DOT Desk: The fortnight traffic discipline programme in capital Dhaka begins Tuesday in order to develop and bring discipline in the city traffic system, reports The Daily Observer. The awareness programme, initiated by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP traffic), will be continued till January 31. During the campaign, the DMP will make the people aware to…
Reported by: Mahfuz Uddin Khan Written by: Eshan Maitra Heavy seasonal rains have caused flood on the montane areas & is flowing toward Kaptai Lake. Thousands of families already have lost their houses. Low-lands were also flooded due to water-height increase of Kaptai Lake. In order to, avoid any critical threats the authorities have opened…
Eurek Alert: It’s the archetypal child’s drawing – family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? A research team led by academics from the University of Chichester has examined this…
Sofian Khan Banglad-esh government on Tuesday has allotted Tk 2,312 crores in order to temporarily accommodate the Rohingya refugees awaited for repatriation. AHM Mustafa Kamal, Planning minister for Bangladesh Government after a meeting of a top government body confirmed that Bangladesh Navy will eventually implement the project. Rohingyas will be sheltered at Noakhali’s Bhashanchar area…
Eurek Alert: A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the University of Oxford suggests that scientific advancement is limited by a lack of diversity. They show that the people studied in genetic discovery research continue to be overwhelmingly of European descent, but also…
Jenny Potter, 36, lives in Palatine and is a creative producer at a nondenominational church in suburban Chicago/Chicago Tribune My parents raised me in a conservative evangelical family in suburban Palatine. When I turned 18 they gave me a list of candidates to vote for — all Republicans — and I dutifully followed their instructions….
The Guardian, UK: Argenti-na’s senate has rejected a bill to legalise abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Lawmakers debated for more than 15 hours and voted 38 against to 31 in favour, despite the fact opinion polls showed the bill had strong public support. Pressure from the Catholic church prevented its approval, according…
C.P. Surendran, Senior journalist based in India/Gulf News The Prime minister has to reshuffle Cabinet as no Indian government in recent times has a more crying need for critical, creative brains What must Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi do? Last week, the Reserve Bank of India reported that 99.3 per cent worth of cancelled big…
Desk Report: Majority of the city dwellers are faced with mounting pressure due to abnormal rise in house rents over the last few years, reports Daily Sun. In absence of a proper law and slack monitoring by the authorities concerned, the situation continues to deteriorate, allege city dwellers. Those who belong to the lower or…
Reuters: Pope Francis arrived in Ireland on Saturday for a highly charged visit to a society transformed since the last papal trip 39 years ago and beset by the kind of abuse scandals that have mired the Catholic Church in crisis. More than three-quarters of the Irish population flocked to see Pope John Paul II…