Abrar Hussain: The US has urged the Myanmar government to fulfill its commitment in working with the UNHCR and UNDP to implement the recommendations of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, reports NewAge. Heather Nauert, US Department of State spokesperson said on Thursday, “We welcome the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by…
The start of the eagerly anticipated Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India has been delayed due to a sudden, freak hailstorm that swept through the capital with barely an hour to go before the scheduled start of the match. At the time of filing of this report, steady rainfall continued in parts of Dhaka…
Reported by: Biplab Biswash Written by: Eshan Maitra Special Security Force (SSF) received another series of modern security technology upgrade for sake of government-announced VIPs’ protection. Including different range of jammers, special shield, operational cars, mobile command posts, biometric access control, mm microwave body scanner and others. These information were collected from the recent archives…
M Humayun Kabir: The European Union (EU) yesterday expressed concern over recent violent scenes in Dhaka and sought investigation into the actions against protesters and journalists to hold perpetrators accountable. “Incidents of unlawful or disproportionate violence or action against protestors, journalists or others need to stop; those that happened must be investigated and perpetrators be…
UNB, Dhaka A new web portal, ‘Bangladesh Trade Portal’, the first of its kind in South Asia, was officially launched on Sunday to make export and import easier serving the business community with a one stop point of information. Hosted by the Ministry of Commerce with support from the Trade and Competitiveness Global Bank provides…
Tech Explorist: By identifying almost 500 genetic markers to determine bone mineral density, a new study holds the potential to unlock new treatments for osteoporosis. Bone mineral density is one of the strongest risk factors for osteoporosis. It is a common age-related condition characterized by the progressive reduction of bone strength and density, resulting in…
Dawn, Pakistan Was it really Imran Khan’s year or did Reham beat him to it? Find out here In Coldplay’s words, let’s go back to the start. Pakistan has had a rocky year on social media… yeah, it’s a fair amount to process.There was Imran Khan’s third marriage which broke the internet, the ‘Khud khana…
Daniel T. Willingham, Professor of psychology at the University of Virginia & author/Gulf News Each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior A few years ago, when people heard I was a reading researcher, they might ask about their child’s dyslexia or how to get their teenager to read more. But today…
Banglanews24: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim announced that the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) to be modernized into a 5,000-bed hospital in a bid to improve the health service system of the country. We have plans and will implement it if we come to power in the next election, the minister added. Nasim made the…