DOT Desk Rajshahi farmers and all other field level agricultural officials, scientists and researchers concerned have adapted need-based steps for making the current-season’s wheat farming a success in the region. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing around 440,000 metric tonnes of wheat over 134,000 hectares of land spread in eight…
Science Alert As macabre as it seems, it’s not exactly a secret that in some species of shark the unborn dine on their siblings while still developing in the womb. But it turns out we don’t know the half of it. A new kind of ultrasound device has provided biologists with a detailed view of…
UNB Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh Harry Verweij on Friday said Bangladesh can only achieve its full potential if the youth are prepared with the right kind of communication and leadership skills. “Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) is doing a commendable job in preparing the Bangladeshi youth for the challenges of tomorrow,” he said. The Dutch…
BSS Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Kazi Reazul Hoque today stressed ensuring human rights of all citizens, including minority communities, centering the eleventh parliamentary election. “The administrations and law enforcement agencies should ensure proper coordination to work with utmost sincerity in creating congenial environment so that every voter could cast their vote in…
Israel Harel/Haaretz Well-intentioned people who have blinded themselves to reality seek to duplicate the brilliant model of ‘the disengagement is good for security’ from Lebanon and Gaza in Judea and Samaria Hundreds of retired high-ranking officers, joined by former senior Mossad and Shin Bet security service officials, signed a so-called professional opinion in 2005 that…
Reuters Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria may not be able to continue to detain Islamic State prisoners if the situation in the region gets out of control, top Syrian Kurdish official Ilham Ahmed said on Friday. Speaking alongside her at a Paris news conference, Riad Darar, co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council, said they hoped…
DOT Desk T-Aman rice growers in Bogura district are frustrated over low prices prevailing in the market. A good number of farmers said they are in a difficult situation as newly-harvested Aman is being sold at a low rate across the district, reports The Financial Express BD. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)…
Tech Explorist On Dec. 13, the brightest comet 46P/Wirtanen passed 7.4 million miles (12 million kilometers) from Earth. On this event, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured it from multiple angles. In this visible light image, the comet’s nucleus is covered up in the center of a fuzzy glow from the comet’s coma. The coma is…
Eurek Alert Fire is an important element of Earth system. Every year, global fires directly emit 2 Pg C (billion-ton carbon) into atmosphere, which is ~20% of total emissions from human activities. In addition to the carbon emissions, fire plumes also generate air pollutants, including ozone (O3) and fine mode aerosols (e.g., PM2.5, particulate matter…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT US President Donald Trump reportedly “lost his cool” as he ordered the Pentagon to look into options to reduce the 14,000-strong US contingent in Afghanistan, defying his generals’ advice. Trump has become increasingly frustrated over the Afghan stalemate, pushing for the end of the 17-year-long US campaign there over the past…