German-wings Crash: New Rules Needed for Pilot Health Issues

    International Desk Aviation agencies around the world should draw up new rules requiring medical workers to warn authorities when a pilot’s mental health could threaten public safety, French investigators recommended Sunday after a yearlong probe into the German-wings plane crash. The French investigation found that German-wings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who had been treated for depression…

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      What Scientists and Philosophers Get Wrong about Art

      Manufacturers Artists make things because making is special for human beings. We as human beings are manufacturers. Let us go back to the dawn of psychologically modern human being which occurred 30,000 years ago. This beginning of modern humans was inaugurated by this explosion of making, practices of tool making, pictorial practices, linguistic practices and…

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        HC questions legality of appointing DCs as returning officers

          Hossen Sohel of DOT The High Court (HC) yesterday questioned the legality of the Election Commission’s decision to appoint deputy commissioners and divisional commissioners as returning officers for the upcoming general election slated for December 30, reports The Daily Star. The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the government and…

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          Eid Travels: Domestic Airlines Almost Ran Out of Tickets

          Reported by: Sazzadul Haq Written by: Eshan Maitra Domestic airline are becoming more & more popular every year. Regarding that, domestic airlines gave the opportunity to book tickets weeks ahead of flying dates. Almost, all the domestic airline tickets had been sold. Airline authorities confirmed, most demanding dates were from 29 August to 1 September….

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            DIG Sohrab Hossain passes away

            UNB: Md Sohrab Hossain, Deputy Inspector General of Tourist Police, died at a city hospital on Saturday at the age of 56. He breathed his last at Monowara Hospital around 10:15 am following a stroke. Sohrab left behind his wife, one son, three daughters and a host of relatives and admirers. Sohrab joined Bangladesh Police…

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              Peya Bipasha: The emerging Bangladeshi model

              Md. Taqi Yasir PeyaBipasha is a well-known emerging Bangladeshi model &actress. She was in the slant of top 10 in Lux at Lux Channel I superstarcompetition 2012. Her elder sister Azmeri Asha was the 1st runner up in the Veet Channel I Top Model competition in 2012. After that, BipashaPeya started to work in the…

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                German minister wants to rebuild trust with Russia after spy standoff

                Nabin Talukder: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas qouted on Sunday that he wants to resume dialogue with Russia and slowly improve their ties after the diplomatic expulsions over a nerve attack on a former Russian spy in England that Britain blames on Russia. Conversative German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Maas have joined the United States and other…

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                  Hasina greets Pranab for winning ‘Bharat Ratna’

                  Abrar Hussain of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on winning the ‘Bharat Ratna’ – India’s highest civilian award,  reported UNB. Sheikh Hasina greeted Pranab over telephone yesterday morning, according to the Press Wing of the Prime Minister’s Office. On Friday, Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh…

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