Science Daily: Researchers have produced the most comprehensive family tree and atlas of mammals to date, connecting all living and recently extinct mammal species (nearly 6,000 in total) and overturning many previous ideas about global patterns of biodiversity. The atlas shows where species occur today as well as where they would occur, if they had…
Juno Spacecraft shows the first close-up of the planet’s southern lights. Juno flew below Jupiter’s innermost radiation belt. It found a magnetic field twice as strong as predicted, 10 times stronger than any on Earth. Jupiter has massive polar cyclones, part of a more complex, turbulent world than expected. Source: NASA via CNN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHyge_OoYCs
DOT Desk: The lone children’s hospital in Rajbari has remained inoperative for the last one year and four months due to shortage of doctors, much to the suffering of child patients of the district, reports The Daily Star. “Rajbari Municipality Children Hospital under Rajbari municipality was established in 1996 at Charlaxmipur area. Ministry of Health…
UNB: Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday evening invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the Bimstec Summit to be held in Nepal. KP Sharma called Sheikh Hasina at 7:30pm and both had a 10-minute discussion, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. During the conversation, the Nepalese Prime Minister invited his Bangladeshi counterpart…
AFP Qatar is to leave OPEC next month in order for the Gulf state to focus on gas production, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced on Monday. “Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC effective January 2019,” Kaabi said at a Doha press conference. He added that Qatar would still continue to produce oil…
Desk Report: Sales of school uniforms and similar attires, especially white shirts and black trousers, have spiked mysteriously in the city amid the student movement demanding safe roads, reports Daily Sun. Cloth traders and dressmakers usually see a rise in the sales of school uniforms at the beginning of academic year, but a sudden surge…
Rahat Chowdhury Six terrorists including 26/11 terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi’s nephew Owaid were killed in a Massive operation carried out by security forces in Kashmir’s Bandipara District on Saturday evening, following which internet services in the valley was suspended. Two of the eliminated terrorist Zargam and Mehmood Bye were identified as the commander…
Sofian Khan: Police has tightened their security measurements as Pope Francis, by Vatican spokesman Greg Burke announced his visit to Bangladesh. He while in the country will visit the Rohingya Refugee Camp at Cox’s Bazar followed by his meeting with the head of Myanmar’s army on November 27. Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shohidul…
Sayeed Muhammad: The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL), the company providing gas in greater Dhaka and Mymensingh regions, will snap gas supply for 11 hours today in major areas of the capital city for pipeline relocation. A TGTDCL press release yesterday said that supply of gas to domestic, industrial and commercial users…