Tech Explorist Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have employed a revolutionary method to detect dark matter in galaxy clusters. The method allows astronomers to “see” the distribution of dark matter more accurately than any other method used to date and it could possibly be used to explore the ultimate nature of…
Starchild Bollywood actor couple Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover are rumored to have been in a relationship for the last two years now. However, they have finally broken the silence and declared that they are tying the knot in April. The wedding is scheduled to be held on April 29. Bipasha, 37 and Karan,…
UNB: In rapidly urbanising, largely industrial Narayanganj, restoration work on the man-made Gymkhana Lake is proving literally to be a breath of fresh air for the city’s nearly 1.5 million dwellers. Part of the larger Baburail Canal Restoration project undertaken by the Narayanganj City Corporation under mayor Selina Hayat Ivy, the lake named after the…
Abrar Hussain of DOT At least three students have died and scores are trapped in rubble after a walkway collapsed at a school near Johannesburg in South Africa, officials have confirmed. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng province, gave details of the incident on Twitter shortly after the collapse at Hoërskool Driehoek high…
Sustir Sarker, Netrokona corespondent Barhatta upazila adjacent to Netrokona district Area 221.50 sq km. Total population is 158133. Most of the upazilas of the upazila were surrounded by the Kangso and Kounal rivers. Barhatta was converted to Thana in 1905 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983. Parliamentary seat of Netrakona-Barhatta. The 28th…
UNB: The 17th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) with the theme ‘Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society’ will end today. Rainbow Film Society, which has been dedicated to the promotion of a healthy cine culture in Bangladesh and in celebrating the global mainstream in film and its social relevance since 1977, organised the nine-day…
Desk Report: Asian Development Bank’s lending to Bangladesh is likely to exceed $2 billion this year, said a top official yesterday. The ADB has already approved over $1.6 billion, of which $1,535 million is sovereign, $60 million non-sovereign and $8.7 million technical assistance. “More projects worth over $600 million are likely to be approved by…
Sarwar J. Minar, Senior Officer, International Programs and Relations, IUB : The idea of rankings among the universities across the world has become very popular nowadays. University rankings present an overview of the performances of the universities world-wide, reveal various strategic information about the universities which are of invaluable significance. Though the popularity of the university…
Reuters: A junior British minister held talks with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s television reported, the first visit by a UK minister since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. Britain and other European signatories are trying to keep the nuclear deal alive, despite Trump’s reimposition of…
DOT Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained a drug trader with hemp from Bashkata village in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat, reports The Daily Observer. The detained man is identified as Azizul Islam, 55. RAB sources said on secret information, a team of elite force, led by RAB-5 Joypurhat camp commander Md Abu Khayer. ,…