The Financial Express: About 40 per cent of young Chinese entrepreneurs are female, according to a report released recently. The report was based on a survey of 6,928 entrepreneurs aged 16 to 35 and was jointly published by the China Foundation for Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment, and the Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security….
M Humayun Kabir Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said rules on Digital Security Act-2018 will clear all confusion regarding the Act. The Awami League General Secretary made the statement ahead of the Sampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) meeting with the Information Ministry, reports The Daily Star. The Sampadak Parishad will sit in a…
Eshan Maitra So, the other day I was hearing this while passing by elementary school, “Vabi, my boy only can say Dog and Cat. He doesn’t even understand what Kukur-Biral is. Hihi!” Then with some more of such examples like that. Her Son is so bad in Bangla! And She was telling that with such…
DOT Desk: Vegetable farming has become a boon for the farmers in the country thanks to its relatively higher yield and higher return thanother crops, reports The Daily Sun. Vegetable production has seen tremendous growth in the last 10 years in Bangladesh, generating new jobs, increasing income and reducing poverty. Bangladesh is now the world’s third…
Marilyn Thipthorpe I need to get out from this place. The walls seem to be cramping in on me. The sounds of their open mouth- chewing, chewing, chewing and the spitting. Oh my god. I’m going insane. I feel the green bile rising up from inside, my blood’s pounding in my ears. I drop the…
Karol Markowicz/ The New York Post In 2020, all women will be likable. They have to be, since the charge of “unlikable” is now, yes, sexist. A recent Politico article wondered whether Sen. Liz Warren’s newly announced 2020 bid was going to remind people of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, not least because both women have low…
Phys.Org: There are spicy beers and even peanut butter beers, made to stand out on crowded shelves. Then there’s a murky, green brew that looks a lot like algae. It’s making a statement on the one ingredient brewers can’t do without—clean water. The ghastly-looking “Alegae Bloom” beer made by Maumee Bay Brewing Co., which relies…
Afsan Chowdhury speaks to DOT : Amanullah Kabir was a non-partisan journalist. It is a huge achievement for him. His journalistic career spanned four decades and remained active with all political movements. He was a left leaning person but he was never dogmatic. He was associated with Mawlana Bhasani. Later on, he waged movement for…
Sayeed Muhammad British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has apologised for her comments to a Channel 4 News producer about having a difficult childbirth, reports The Guardian. Following a heated altercation with the channel’s reporter Alex Thomson, Siddiq told his producer, Daisy Ayliffe, who is pregnant: “Thanks Daisy for coming. Hope you have a great birth…
Samiul Bashar Samin The way we perceive the image of a 21st century woman is one with confidence and with equal rights and opportunities as men (given that you’re egalitarian). However, the true horror that women still face on this planet is euphemized from what actually happens far too often. Forget rights, 3.3 billion people…