Abrar Hussain: In a bid to help Eid holidaymakers with their travel plans, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have began broadcasting traffic updates on Facebook from yesterday, reported The Daily Star. According to Benazir Ahmed, Director General of RAB at a press conference, RAB headquarters will post updates on their Facebook page on the overall situation…
UNB, Dhaka Green activists here on Thursday demanded legal action against tannery owners if they fail to relocate their factories from the capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar within March 30 next, the latest deadline set by the government. Addressing a press conference, they asked the authorities concerned to cancel the plots allocated to tannery owners for…
Michael Hambrick, Founder, The Ate Truths/Thrive Global, California In the blink of an eye… For the second time in three weeks, we’re dealing with a loss in the family. Hopefully this is the last time I have to write about death for a while, but it is, after all, one of the only two things…
Tech Explorist: Subsequent to making the principal ever delicate arriving on the most distant side of the moon, China’s Chang’e-4 mission spearheaded the first smaller than expected biosphere experiment on the moon. The Chang’e-4 test conveyed the seeds of cotton, rate, potato, and Arabidopsis, and eggs of the natural fruit fly and some yeast, to…
Hindustan Times: Top US generals believe the rivalry and clashes between the Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan will help counter the growing influence in Afghanistan of the terror group led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to media reports. Intensified efforts to root out the Islamic State in Afghanistan are making progress in some areas but have…
Uri Friedman, Staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers global affairs/ The Atlantic If the first summit accomplished little, the second could be the same—but there are many wild cards. For roughly 40 minutes on Friday, a sleepy boutique hotel in Washington, D.C., burst to life as the epicenter of nuclear talks with North…
NDTV A picture of a diamond-encrusted Emirates airplane left netizens puzzled after it was tweeted by the airline’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The blinding pic shows an airplane bedazzled with thousands of diamonds, and it left many wondering whether it was real or not. “Are you playing with physics & aerodynamics?” one Twitter user…
Rafique Ahmed Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Mohammad Ershad has returned home yesterday. He went to Singapore for special medical treatments.Party’s Presidium Member Foysal Chishti said that, his flight supposed land arrive on Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, at 6pm, on Monday. But, his schedule shifted. Because, his doctor set the appointment time for him, at 3pm…
UNB: From the first day of the next month, no mobile phone operator will be allowed to offer internet packages with less than a three-day validity. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued an order recently in this regard. As per the order, the validity of all the internet packages/offers/bundles will be at least three…