Tanzim Taqrim Drones are saving lives in Rwanda. The locals label them as ‘Sky Ambulances’. The unpiloted aircrafts convey hundreds of blood supplies daily. Due to Rwanda’s poor infrastructure ground deliveries can take hours but these do it in minutes. Flight operators load the supplies onto the drones then launch from a catapult to their…
UNB: Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Ministry Dr Dipu Moni yesterday urged the young generation to come forward to make Bangladesh a modern and technologically developed country. She made the call while addressing the installation ceremony of voluntary organisation ‘Chandmukh’ and ICT Olypiad-2018′ at the Chandpur Govt College auditorium. Dr Dipu Moni,…
Humayun Kabir: A new World Bank report says that Bangladesh has the potential to double its trade with South Asian countries. The report titled ‘A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia,’ says that trade within South Asia can grow three times, from $23 billion to $67 billion, by reducing manmade…
Reuters The Saudi-led coalition said it approved evacuating wounded Houthi fighters for treatment on Monday, meeting a key condition for the group to attend U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden this week aimed at ending Yemen’s nearly four-year-old war. Prospects for convening talks have increased as Western allies press Saudi Arabia, leader of the Sunni Muslim…
Raj Ahmed of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain called out those who attempt to deprive people of their voting right as the enemies of independence and successors of Pakistan’s Yahya Khan. “People waged the Liberation War with a dream of becoming the country’s owners and enjoying the right to franchise. We’re now untied…
DOT Desk: Residents of some areas in Chattogram have been suffering immensely for a week due to low gas pressure for inadequate LNG Supply, reports The New Age. Officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited and Petrobangla blamed inadequate supply of LNG for the crisis. For about a week, from morning till 2:00pm daily, many…
Nahian Arefin: Thai fishermen & laborers, threatened by rising sea levels, kicked off a protest in Bangkok on yesterday in front of the United Nations (UN) regional head quarter. Because of worsening climate change, protestors wanted proper steps in control the deteriorating situation. They protested with banners to grab the attention of the delegates who…
Wion: New Zealand’s parliament passed a law on Wednesday to ban many non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes, completing the Labour-led government’s election campaign pledge. Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand`s popular 38-year-old prime minister, campaigned before September`s election on a promise to clamp down on house price growth and reduce high rates of homelessness, in part…
DOT Desk: Rubina Yasmin, a Bangladeshi girl working in the University of Greenwich, a UK’s prestigious educational institution after completing her graduation course from the same university thinks cash is dying and nobody is concerned about it, reports The Daily Observer. “Money is nothing but medium of exchange. People have reinvented the exchange of goods…
M. Thipthorpe In his recent visit to Cuba, United States President Barak Obama, has said that fight back against the inhumanity of the ISIS is his number one priority. This statement came following the attack in Brussels which took the lives of over 30 people and left more than 270 others injured. He further degraded…