DOT Desk Cultivation of broccoli, a non-conventional winter vegetable, has gradually been gaining popularity in Rajshahi region by dint of its lucrative market price and growing demand, reports The Financial Express. Along with other conventional winter vegetables, the cash crop is seen appearing in the local markets everyday bringing diversity in both wholesale and retail…
Reuters A medical helicopter crashed in a mountainous area near Porto, Portugal’s second biggest city, killing two pilots, a doctor and a nurse on board, the country’s INEM emergency service said on Sunday. A rescue operation was launched late on Saturday when the helicopter went missing around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday after dropping off a…
President Xi Jinping will make a major speech tomorrow to mark the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. Xi will speak at a conference to be held at the Great Hall of the People from 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Tuesday, Xinhua said on Sunday. The report was in line with what diplomatic…
DOT Desk Dhaka city-dwellers have been facing a severe mosquito menace, but the authorities concerned have not taken adequate preventive measures, reports The Daily Sun. Mosquito coil, aerosol spray, electric bat or fogging machines are failing to get rid of the growing menace. Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) have already…
DOT Desk Grassroots bottle gourd farmers in Gopalganj Sadar are delighted over the present market prices of the vegetable this season, reports The Financial Express. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj, a total of 491 hectares of land in the district have been brought under ‘Ghenai’ variety bottle gourd cultivation. Of the…
Sumayyah Sarwat writes for DOT It’s been 47 years since the nation started celebrating sixteen December as their victory day. No doubt, the victory day has a great value to all Bangladeshis, but if we ask them how they see the victory day or how they define the word victory we will definitely get distinctions…
Raj Abrar of DOT Sajeeb Wazed, the grandson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has urged Bangladeshis not to vote for war criminals and their alliance partners, referring to the BNP and the Jatiya Oikya Front, reported BDNews. He made the remarks in a Facebook post on Victory Day. “A vote for Paddy Sheaf is a…
New Straits Times Once a month for the last decade, Pepe Casanas, a 78-year-old Cuban farmer, has hunted down a scorpion to sting himself with, vowing that the venom wards off his rheumatism pains. His natural remedy is no longer seen as very unusual here. Researchers in Cuba have found that the venom of the…
UNB Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (BANFPU-2) has provided free medical consultations for the people of Goundam town in Mali. The free medical consultation programme was held recently aiming to bring relief to the population but also to engender trust between them and United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeepers. The activity was…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Sri Lanka’s Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as prime minister before President Maithripala Sirisena, local media stated – a decision that would likely end a political crisis that began in late October when he was ousted in a surprise decision. Wickremesinghe was sworn in around 11:15 am (local time), which was…