper treatment of Jasmine…
Science Alert If someone showed you the above picture without context, you’d probably think it was an intact blood vessel. Readers, it is not. It is a perfect cast of the branching air passages in the right lung of a man dying of heart failure, formed from coagulated blood that had been accumulating therein. The…
Desk Report: The rise of the middleclass and their growing purchasing power are driving the growth of the supermarket business in Bangladesh, said insiders, reports The daily star. According to the market players, the sector is likely to witness further growth riding on rapid urbanisation and higher per capita income. The market size of the…
DOT Desk Printing press owners are hopeful of doing brisk business by supplying posters and other polls campaign materials to the candidates of different political parties uahead of the 11th parliamentary elections slated to be held on December 30, reports The Daily Star. Around Tk 120 crore is likely to be spent for printing posters…
Abrar Hussain: In another step towards boosting cooperation between the two rivals, North and South Korea agreed yesterday to hold a summit in the North in September, even as doubts grow over efforts to end the North’s nuclear weapons program. Officials from both sides met at the neutral Panmunjom village in the demilitarized zone (DMZ)…
Regina Asariotis, Chief, Policy and Legislation Section/UNCTAD Following 2017, one of the warmest years on record that included the most costly hurricane season contributing to the highest documented economic losses (approximately $ 320 billion) due to weather and climate events, the first half of the summer of 2018 was also marked by extreme weather, including…
AP: A decade after discovering natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Israel is starting to feel the geopolitical boost. Its newfound riches have fostered economic bonds with its neighbors, tightening relations with Arab allies, and built new bridges in a historically hostile region — even without significant progress being made toward peace with the…
DOT Desk Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone…