Asian Age: Disasters such as earthquake, fire, flood, drought, cyclone and salinity are damaging lives, crops and infrastructures – causing a huge economic loss. Bangladesh counts 1.8 percent GDP loss every year due to natural disaster, said Md Quamrul Hasan, former Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, while presenting the keynote at…
Md. Taqi Yasir CBS Films have confirmed a movie sequel to the popular series How I Met Your Mother is in development, with a planned release in 2018 after a leaked screenplay earlier revealed many key plot points. All five main cast members are set to return alongside “the Mother” who is rumored to be…
Arab News: Twenty-one people died in a car bomb attack at a Bogota police cadet training academy, with 68 injured, Colombian police said late Thursday. “Unfortunately, the preliminary toll is 21 people dead, including the person responsible for the incident, and 68 wounded,” the police said in a statement, adding 58 of those injured had…
BBC: A failure to deliver Brexit would be “a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy”, Prime Minister Theresa May has warned. Writing in the Sunday Express, Mrs May pleaded with MPs to back her Brexit deal in Tuesday’s crunch Commons vote. Not doing so risks the UK leaving the EU with no…
Reuters: North Korea’s celebrations marking its 70th anniversary tomorrow are expected to showcase a country that has secured a nuclear arsenal and is now focusing on developing its economy and cultivating international relations. Tomorrow’s events will kick off about a month of performances, as well as a trade show and other visits designed to drum…
UNB: Gono Forum President Dr. Kamal Hossain on Sunday urged the government to form a neutral poll-time government and reconstitute the Election Commission (EC) before the upcoming general election. He also strongly slammed the Digital Security Act 2018 stating that it facilitates the law enforcers to arrest, seize and raid anyone without warrant, said a…
The Guardian: Saudi Arabia’s state airline has suspended its direct flights to Toronto after Canada called for the release of detained activists for civil society and women’s rights.The Middle Eastern country has also frozen all trade and expelled Canada’s ambassador over the “interference”.
Abrar Hussain of DOT Oikyafront leaders announced yesterday that none of its elected lawmakers will be taking their oaths, dismissing any claims of a rift in the alliance. The decision was made after a steering committee member meeting, reported The Daily Star, quoting Mostofa Mohsin Montu and ASM Abdur Rob. There were rumors of a…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A talented young student of Kurigram Polytechnic Institute has come up with a novel invention that can put a check on reckless driving on the country’s roads induced by drug or alcohol abuse, and even lack of sleep, reports NTV. An instant signal will be sent to the car owners or…