DOT Desk Agriculture scientists in Bangladesh have found a new pest — fall armyworm — that has destroyed maize and sorghum fields covering millions of square kilometres and devastated the livelihoods of farmers in Africa, reports The Daily Star. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) last month detected the caterpillar in cabbage fields in Rangpur, Thakurgaon,…
Kabir Humayun: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has grilled eight more officials of Petrobangla over Barapukuria coal scam yesterday. ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya told Banglanews that ACC Deputy Director and Investigation Officer Shamsul Alam quizzed the officials. The eight officials who appeared before the ACC office in Segunbagicha are: Petrobangla Deputy Manager (coal handling…
The Guardian: Saudi Arabia’s state airline has suspended its direct flights to Toronto after Canada called for the release of detained activists for civil society and women’s rights.The Middle Eastern country has also frozen all trade and expelled Canada’s ambassador over the “interference”.
AP, Canberra Australia’s prime minister on Wednesday distanced himself from the man he replaced by announcing a new fund to promote clean energy innovation as the country heads toward a likely early election in July. The announcement by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of the 1 billion Australian dollar ($760 million) Clean Energy Innovation Fund comes…
Wion News : Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi will celebrate Christmas under guard, despite being cleared of the blasphemy charges that kept her in jail since 2010. Bibi — a former labourer who was on death row for eight years — remains a prime target in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan, with extremists calling for her blood and…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has vowed to provide security to all during the month-long Ekushey book fair starting at Dhaka University today. “We have chalked out foolproof security system,” DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said at a pre-opening press briefing at Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday. “We are determined to provide security to all…
Prof. Abu Ahmed, Economics Department, Dhaka University : Priority should be given to reduce corporate income tax in the upcoming budget for the sake of developing the share market. I hope that the tax would be further reduced for the benefit of listed companies. I am talking about tax deduction for the small investors in the…
Science Alert What internet users Down Under say online will no longer be kept on the down low. On Thursday, Australia’s Parliament passed the Assistance and Access Bill. The legislation will force tech companies to help Australian authorities decrypt users’ online communications — and it could represent a major blow to data privacy elsewhere in…
NDTV Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 India launch details have officially been confirmed by Asus India. The successor to the ZenFone Max Pro M1, which proved to be a surprise hit for Asus, will be unveiled in India on December, the company announced via a tweet on Friday. Just like its predecessor, the ZenFone Max…
Sayeed Muhammad: Despite the BNP demanding deployment of the army, the Election Commission said it will not do so in the forthcoming city corporation elections in Gazipur and Khulna. Police and the Rapid Action Battalion backed by border guards are enough to maintain the law and order in the election areas, said EC Secretary Helal Uddin…