Russia Today: A US Navy ship will reportedly host military personnel from the Five Eyes countries plus Japan and South Korea to monitor foreign vessels delivering fuel to the North in violation of UN sanctions. The coalition will include the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada – America’s partners within the Five Eyes…
UNB, Dhaka Underscoring the need for further enriching Bangla, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called for building massive awareness to avoid distortion of the mother language. “We want people to know different languages, but in doing so there shouldn’t be any distortion of our language, and everyone should remain aware and cautious in this…
Eurek Alert Researchers found that gently stroking a baby seems to reduce activity in the infant brain associated with painful experiences. Their results, appearing December 17 in the journal Current Biology, suggest that lightly brushing an infant at a certain speed–of approximately 3 centimeters per second–could provide effective pain relief before clinically necessary medical procedures….
Dr. AB Mirza Azizul Islam, Former Finance Adviser to Caretaker Government: Repeated incidents of anomaly at Bangladesh’s central bank will erode people’s confidence. Investigations should be launched and necessary actions should be taken against the persons involved if the allegations of serious irregularities at the central bank’s vault are proved. The central bank has definitely…
UNB, Dhaka The motor vehicle agreement among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal or BBIN is expected to come into effect in July next allowing its members to use each others’ roads to transport goods and passengers by paying fees. Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Obaidul Quader and Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla came…
Ashik Kabir ashikk992@gmail.com The month of August had put a scare on the heart of those Bangladeshi people who always believe in the sovereignty of Bangladesh. 15th August 1975, is the day which remains as the darkest hour in the history of the Bangladesh. The leader of the nation, the prolific writer of the freedom…
Desk Report The board of directors of Olympic Industries has decided to import capital machinery worth an aggregate amount of Tk 136.87 million for enhancing production capacity. The company will import a wafer manufacturing line, complete with ancillary machinery, from Franz Haas Waffelmaschinen Gmbh, Austia, at an estimated cost of Tk 125.45 million, according to…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Intel guru, Andy Groves, passed away on the 21st of March, at the age of 79. Andy grove, a Hungarian émigré in collaboration with Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel, the multimillion dollar company. Grove’s name had been synonymous with the emergence of the Silicon Valley in the 1980’s and 90’s. He…
Asian Review The trade spat between Washington and Beijing is providing a tailwind for garment production hubs like Bangladesh and Vietnam, as more companies move away from China to avoid U.S. tariffs and sanctions. China is the world’s largest exporter of apparel, with shipments of $158.4 billion last year, or more than 30% of the…
Tanzim Taqrim Around 730,000 children have been injected with a vaccine that could worsen the deadly disease it’s supposed to prevent. New data has caused serious concern about a dengue vaccine in the Philippines.Filipino NGO, Volunteers against Crime and Corruption says that it received information that three children have died since being injected with it….