DOT Desk: The capital’s air quality deteriorated after implementing a Tk 802.25 crore air quality improvement project in nine years since 2009. The project cost included Tk 769.74 crore provided by the World Bank as credit carrying 0.75 per cent service but no interest, reports The New Age BD. The Tk 802.25 crore clean air…
M Humayun Kabir of DOT : Election Commissioner Rafiqul Islam said running any polls campaign at the state residences–Bangabhaban and Ganabhaban will be counted as a violation to the electoral codes and action will be taken if anyone is found to do so. Citing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recently-held meet with ex-army officers at the…
Dr. Asif Nazrul speaks to DOT: Jatiya Oikya Front has almost finalized its draft manifesto and it shall publish its manifesto for the 11th parliamentary election on December 17. The pledges will include – ensuring a standard education system, scrapping public exams like the Primary Education Certificate and Junior School Certificate for fifth and eighth…
Marilyn A new and innovative technology is trying to prove the link between the uses of electrical shocks to the brain with the increase of calcium cells. The study known as (tDCS) transcranial direct current simulation involves sending weak shocks through the brain; this stimulates the brain tissue and augments learning as well as faster…
BSS A farmer was killed following land dispute at Ponerarashia village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Monday noon. The victim was identified as Abdul Karim 50, son of Abdul Malek of Ponerarashia village. Officer in Charge (OC) of Shibganj Thana Moinul Islam said farmer Ekramul Haque of the same area tried to set…
Different people will tell you different ways of how you make memories. But you will hear about a man named Henry Molaison if you ask a neuroscientist about this. He lost a certain part of his brain in a surgery in 1953 which made him lose the ability to form most kinds of long-term memory…
UNB Three madrasah students were killed as a streak of lightning struck them at Ghagra in Purbadhala upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Masum, 15, a resident of Agia village, Rafat, 15, of Giriasha village, and Masum, 15, of Ghagra Charpara village. All of them are students of Ghagra Chourasta Fazil Madrasah….
Abrar Hussain of DOT At least three students have died and scores are trapped in rubble after a walkway collapsed at a school near Johannesburg in South Africa, officials have confirmed. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng province, gave details of the incident on Twitter shortly after the collapse at Hoërskool Driehoek high…
DOT Desk: Guests will be able to delve into the delicacies of Pitha with regular buffet dinner at the Latest Recipe, which will start on January 24 and continue till January 31, reports the Dhaka Tribune. Le Méridien Dhaka is going to organize an eight-day long Pitha Festival, according to a press release issued yesterday….
Alexandra Borchardt, Director of Strategic Development at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism/Project Syndicate After years of bad news for the news business, recent data suggest that consumer confidence is slowly returning. To sustain this trend, journalists must continue producing quality content, and governments should explore new ways to support those who cannot…