Digital Trends Gigapixel images let you zoom in to all parts of the photo to view it in astonishing detail, and this latest one from Chinese firm BigPixel is certainly no exception. Showing the Chinese city of Shanghai and shot from atop the 230-meter-tall Oriental Pearl Tower, the picture comprises a whopping 195 gigapixels. For…
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Sumon Written by: Tanzim Taqrim Five task forces have been formed for the development of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Along with this, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has requested everyone to be concerned and come forward to improve the quality of education. He said this in a discussion…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Dr Dipu Moni, joint general secretary of Awami League, said the women in Bangladesh are not lagging behind. She was speaking at a recent TV talkshow. “The gang rape of a woman in Subarnachar, Noakhali is very disheartening, pathetic and shameful. Such a heinous crime is unfortunate for us all…
DOT Desk: Point-to-point inflation in the country further declined to 5.35 per cent in December from that of 5.37 per cent in November, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics data, reports The New Age. Food inflation and non-food inflation also dropped in the month despite apprehension of rise in inflation in the month due to…
AFP: A Japanese team working to develop a “space elevator” will conduct a first trial this month, blasting off a miniature version on satellites to test the technology. The test equipment, produced by researchers at Shizuoka University, will hitch a ride on an H-2B rocket being launched by Japan’s space agency from southern island of…
UNB More than one-fourth brick kilns in Khulna district are operating illegally as 45 of them did not renew their licences. Sources at the Department of Environment’s Khulna office said 130, out of 175 brick kilns, in the district have renewed their licenses. As per law of the land, it is illegal to operate such…
Surjeet Singh For a laymen, migration is a movement of people from one place to another with the intensions of settling in the new region temporarily or permanently (if they are allowed). The migration can took place within the countries (internal migration) as well as between the countries (external migration). There are various international organizations…
Sayeed Muhammad: Canada has sharpened its tone towards asylum seekers, warning that simply traction through the border is not a “free ticket” to Canada as the number of migrants crossing from the US keeps soaring. Since the election of Donald Trump, growing numbers of asylum seekers have been entering Canada by foot, driven by fears…
Monirul Alam of DOT The operational flaws owing to lack of skills of some of the Presiding Officers has maligned the image of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), which were used iof the Parliamentary elections held on Sunday, Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmad said yesterday. “… It’s you (Media) who carried out negative campaign against…
Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations/Gulf News If there is an issue, the ‘anonymous’ US administration official should have raised it with Trump as he always listens We have enough issues to deal with in the world, so it’s unfortunate to have to take time to write this, but I feel compelled to…