AP: Nagasaki marked the anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing Thursday with the United Nations’ chief and the city’s mayor urging global leaders to take concrete steps toward world nuclear disarmament. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the first United Nations chief to visit Nagasaki, said fears of nuclear war are still present 73 years after the…
Afrida Ahmed On Thursday, a DNCC press release said that the negative propaganda regarding Mayor Annsiul Huq on social media and different online news websites is completely baseless. He is currently undergoing a treatment at a hospital in central London. According to reports, Mayor Annisul Huq was shifted to rehabilitation from the Intensive Care Unit…
DOT Desk Overall shortfall in provisioning against loans in the country’s banking system swelled by over 20 per cent or Tk 13.60 billion during the first nine months of the year, reports The Financial Express BD. The total amount of provisioning shortfall rose to Tk 81.27 billion as on September 30 from Tk 67.67 billion…
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,…
Tech Explorist Have you ever seen shapes and colors when rubbing the eyes? Have you ever seen light show happening, one that is constantly changing? These seemingly odd, random flashes of light and color are known as phosphenes. The phosphenes are impressions of light that occurs without light entrance in the eye. Research conducted by…
DOT Desk The new powerhouse in domestic football Bashundhara Kings will be looking for their first silverware in top-flight football when they take on Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra in the Independence Cup final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday, reports The New Age. Kings came close to winning a title in their debut season at…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Rohingya are facing a “lost generation” as children both in Myanmar and in the refugee camps of Bangladesh struggle to get an education, reports The Independent. The Rohingya youth who remain in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have faced serious restrictions on access to schooling since the outbreak of violence there in…
Utpal Dutta: ‘Bishad Sindhu’, by Mir Mosharraf Hossain an epic narrative retrieved. Entitled ‘Ocean of Melancholy’ is a work of historical fiction translated by Alo Shome was released on 20, September 2018. Placed on the events that led to the battle of Karbala an epic historical novel by Bangladeshi literary colossal Mlr Musharraf Hossain has…
Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank: The government should take into consideration the production cost of crops and the amount the farmers are being paid. They must ensure that the farmers get fair rice price. Since Bangladesh is a disaster-prone country, there is a huge buffer stock of rice which was very low last…