AP, Dubai Saudi state television reports that two people and a child were killed and a foreigner was wounded by shelling from neighboring war-torn Yemen. The state television report said the shelling happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday in the kingdom’s southern province of Jazan. It said the child died at a local hospital.
Science Alert A bacterium called Staphylococcus epidermidis is right now making itself at home on your skin. Don’t panic – it’s on all of us – and usually isn’t a call for alarm. But because it’s so common, it means medical clinicians overlook its dark side – one that could become deadly should it learn…
Tarannum Sattar Mark Zuckerberg is the personification of a lone-entrepreneur model: a college dropout and technology disrupter. But it is alo trure that Mark had many influential support, including Steve Jobs. In fact, Zuckerburg credits Jobs with teaching him about building strong teams and keeping the company focused. Undoubtedly, that connection helped Mark turn Facebook…
AFP: Ikea’s first Indian outlet opened on Thursday, with more than 200 eager shoppers queueing in the underground car park to escape the heat as a military band played a crowd-pleasing medley inside. The store in the southern city of Hyderabad is the first of 25 outlets the Swedish furniture giant hopes to open by…
DOT Desk: Dinajpur’s Hili, for the last few days,has been enduring extreme weather – more specifically,enduring relentless cold waves and dense fog formations in the area.This has resulted in a sharp decrease in the already cold temperature, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Due to these adverse weather conditions, Boro seedbeds are suffering from winter-related disease. from…
Reuters: France’s interior minister, one of President Emmanuel Macron’s closest allies, has announced plans to quit the government and run for election as mayor of Lyon in 2020, adding to doubts and instability around the young leader’s administration. Gerard Collomb’s announcement in an interview in L’Express magazine follows the abrupt resignations of a popular environment…
M Humayun Kabir: Bus owners and workers have stopped operating transport services in different districts since yesterday morning citing safety of the workers and vehicles following student movement. The students of schools and colleges mainly from Dhaka took to the streets demanding safety on the roads and justice for their two fellows who were killed…
Channel News Asia:French urban freeclim ber Alain Robert was arrested yesterday police said, after he scaled one of Manila’s tallest towers in his latest high-risk ascent. The 56-year old adventurer dubbed the “French spiderman” climbed the 47-storey GT Tower without safety equipment, leaving watchers on the ground staring in amazement. “This is my path, this…
UNB: Jute-made products are turning heads at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). Pavilions showcasing them are attracting people, from the young to the old, with their colourful designs and diversity. The array of products includes bags, purses, folders, tablemats, prayer mats, doormats, rugs, and room dividers, among others. The huge, albeit unanticipated, number of…
Mahmudur Rahman writes for DOT : Bangladesh’s voters have made the choice of not electing a workable opposition in the eleventh parliament thereby denting one of democracy’s main arms. Effectively this means there will be no opposition to keep the treasury bench in some form of order. This was the norm in the last parliament…