UNB A huge traffic gridlock has been created on both sides of Bangabandhu Bridge as the computerised toll collection system of the bridge broke down this morning. Due to the malfunction of the system, the toll collection was kept suspended from 10:00am to 12:00pm, keeping hundreds of vehicles stranded on the bridge. Later, the bridge…
DOT Desk At least five leaders of the quota reform movement were injured during an onslaught on their demonstration on Dhaka University campus yesterday, reports The Daily Star. Bangladesh Chhatra League activists pounced on them before a scheduled human chain near TSC around 3:00pm. The injured — Bin Yeamin Mollah, Tarek Rahman, Ahmed Kabir, Jashim…
Tech Explorist NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory on the International Space Station creating something even colder than a winter day in Antarctica dip as low as -120ºF (-85ºC) or -280ºF (-173ºC). This will be the first facility in orbit to produce clouds of “ultracold” atoms, which can reach a fraction of a degree above absolute zero:…
Sky News Singleton Zoe says she just wants men to be up front and tell her if they are no longer interested in taking things further. Zoe, 28, is fed up with “cowardly” men on dating apps suddenly going silent on her without explanation, or even a cursory text. Here is her experience of dating…
DOT Desk A German court found in favour of US chipmaker Qualcomm in a patent dispute case against Apple, which could lead to a ban on sales of iPhones in Germany. “The ruling effectively outlaws the offering and placing on the market of the finished product in Germany, including the sale, reports The Daily Sun….
DOT Desk The country incurred huge economic losses because of political violence carried out by BNP and Jamaat before and after the 10th parliamentary polls held on January 5 in 2014, reports The Daily Sun. The month-long violent street protests and shutdowns hampered industrial production, service and farm sectors and hard hit public and private…
Christina Curran/Gulf News Everyone wants the same thing — a home, warmth, lighting, family, job and education I’ve often wondered about going into politics. Ever since I studied the subject as a teenager in school my mind has been open to the possibility of becoming one of the countless cogs that form the government that…
DOT Desk Impress Telefilm’s new film Arpita has been released. On December 21 the film was released along with ‘Swapner Ghar,’ reports The Daily Observer. However like ‘Swapner Ghar’ the film has got a minimal release with just two halls in the country. The film is the second film by actor-turned-filmmaker Shahriar Nazim Joy. The…
DOT Desk A wild leopard was beaten to death by villagers in Panchagarh amid presence of police and Forest Department, reports The Financial Express. Ismail Hossain, a resident of Bashuniapara village, said his daughter first spotted the leopard near Pathraj River at Doulotpur in the noon. Reacting to her screams, hundreds of people gathered in…
DOT Desk Mohammad Idris, the designer of the national emblem of Bangladesh, passed away on Saturday. He was 87, reports The Daily Observer. He suffered a heart attack at his Basabo residence in the morning and died at a hospital in the city around 9:30am, said family members. He left behind a daughter and son…