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,…
Today Pakistan is going to play with the host team, England. In this knockout match England has more chance to win. They are taking the home ground advantage and are unbeaten in this champion’s trophy till now. England has a big batting lineup. Pakistan needs to play very well to go to the final. As…
DOT Desk Bangabandhu Satellite 1, installed at a cost of Tk 2,702 crore, is yet to earn a penny in seven months of its launch with 15-year lifespan while technical complexity and lack of preparation have surfaced. Although the government earlier said that the satellite would realise its cost within seven years of its launch,…
The Guardian, UK: A mother and child who fell onto a tube track at Baker Street station survived by ducking into a pit between the rails as the train passed over their heads. The woman’s husband also escaped unharmed after jumping down from the platform to try to help his family before the train passed….
Sayeed Muhammad Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the UN’s highest environmental honour for his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate single use plastic in India by 2022. Called Champions of the Earth Award, the award is conferred on five other individuals and organisations, reports PTI. Six of the world’s…
DOT Desk Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) K M Nurul Huda warned of taking punitive action against those responsible for filing false complaints regarding the electoral process, reports BSS. “Anyone who does not abide by the instructions of the election officials will have to face seven years of imprisonment as per section 193 of the penal…
Sabah Mannan Since the early 1970s, Astronomer Glenn Schneider has chased solar eclipses around the world. He spoke to BBC World Service, ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse across North America, about what drives him. He said that it’s an incredible feeling to be at the nexus of the Sun, Moon and Earth and see…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Businesses at the sea-beach of Cox’s Bazar are at halt. Thousands of marine-souvenir & Burmese shops at Laboni, Shugandha & Kolatoli points, were literally blown away in the tornado. Many employees at bigger businesses here, are also out of job. A depressing aura has covered the whole area. Business owners are…
Murtaza Mohammadi/UNICEF After a string of deadly attacks on Afghan schools, children and young people struggle to overcome trauma while continuing their education. After saying prayers for the fallen students, a small group of mourners descends a hill in the outskirts of Kabul, guided by the dim moonlight. One man remains behind to light candles…
Hossen Sohel: A South Sudanese doctor who runs an overcrowded hospital with a dimly-lit surgical theatre and no regular supply of general anaesthesia yesterday won the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award, reports AFP. Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 144,000 refugees from Blue Nile state…