Tech Explorist Even though stress is a normal physical reaction, it can sometimes have negative effects on your health. It wears down the body and compromises the immune system, leaving a person more vulnerable to illnesses and other conditions. It is still unclear that how the association between stress and health plays out at the…
DOT Desk: Visa trading goes uncontrolled badly affecting the lives of Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait as many of them still remain jobless there, victims and insiders said, reports The Financial Express. In addition, they said, many workers already returned home empty-handed from the oil-rich country. A section of politically influential persons in collusion with some…
M Humayun Kabir: The High Court yesterday asked the jail authorities to immediately send photographer Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for his treatment. A day after Shahidul Alam was placed on a seven-day remand, the High Court bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the…
DOT Desk: A new trust fund titled “Taibun Nahar Rashid and Abdur Rashid Trust Fund” has been established at the Faculty of Arts of Dhaka University (DU), reports The Daily Observer. Ali Asgor Khurshid and Ali Bakhtiar Mahmud, two sons of Rashid family handed over a cheque for Tk 15 lakh to DU Treasurer Prof…
UNB: ‘Silver Discoverer’, a cruise ship operated by Silver Sea Cruise, arrived at Mongla port here on Sunday with 61 tourists from five different countries to visit the Sundarbans, a Unesco world heritage site. Durul Huda, a harbour master commander of Mongla Port, said ‘Silver Discoverer’ anchored at the port in the afternoon with 61…
BSS: Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Dinajpur, Tetulia, Dimla, Rajarhat, Rajshahi, Pabna, Badalgachhi, Satkhira, Jashore, Chuadanga, Barishal, Srimangal, Sitakunda, Mymensingh, Gopalgonj and Faridpur and it may continue for few days, a met office release said today. Light to moderate fog may occur at some places over the country from…
C Raja Mohan & Chan Jia Hao/ The Business Times LAST week, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce invited the industries and the public to offer comments on the proposal to establish sweeping export controls over a range of “emerging and foundational technologies”. Washington’s move reflects growing American…
Sky News An eagle-eyed photographer made Donald Trump’s secret trip to Iraq public knowledge after he spotted his plane flying over Sheffield. Self-described “aviation nut” Alan Meloy, from South Yorkshire, was taking photos of passing planes when he sighted Air Force One. Mr Meloy captured the photo from his front door step as the presidential…
Dr. M Shamsher Ali, Physicist: The ‘Bangabandhu-1’ satellite is the dawn of Bangladesh’s space journey. This is an amazing achievement for us. It would have been better if the launch took place on our own soil. It would have been a great delight. We were not able to do it this time but hopefully in the…
Tahmeed Taha: Yesterday, Chittagong Metropolitan Police imposed a restriction on vehicular movement and carrying sharp weapons, explosives, flammable materials in the port city on Thursday, UNB reports. A CMP press release said on Tuesday night that security measures have been beefed up in three state-owned oil establishments in Chittagong. Vehicular movement stretching from Cement Crossing…