BBC: Reading English has been the same for centuries – you start at the top of the page and work left to right, line by line. But what if that was all about to change? The problem is that the movements of our eyes between words takes up time and slows us down. The BBC…
MD Saddam Hossain, Thakurgaon Correspondent: The supporters of Thakurgaon Ditrict Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demonstrated a symbolic hunger strike demanding release of Begum Khaleda Zia. District BNP organized the program yesterday in front of their district party office. Al Mamun Alam, the vice-president of district BNP presided over the hunger strike. District BNP general secretary…
Humayun Kabir: A new World Bank report says that Bangladesh has the potential to double its trade with South Asian countries. The report titled ‘A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia,’ says that trade within South Asia can grow three times, from $23 billion to $67 billion, by reducing manmade…
DOT Desk: Many think public universities are meant for only providing education. Not exactly! These days, students come up with their basic health needs and university medical centres are supposed to address those, reports The Daily Observer. A few days back, a female student of Dhaka University shared in social what she experienced at the…
DOT Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said it busted an international drug racket by arresting five peddlers, including three women, in Dhaka. RAB legal and media wing director Mufti Mahmud Khan told reporters that the accused were arrested during different raids in the city’s Airport police station area, reports The Independent. The arrestees were…
Peter Brannen, Science writer based in Boston/ The Atlantic The worst extinction in Earth’s history offers chilling predictions for the planet’s future—and for humanity’s efforts to keep climate doom at bay. Identifying a killer can be difficult when it seems like every murder weapon imaginable has been used in the crime, and when the victim…
Sakib Khondoker It’s 4:34 in the morning, and you are wide awake. You probably have nothing to do, you are not even hungry, the Physics book is the last place you would look at. You literally have nothing left to do right now. And deep down, your inner voice is reaching out to you and…
Sayeed Muhammad: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s physical condition is not under any danger, but she should be treated at a hospital run by specialized doctors of all fields, doctors have suggested. A day after the newly formed five-member medical team examined Khaleda at the Old Dhaka jail, the physicians have also said they think Bangabandhu…
Written by: Eshan Maitra This year’s medical admission test for MBBS-BDS courses will be held today. From 10am to 11am. Based on 100 marks’ objective questions. Pass mark is set to be 40. Total of 82,788 examinee will be contesting for 9,343 seats. Only 35% seats are from 31 public medical colleges. Means, 8 participant…