Enayetullah Khan In the dawn of August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made one of his final phone calls to his military secretary Col Jamil Uddin Ahmad. He had been attacked, Bangabandhu told Col Jamil, and the residence on Road 32 was surrounded. Then the line went dead. On a night when conspiracy was…
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World’s largest human scanning project
Md. Taqi Yasir Scientists have launched the world’s largest project to scan the internal workings of the human body, which could enable doctors in the near future to treat diseases before they actually happen. The brains, hearts, bones, arteries and body fat of some 100,000 volunteers will be scanned to create a massive database as…
AL’s victory would keep up dev spree: Nikkei Asian Review
BSS Japan-based global economic journal Nikkei Asian Review today came up with an extensive study on Bangladesh saying the South Asian nation continued to witness “rise and rise” with booming economy while ruling Awami League’s victory in the upcoming elections would keep up the development spree. The journal today carried its cover story titled “The…
49% Completion of Padma Bridge
Reported by: Asaduzzaman Shamrat Written by: Eshan Maitra First span of the Padma Bridge project had been successfully completed, on 30 September. The project has reached total 49% construction goal at the expense of 6,066 crores taka. The standing committee member from the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges proudly announced this at their meeting….
Turkish police release 275 airport construction workers
Arab News: Istanbul’s governor says police have released 275 workers a day after hundreds were detained following a protest denouncing poor working conditions at the city’s new airport. State-run Anadolu agency quoted governor Vasip Sahin as saying Monday the construction company is trying to improve working conditions. Arzu Cerkezoglu, head of the Confederation of Progressive…
Four new medical colleges start journey
M Humayun Kabir: The government has approved four state-run new medical colleges in Naogaon, Netrokona, Magura and Nilphamari. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved those medical colleges. The minister made the disclosure while briefing media in Dhaka yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. Another medical college planned for Chandpur is awaiting approval from…
Teletalk loses 4.5 lakh users in Oct amid drive against illegal VoIP
DOT Desk The number of active mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh increased by 6.59 lakh in October despite state-owned Teletalk having lost 4.52 lakh users in the month, reports The New Age. Industry insiders said although voice call and data tariffs of the lone state-owned mobile operator were compatible with private mobile operators, the subscriber…
Golden Egg
If you stumble across a giant golden egg in Sweden consider yourself lucky. It’s actually a big, cozy sauna. Solar Egg is a 16-foot-high installation. 69 gold-plated panels cover the outside. Inside is a toasty wood-paneled sauna. It’s heated by a stove in the shape of a human heart. It was installed…
The Skateboarding Backpack
Marilyn Thipthorpe For those with a long commute to work, the hardest part can be the last mile between getting off of the subway or train and walking to the office. The Movpak is an electric skateboard built into a full-size backpack, designed to make that final stretch a bit less of a hassle without…
Russia’s War Against Netflix Surfaces
Samiul Bashar Samin Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky has accused the U.S. government of using Netflix as a nefarious tool to control the minds of people around the world. “They understand how to enter everyone’s homes by getting into every television with the help of Netflix and through this TV into the heads of everyone…