BBC: Authorities have identified the masterminds of the apparent drone assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as well as the people who assisted them, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said Monday. The investigation, which involves four prosecutors, has yielded the locations from where the drones were piloted, as well as the arrests of two…
Arab News: The death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats off the coast of Djibouti rose to 28 on Wednesday, the UN migration agency said. “Twenty-three bodies were recovered this morning and the coast guard continues (its) search,” Lalini Veerassamy, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief of mission in Djibouti told…
Anis Rahman India fears that, Wheat Blast (A Fungal Disease of Plants) might spread into their country from the Bangladesh, through the border with West Bengal. Last season, they lost 480 hectors of wheat seedlings, alone in Murshidabaad District, said district inspector Mosharraf Hossen. 5 blocks of wheat-farms had to be burned due to this…
WION Akash Malik became India’s first silver-medallist in archery at the Youth Olympic Games, providing a fitting finale to the country’s best-ever campaign at the marquee event here. The 15-year-old son of a farmer lost a one-sided final to Trenton Cowles of the USA 0-6 as India concluded with three gold, nine silver, and one…
BSS Disseminating true national history to the children along with flourishing their latent talents through extra-curricular activities are crucial to bring up them with patriotic zeal for building a prideful future nation. The observations came at a discussion in concluding ceremony of the Children Drawing Competition-2018 on the Great Victory Day held at Syedpur Railway…
Jatin Sharkar speaks to DOT : Merely hearing about PEC and JSC boils my blood. There’s no need to celebrate these results so much. The country’s top academics have all suggested scrapping PSC and JSC. And instead, these are being celebrated. I reject this practice of obsessing over passing percentage, which board did best, etc….
DOT Desk: Although there are couple of weeks more to an ending winter, some of the mango trees have started sprouting early in Rajshahi region, reports The Financial Express. Mango trees are sprouting early at various places like Vatapara, Gourhanga, Bheripara, Police line, Malopara, Meherchandi and Bhadra in the city. But extent of flowering is…
BSS: The parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs yesterday recommended increasing capacity of security forces in CHT areas so that they can further strengthen their activities there. The recommendation was made at its 33rd meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban today with its chairman R.A.M. Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury in…
Twitter is launching a faster version named twitter Lite. This Twitter Lite works through a web browser, not a stand-alone phone application. It will work well and faster on limited internet. This web app is not as powerful as the previous app. Stunning part, it is less than 1 MB. Not only this but also…
Dr. A B Mirza Azizul Islam, Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government : The budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 cannot be implemented at all. Why cannot it be implemented? In recent history, the growth in the government spending lingered at an annual rate of 14-15%, which comparing to the rate in the FY2017-18, this…