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…
Kabir Humayun of DOT The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court adjourned till October 29 the hearing upon state plea challenging the High Court orders that granted bail to 10 leaders of Jatiya Oikyo Front including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. A 6-member appellate division bench headed by senior-most judge Justice Muhammad Imman…
Eurek Alert: An avalanche is an extremely complex event, with countless parameters and physical variables coming into play from the time the avalanche is triggered until it ends. Johan Gaume, a researcher in the Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences (CRYOS) and SLF,* has created a highly accurate digital simulation of an avalanche based on these parameters….
The Independent, BD: A concert for autism awareness will take place at the capital’s Bangladesh Army Stadium on September 28. The concert is being organised jointly by PFDA-Vocational Training Centre (PFDA-VTC), Bangladesh Musical Bands Association (BAMBA), the Ministry of Social Welfare and SkyTracker Limited. A total of 12 popular bands of Bangladesh will perform at…
Sofian Khan Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 28 development projects in Jessore. There she is also about to join the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) officers. The projects inaugurated by her are: the First Phase of Waterlogging Removing Project of the Kapotakkha River,…
DOT Desk: During the Rabi season, potato is known as the cash crop in Baghmara Upazila of the district. The local fields are full of potato trees of one to one and a half months old. Meanwhile, because of dense fog in the morning for last three to four days, the farmers are worried about…
M Humayun Kabir: Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has strongly opposed the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in the upcoming national election. “It alone might plunge the polls into controversy,” said the commissioner, reports The Daily Star. Mahbub Talukder placed the opinion in written form yesterday when he walked out of a key meeting to…
Hossen Sohel: Quota reformists yesterday demanded the government to publish gazette on quota reform before the issuance of the circular of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations. If the gazette is not issued before that, the quota-reform movement will resume, said Din Yamin Mollah, joint convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, the…
Banglanews24: Forest Department officials have seized 25 kilograms of venison from a boat in Terkati canal of Sundarbans under Satkhira range on Thursday (Jan 17) night. On secret information, a team of the coast guard conducted the drive at Terkati canal. The seized venison will be sent to the court, KM Kabir also said. Sensing…
Desk Report: Thousands of workers at different dockyards in Nesarabad upazila work without any safety measures and equipment, risking their lives, reports Daily Star. As a result, accidents often occur there, some of them fatal. Recently, two people were electrocuted at two separate dockyards there. On a visit to several dockyards, this correspondent saw electric…