M Humayun Kabir: The average pass rate of this year’s HSC and equivalent exams has fallen to 66.64 percent from previous year’s 68.91 percent. This year, the number of GPA-5 achievers also fell by 8,464, reports bdnews24.com. The total number of GPA 5 achievers is 29,262 in 2018 while it was 37,969 in 2017. The…
Steven Kotler, the author of the book Tomorrowland: Our Journey From Science Fiction to Science Fact has talked about some interesting matters. He talks about how in the face of immortality, morality will evidently change. We have evolved to die. If we study the entire history of life on this planet, all lives had an…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT In a move to alert its citizens living in Bangladesh, the US embassy in Dhaka has encouraged all US citizens to obtain a visa before travelling to the south Asian country. “If friends or family members intend to visit you in Bangladesh, we strongly recommend they obtain a visa before…
France24: Wednesday against forced redundancies as a result of US funding cuts, announcing a one-day strike next week. More than 5,000 people attended the march that began at the Gaza headquarters of UNRWA, including senior figures from the enclave’s Islamist rulers Hamas and other political factions. The agency announced it would cut more than 250…
Mahan Abedin, Journalist specialising in Islamic affairs & an analyst of Middle East politics/ Middle East Monitor A little over a week ago, Idlib was on the verge of a major assault by Syrian and Russian forces with the UN warning of potentially catastrophic consequences. However, a Russian-Turkish deal forged in the Black Sea resort…
UNB: The academic activities at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) resume today after the Eid-ul-Azha vacation. The university went on the Eid vacation on August 19, said its registrar Ishfaqul Hossain. Meanwhile, the university students have started returning to their dormitories, he added.
Kabir Humayun: A student of Chittagong University (CU) has lost both of his legs under the wheels of a shuttle train in Sholoshahar Railway Station yesterday morning. Rabiul Alam, 26, the injured, a master’s student at the sociology department, was whisked-off to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), reports banglanews24.com. CMCH on-duty Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Md…
DOT Desk: The national award-winning director Kazi Hayat is currently hospitalised at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He is being accompanied by his son, Kazi Maruf, reports The Daily Star. Last Wednesday, Kazi Hayat cleared rumours regarding his death, on a Facebook live video. His son, too, requested everyone to keep his father in their…
M Humayun Kabir: Rejecting a report by United Nations investigators that called for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide, a Myanmar government spokesman yesterday said the international community was making “false allegations”. His comments came a day after the UN report, which marked the first time the organisation has explicitly called for Myanmar officials…
Sofian Khan: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was able to achieve victory tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said yesterday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count. Erdogan defeated his nearest rival Muharrem Ince with an “absolute majority” of more than half the vote…