Abrar Hussain of DOT The Election Commission has requested root level election officers to “build credibility and confidence” among the voters and candidates for the upcoming general election, reports The Daily Star. “Don’t allow any leniency. We don’t want a controversial election,” Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder said at a training session yesterday, adding “Build credibility…
Tech Explorist Scientists have developed a new decision tool that can potentially detect patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are at high risk of serious complications. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mainly caused by smoking, is a common condition that affects breathing and worsens over time. During the experiment with 1415 patients aged 50…
Hossen Sohel of DOT At least five men were killed and eight other people injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a Laguna in Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com. The accident occurred around 8am in the Haldoba area, said Gazipur Sadar Police Station SI Md Shaheedul Islam. All of the victims were Laguna passengers, he…
Julian Francish as worked for many years in Bangladesh with poverty alleviation programmes and disability related programmes/BDnews24 My elder brother, James, who was born in 1943 with a genetic chromosomal abnormality, Down’s Syndrome, and who had a severe learning disability, died in 1999 in the UK as a result of negligence. He died of bronchial…
Reuters Many delegates from the world’s 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the United States and China. To do so, they had to bow to U.S. and Chinese demands to drop…
MSN At a time when many airlines are working to accommodate and protect travelers with nut allergies, some airlines are not, and that’s all too clear from a recent travel experience by one teen. The Weston family had booked their flights between Britain and Peru with British Airways and were meant to fly home with…
Tani Khara, Consumer insights and strategic planning specialist /Channel NewsAsia In the US, nearly half feel negatively towards vegetarians, according to one study. More and more people are adopting plant-based diets in countries all over the world. But also seemingly on the rise is resentment towards vegans and vegetarians. This can range from ridicule on…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT The High Court has rejected a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Andalib Rahman Partho who sought its directives upon the Election Commission for using EVM at his constituency in the next general election. The High Court bench of Justice Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali passed the order…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The High Court has ordered local returning officers to accept the candidacy of Golam Rabbani, the Jamaat-e-Islami leader from BNP ticket for Rangpur-5. The High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al Jalil passed the order yesterday afternoon following a writ petition filed by Rabbani. Rabbani’s lawyer Advocate…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The World Bank said the move, coinciding with a UN climate summit meeting of some 200 nations in Poland, represented a “significantly ramped up ambition” to tackle climate change, “sending an important signal to the wider global community to do the same”, reports Daily Maverick. Developed countries are committed to lifting…