BSS: Rajshahi University (RU) has adopted an initiative of installing murals of four national leaders- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, AHM Kamaruzzaman and Captain Monsur Ali- on the campus as soon as possible. “We have taken the initiative as recognition of their laudable and heroic contribution to the nation and its independence,” said Prof Ananda…
Science Alert: It’s amazing what you can find when you do a good clear-out. Just ask chemistry researcher Alan Aitken. The scientist, from Scotland’s University of St Andrews, was rummaging through a storage area under a chemistry lecture room back in 2014 when he stumbled upon a unique relic of scientific history. Stashed amidst chemicals…
Reported by: Syed Ripon Written by: Eshan Maitra There are total of 251 first-ranked positions are vacant at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, Election Training Institute & at several field level jobs. These are oddly due to filed lawsuits by EC’s own employees, for a very long time. EC employees & administrations are blaming each…
UNB Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP), a forum of pro-Awami League lawyers, swept the election to the Dhaka Bar Association. SASP candidates Mohammad Saidur Rahman Manik and Mohammad Ayubur Rahman were elected president and general secretary of the DBA respectively defeating their rival candidates Khorshed Alam and Azizul Islam Khan from pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers’ platform…
Kabir Humayun: Detec-tives, in a drive, yesterday arrested eight people in a case filed for killing Mehedi Hasan in Dakkhin Khan area of Dhaka. A team of Detective Branch (north) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the eight with a knife and some mobile phones, says a text message sent by the DMP. Mehedi Hasan,…
Desk Report: Shortage of teachers has been hampering the education of children in an orphanage for girls in the district for long, but the authorities concerned have not taken any steps to appoint teachers there, reports Daily Star. The children in Al Na-Hiyan Shishu Paribar, an orphanage for girls run by Shaikh Jayed Bin Sultan…
Himanjali Sankar/ Scroll.In An excerpt from Himanjali Sankar’s ‘The Lies We Tell’, told from the point of view of 17-year-old Irfan Ahmed. I didn’t do it. Why would I send Uma’s photo, that was meant only for me, to Rishi and Abhishek and a bunch of other random classmates? It was for me. Why would…
Independent BD Country’s premier sea port Chattogram has set an example by bringing down vessel congestions to ‘almost zero level’ in its 130 years of history thanks to the government for installation of six gantry cranes for cargo handling. There was no vessel waiting for berthing in the outer anchorage on last Wednesday, which is…
Hindustan TImes: Mindfulness — a meditative practice that focusses on paying attention to the present moment — can increase person’s tolerance to pain, a study has found. Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine in the US analysed data obtained from a study published in 2015 that compared mindfulness meditation to placebo analgesia. They sought…