Deaths from dengue highest in 15yrs

    Desk Report Dengue infection has taken an alarming turn in the capital as thousands of people are contracting the mosquito-borne viral disease even though the rainy season, when the menace peaks, is over, reports New Age. Dengue has so far killed 15 people as of September this year, the highest in a year in the…

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      Two cases filed against 49 BNP activists in Ctg

      Abrar Hussain Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday filed two separate cases against 49 BNP men in connection with Thursday’s clash in front of party office over the graft case court verdict that handed BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia five years jail. Jashim Uddin,  Officer in Charge of Kotwali thana, said that one of the cases…

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        Flood situation in Kurigram improves slightly

        UNB: The overall flood situation in the district is yet to be improved although the water of all the rivers has started to recede from Tuesday. Despite the overall flood situation improving slightly in different upazilas of the district, the miseries of locals continue as crops of around 7,900 hectares of land have been damaged….

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          Agriculturists expecting bumper winter vegetable production

          BSS Agriculturists of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper production of winter vegetables in Rangpur agriculture region this season. “As cultivation of vegetables still continues, its early varieties have appeared in markets in plenty making the farmers happy with lucrative price,” said Horticulture Specialist of the DAE at its regional office…

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            US charges N Korean hacker in BB cyberattacks

            Arafat Hasan: The United States government has charged and sanctioned a North Korean man for the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp. The US government also alleged that the North Korean hacker broke into Bangladesh Bank in 2016, as per a criminal complaint. The charges are part of a…

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              Global warming pushing alpine species higher

              ScienceDaily: For every one-degree-Celsius increase in temperature, mountaintop species shift upslope 100 metres, shrinking their inhabited area and resulting in dramatic population declines, new research by University of British Columbia zoologists has found. The study — the first broad review of its kind — analyzed shifts in elevation range in 975 populations of plants, insects…

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                Germany to compensate hundreds who fled Nazis as children

                Arab News : Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government said Monday. The New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany said the government had agreed…

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