Abrar Hussain The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi skyrocketed to 832 yesterday, according to the national disaster mitigation agency, adding that the affected area to be assessed is greater than initially estimated. Many people were also reported trapped in the rubble of buildings toppled by the 7.5…
DOT Desk Many multinational companies have started using again the ‘Benapole Port’ for trade as the checking and discharging of goods has become easier and faster in the port due to its digital services, reports The Independent. As per National Board of Revenue, the government has installed modern scanner machine, international standard check post and…
Marilyn Thipthorpe We’ve all heard about aliens from Mars; aliens landing in spaceships; fly saucers and the little green men- but what of not so little green aliens from the depths of the ocean. Not far off the coast of Nova Scotia, deep in the middle of the sea, fisherman came upon what was not…
Sofian Khan The first modern Britons, who lived about 10,000 years ago, had “dark to black” skin, a groundbreaking DNA analysis of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton has revealed.The fossil, known as Cheddar Man, was unearthed more than a century ago in Gough’s Cave in Somerset. Intense speculation has built up around Cheddar Man’s origins and…
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Sumon Written by: Eshan Maitra Private Universities will not be able to admit students without a proper admission tests, strictly orders University Grants Commission (UGC). Also, these universities will have to have 2 semesters per year, instead of current 3 semester system. But, Private University Association has some objections…
Banglanews24 Ten rooms of a tin-shed house and two shops were reported to have burnt in the fire at Sharifpur area in Gazipur City Corporation. The fire broke out around 2 pm yesterday. No casualties were reported. The loss was estimated at Taka 2 lakhs.
UNB: The Executive Committee of the National Economic (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved ‘Improvement of Livelihood of Marginal Communities Programme’ at an estimated cost of Tk 826.12 crore, aiming to provide housing facility to some 20,000 ultra-poor families in 11 city corporations and 25 municipalities. The approval came from the weekly Ecnec meeting held at the…
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Hindustan Times: An 18-year-old student from Georgia solved six Rubik’s cubes under water in one breath on Friday, in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record. Vako Marchelashvili was submerged in a glass tank for just over one minute and 44 seconds as he flipped, turned and solved the cubes in front of…
Prof. Dr. M. Shah Nawaz Ali, Member, University Grants Commission : After one month of fasting, we are nearing the Eid celebration. The succession of our fast will rely on how sincerely we were able to devote ourselves to Allah. The Almighty will surely bless us with his mercy if only our work can prove…