Md. Ali Raj: To make skilled manpower and fight the challenge of cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh, the experts at a roundtable laid emphasis on raising awareness among both public and physicians. Yesterday, a Bengali daily “Kaler Kantho” and pharmaceutical company Oriental Pharma jointly organized the event at East West Media Group Ltd (EWMGL) conference room…
Nusrat Progga The Panamanian lawyer, who has managed to humiliate quite a lot of world leaders due to a recent data leak scandal claims that the entire incident was an outside job. Ramon Fonseca, the founding partner said that the operations of the firm- Mossack Fonseca, that helps people set up offshore companies, are all…
Police recovered the throat-silt body of an unidentified young man from Bhennagachhi village in Shahjadpur upazila on Saturday morning. Khawaja Golam Kibria, officer-in-charge of Shahjadpur Police Station, said locals spotted the body in a field in the morning and informed police. Later, police recovered the body and sent it to 250-bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib…
BSS The farmers have exceeded the fixed farming target of onion by 3.11 per cent so far predicting bumper production in Rangpur agriculture region this season, official sources said. After completing sowing of onion seed, the enthusiastic farmers have still been continuing transplantation of its seedling at places to further exceed the fixed farming target…
Marilyn Thipthorpe You betcha sorry a$$ it does! Ok *Cough” that might have come out too vehemently! But hey I’m an honest gal and I think women should have the guts to give their opinion freely. Guys don’t shy away from boasting about their member so why should we be afraid to say that size…
The National: An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was activated early on Sunday in Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where a dam collapsed killing 34 and leaving some 300 missing, firefighters and the mining company said. The alarm went off at 5.30 a.m. (0730 GMT) warning of dangerously high water levels at…
Monica Hesse (The Washington Post)/Chicago Tribune The first summer of Meghan Markle’s royalty is coming to an end and, as a diligent student of her tabloid coverage, here is what I have learned: She is going to Balmoral for the queen’s summer holiday, and that will be a test. She had her first solo outing…
Our Time Desk How will it be when there will be a scarcity of electricity and the world will be in a dire necessity of enlightening? A French research company named Glowee came up with a drastic solution with bioluminescent lights, which they extracted from bacteria. These lights will be used to light up street…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Major opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront leaders yesterday walked out of a meeting with the chief election commissioner citing “inappropriate behavior”. The opposition leaders held a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda before walking out disgruntled about it.“His (CEC) behavior was inappropriate,” Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of…
Reuters: The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties. The so-called Coalition Support Funds were part of a broader suspension in aid to Pakistan…