Desk Report Jatiya Oikyafront’s key leader Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged the media to keep vigil against any “unlawful activities” of the police force during election, reports The Daily Star. He made the call while talking to reporters at Paltan in Dhaka this afternoon. “If you see any irregularity with police, report it. This responsibility…
DOT Desk Footpaths of main thoroughfares stretching from Purana Paltan crossing to Dainik Bangla intersection have been illegally occupied by hawkers, causing sufferings to pedestrians and creating tailbacks in the capital, reports The Daily Sun. Purana Paltan and its adjoining Gulistan being a transit intersection for both local and inter-district traffic remain heavily crowded round…
DOT Desk The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has carried out security audit of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city from November 25 to December 04 after a gap of nine years reports Financial Express. The audit was completed on December 03 and the concluding meeting was held at the airport on…
UNB A US General has profusely praised the Bangladesh military for its impressive record of achievements since its very founding and for its generous humanitarian efforts for Rohingyas. The leadership and extensive participation of Bangladesh army in the UN peacekeeping and peace support initiatives were acclaimed by the international community, said Lt. Gen Daniel R….
MSN News Katy Perry supported a good cause on Sunday and won a date with her boyfriend, Orlando Bloom, all at the same time. The singer sang at the One Love Malibu benefit concert at the King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas, California, which raised money for those affected by the recent Woolsey Fire. One hundred…
Science Alert He may (or may not) have brought about the world’s first genetically modified human babies using CRISPR-Cas9, but He Jiankui’s shoes are probably not the most comfortable in the world right now. According to reports from Chinese media, the geneticist’s whereabouts are currently unknown. It’s been reported that he is under house arrest…
NTV Bishnu Bhagat, 36, dresses himself in colourful polythene bags and goes about his business every day in Odisha. He doesn’t mind being referred as a ‘chalta firta dustbin’ (walking dustbin), because the underlying message he wants to convey is, ‘If I look ugly to you, think about earth and what we have made it.’…
AFP They were promised a “peace diamond” dividend in the Sierra Leone village of Koryardu after the stone they handed over for auction fetched $6.5 million (5.7 million euros) a year ago. But they are still waiting to see the benefits. “Absolutely nothing happened,” said Pastor Emmanuel Momoh, who manages the team of diggers that…
Tech Explorist Monday, December 3rd was a big day for Astrocast. Evening at 7:34 pm Swiss time, Astrocast – a young start-up spun out of EPFL – launched its first demonstration satellite intended to test its Internet-of-Things system. The launch, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, went smoothly. The rocket was carrying…
MSN News YouTube Ryan of Ryan ToysReview Ryan’s earnings have doubled since last year 1. A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube’s highest-earning star, raking in $22m (£17.3m). The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan ToysReview pipped Jake Paul by $500,000 for the 12 months to June. Videos…