Hindustan times: A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef was unveiled by Australian researchers on Friday. Scientists at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) said the robot, named the RangerBot and developed with a grant from Google, would serve as a “robo reef protector” for…
Jessica Scott-Reid, freelancer writer and animal advocate/ CBC News Having a pet has been linked to decreased use of drugs and alcohol, and a decrease in risky behaviour For Buddy the Doberman, two blankets were not enough to keep him warm on a particularly cold night in Montreal last month. His guardian, Christian, is homeless,…
Sabah Mannan: Pakis-tani-born Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member whilst the country battles with a bitter row over racism. To fill a vacant seat, the Greens Party MP for New South Wales was appointed by the senate yesterday and will be sworn in next week. This came after conservative…
NDTV Far out into the Indian Ocean where it is forced to be self-reliant, the island nation of Mauritius is weaning itself off fossil fuels by turning to its main cash-crop sugar cane, for electricity. The leftover, crushed sugar cane stalks and tips – dry fibrous material known as “bagasse” – is burned to help…
Kabir Humayun: Police yesterday, on the second day of Traffic Week, lodged 25,882 more cases for violating traffic rules. In the last 24 hours, 8,898 such cases have been filed In Dhaka city alone, an official at the police headquarters told The Daily Star. Traffic Week began from Sunday, with police filing 19,366 cases for…
Barrister Al Amin Rahman writes for DOT : The Election Commission of Bangladesh (EC) has cancelled 786 nominations (as reported on 2 December) during its scrutiny process before clearing candidates to contest for the general elections. It was over 25 per cent of the nominations out of the total 3,065 filed – including party nominations…
M Humayun Kabir: Captain Abid Sultan of US-Bangla Flight BS211 was going through tremendous personal mental stress and anxiety, and a series of erroneous decisions on his part led to the crash of the flight, according to details of the official investigation led by the Nepalese government, reports Kathmandu Post. The pilot of the US-Bangla…
Hossen Sohel: Palghar police arrested a man whom they believe has trafficked over 500 girls from Bangladesh and pushed them into flesh trade in Mumbai, reports Asian Age. A case of human trafficking has been registered by Palghar police against Mohammad Saidul Shaikh (38) from Manpada in Dombivali area of Thane district. According to police,…
Sabah Mannan of DOT Earlier, there were no facilities in Bangladesh that could detect and diagnose all types of genetic diseases, including different cancers but thanks to the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), the country’s scientific examination has leveled up. Yeafesh Osman; Minister of science and technology inaugurated the laboratory located in…