UNB, Dhaka More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show, reports BBC. The Zika virus, which is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, triggered a global health emergency this year. Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and…
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….
Reported by: Al-Helal Shuvo Written by: Tanzim Taqrim Arnob The daughter of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 71st birthday tomorrow 28th September.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Rohingyas of Myanmar to pay the same amount of money without celebrating her birth anniversary….
Hindustan Times: China has firmed up an outline to sinicise Islam by 2022 in an effort to redefine the practice of the religion and align the beliefs of Muslims with the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) policies and traditional Chinese culture. The five-year plan (2018-2022) was discussed and agreed upon by eight Islamic associations and…
Chandni Doulatramani/ Asia Times, India An 89-year old in Maharashtra is recycling old fabric into women’s bags and earning a lot of online fame At 89-years-old, Latika Chakrabarty has become an internet celebrity in India thanks to the range of beautiful bags she creates by hand from second-hand fabrics.Seated in her quiet flat in a…
Sofian Khan Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to launch the main construction work of the most-awaited Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. This will be the 1st and maiden nuclear plant of the country. Sources at the Ministry of Science and Technology confirmed this and said that, The main construction work will launch at 11…
Dr. M Shamsher Ali, Physicist: The ‘Bangabandhu-1’ satellite is the dawn of Bangladesh’s space journey. This is an amazing achievement for us. It would have been better if the launch took place on our own soil. It would have been a great delight. We were not able to do it this time but hopefully in the…
Dipu Akter To understand human behaviour, its nature and the form of disorders or pathologies, we confide on two existing models. One is medical model and another is psychoanalytical model. Psychoanalytic model dug out so profoundly on our psychic functioning and made a remarkable contribution in comprehending mysterious human mind.We know about Freud’s contribution to…
BSS Ghorachora High School, located at Fulkucha village in Sirajganj, has around 1,500 students. Most of them are girls. Though the school is in a remote area, the authorities concerned are much aware about the health of the students, especially the girls. They are supplying sanitary napkins to their girls during their menstrual periods. Only…
DOT Desk Two children died after falling into a water tank while playing in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka on Tuesday, reports Prothom Alo. The deceased are Habib, 3, son of certain Borhanuddin Mostafa and Maria, 3, daughter of certain Manir Mridha of the area. Habib and Maria fell into the water tank of their house…