AFP Berlin crime gangs of Arab origin have long earned infamy with violence and brazen robberies but now, police warn, they have targeted a new generation of refugees for recruitment. Known in the media as Berlin’s “clans,” whose founders themselves fled war in Lebanon in the 1980s, they have long controlled much of the city’s…
Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder speaks to DOT : Jatyia Oikyafront has pledged forming a ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ to investigate and resolve the enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and false cases filed in the last 10 years. In its manifesto, the opposition alliance described the blueprint of its Commission, saying it will involve eminent academics, social…
Barrister Shafique Ahmed speaks to DOT : BNP unveiled its election manifesto yesterday, putting major emphasis on pledges of freedom of speech and abolishing “black laws” of the country. BNP vowed to scrap all black laws including the Digital Security Act, Official Secrets Act and Special Power Acts to facilitate freedom of speech and expression….
NDTV : Cyclone Phethai, which made a landfall near Katrenikona in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district claimed two lives in the state, before the storm weakened into a deep depression with wind speed of 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph. The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) said that the cyclone was centred at Tuni. According to…
UNB Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said Asean must take tough measures to put pressure on Myanmar and its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end atrocities against the Muslim Rohingya. “We can appeal to the government of Myanmar, but if there is no response and the atrocities continue, Asean must support…
Tech Explorist While searching life in other solar systems far and beyond, scientists often consider that oxygen presence in planet atmosphere indicates the sign of life. Now a new study by the Johns Hopkins University recommends a reconsideration of that rule of thumb. Reproducing in the lab the environments of planets beyond the nearby solar…
DOT Desk Many multinational companies have started using again the ‘Benapole Port’ for trade as the checking and discharging of goods has become easier and faster in the port due to its digital services, reports The Independent. As per National Board of Revenue, the government has installed modern scanner machine, international standard check post and…
DOT Desk Due to favourable weather conditions and timely supply of necessary agri-input, sweet potato farmers are expecting a bumper output in the district, reports The Financial Express. Experts said sweet potato is vitamin-A, C and mineral-enriched. It is also enriched with protein, carbohydrate, calcium, iron, carotene and vitamin B1 and B2. The Department of…
Tech Explorist According to cell biology, men have an X chromosome whereas women have two (XX). But, how can we get around this difference? Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland conducted a study dating from the 1960s to sequence skin and blood cells one by one. Their main objective was to determine how…
Ginia Bellafante/The New York Times The animosity directed at Amazon and the legislators who have opened the velvet rope to the city has been fomenting for weeks, but on Wednesday it reached peak rage. It was then that Amazon executives faced members of the City Council, a body that was locked out of the process…