After 10 years of service in the Indian Army, Makhtum Hossain gets suspended for keeping a beard. He was cleared by his commanding officer earlier with conditions that Makhtum will have to take a new photo for his identity card and keep the beard as long as he is serving in the army. However the…
Osamah Al-Rawhani, Yemeni researcher based in the UK and Program Director of Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies/Aljazeera The Stockholm Agreement marks a much-needed breakthrough on Yemen, but there are major issues with its provisions. More than two years after talks between the internationally recognised Yemeni government and the armed Houthi movement collapsed in Kuwait, the…
UNB: ‘Silver Discoverer’, a cruise ship operated by Silver Sea Cruise, arrived at Mongla port here on Sunday with 61 tourists from five different countries to visit the Sundarbans, a Unesco world heritage site. Durul Huda, a harbour master commander of Mongla Port, said ‘Silver Discoverer’ anchored at the port in the afternoon with 61…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh has constitutionally recognized the need for promotion of local government institutions. Article 9 provides that the state shall encourage local government institutions composed of representatives of the areas concerned and in such institutions special representation shall be given, as far as possible, to peasants, workers and women.At present, there are…
David Nield/Science Alert Could nature’s smallest organisms help us to combat rising CO2 levels and even oil spills? Strange as it might seem, the answer might be yes, with research into newly discovered deep-sea microbes suggesting these tiny critters possess a keen appetite for pollutants. The microbes – collected in the Gulf of California, around…
NDTV: Miley Cyrus shut down reports suggesting that she is expecting a baby with her husband Liam Hemsworth like a boss! The 26-year-old singer took to Twitter to put a stop to all the pregnancy rumours using the viral egg meme. Under a Daily Mail Twitter post to a story titled “Miley Cyrus and Liam…
Aditta Saha: It is mandatory for the Anti-Corruption Comm-ission (ACC) that it works against corrupt people irrespective of their political or social status, said Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Founder Secretary of Shujan (Citizens for Good Governance). While talking to the Our Times yesterday, he also suggested that the ACC bring charges at court against the…
DOT Desk : Renowned director and National Film Award winner Saidul Anam Tutul passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday. He was 68. The nephew of the deceased Samiul Anam confirmed the news. The director on both silver and small screen, Saidul Anam Tutul, was suffering from heart disease. He was admitted to Labaid…
The Independent, BD: Hellowtask connects people to the services they need to run their households, hoping to skirt the uncertainty and time lag that come with Dhaka’s informal economy, which still employs at least two lakh domestic workers. The average middle- and upper-class Dhaka household runs with a steady stream of helping hands—a maid for…
NDTV Australia’s largest city was picking up the pieces on Friday after a series of lightning and hailstorms pummelled cars with ice blocks the size of tennis balls. The authorities issued a severe storm warning, but that was not enough to prevent damage that is already running into the tens of millions of dollars. “As…