Desk Report The government has approved Singapore-based Wilmar and India’s Adani Group’s joint plan to invest $350 million in Bangladesh to establish an industrial park in the Mirsarai economic zone, said officials. The permission from the Prime Minister’s Office came months after Pua Seck Guan, chief operating officer of Wilmar International, a leading agribusiness group…
Desk Report A man has died in an alleged shootout at Chattogram’s Pahartali. The incident took place at Uttar Kattali Beribadh on Wednesday midnight, said Pahartali Police Station chief Sadeep Kumar Das. Police identified the robber as 25-year-old Sabuj from Shapla Residential Area in Pahartali neighbourhood. He was known as ‘Picchi Sabuj’ among the locals,…
Desk Report A total 12 teams participated in the competition A row-boat race festival was celebrated in Chalan Beel of the Singra upazila in Natore. The race started from the Gur River near the Singra bazar around 3pm on Friday. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the event. According to…
BSS Over 2.64 lakh landless and homeless families across the country have gotten shelters and livelihood through one of the Prime Minister’s 10 priority initiatives, ‘Ashrayan Prakalpa’. “A total of 2,64,442 families have been rehabilitated so far in three phases across the country since 1997. The project started in 1997 and the first two phases…
Desk Report A dairy farm named Uttaran had been established at David Company Para of Gaibandha district town for welfare of the transgender people at cordial effort and initiative of superintendent of police (SP). An inaugural function organised by Gaibandha Zila Police was held on Friday noon to mark the occasion. Deputy inspector general (DIG)…
Desk Report Small scale tea plantations can help eradicate poverty in northern Bangladesh and create a sustainable avenue for income generation for the poor, said speakers at a workshop yesterday. More than 1,000 households set an example in poverty eradication by way of finding sustainable means of income generation through small scale tea plantations in…
Desk Report The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has failed to make any significant improvement in its services although the government has invested Tk 456 billion over the last 10 years for the organisation, insiders said. The investment for BR’s development during the last 10 years was much higher than that of the period from financial year…
Susan Anderson, Philadelphia/ Seven Billion Today I HATE FACEBOOK, and the latest news that 50 million (yes thats right, 50 million) accounts have been hacked has not shocked me. There was apparently a security flaw which left around 50 million users exposed. Although the firms Head of Security, Guy Rosen, has announced the flaw has…
Tech Explorist When kids struggle with writing, they may be experiencing difficulty in two areas. One is the mechanics of handwriting. The other is expressing ideas in writing. Dysgraphia is a learning issue that can affect either area—or both. Dysgraphia affects some 10% of schoolchildren and is often associated with dyslexia. EPFL Scientists now have…
Carol Harrington, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, Victoria University of Wellington/ The Conversation, Australia Feminists are celebrating a new generation of women who fearlessly share their stories of sexual violence on social media and other digital platforms, confronting established limits on talking about rape. But as past analyses conclude, not all forms of…