DOT Desk: Everyone should make a point to visit the inmates’ pavilion and buy their products, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Prison inmates are getting an opportunity to showcase their handmade products once again at this year’s Dhaka International Trade Fair. The products they produce are sold commercially in the fair at reasonable prices, and are…
Dr. Mushfiqur Rahman : Mining own coal import, developing, and operating coal-based thermal power plants, are three different dimensions of expertise. Keeping the Power System Master Plan (PSMP), Bangladesh will require import/supply approximately 66 million tons of coal per annum for generating 22,000MW of power. Attainting this target is a huge challenge. The country is…
M Humayun Kabir: At least 40 people, mostly students of North South University (NSU), Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) and other nearby universities, were injured in clashes with police and attackers at Bashundhara Residential Area in the city yesterday. The injured were rushed to Apollo Hospital, according to a doctor at the hospital’s emergency department….
Sky News The Foreign Office received more than 330,000 calls from Britons who needed help overseas this year. And, while 4,900 of them were from those who had been arrested and more than 3,400 from those in hospital, there were also enquiries of a much more unusual nature. Among the strangest was a man who…
Kamruzzaman Reza, University Correspondent: Bangladesh Students’ Union demands arrest of the culprit behind the rape and murder of Comilla Victoria College’s student and theatre artist Shohagi Jahan Tonu. At the same time the organization demanded justice for all the sexual assaults on women and children all over the nation and implementation of Sexual Harrasment act…
Steven Kotler, the author of the book Tomorrowland: Our Journey From Science Fiction to Science Fact has talked about some interesting matters. He talks about how in the face of immortality, morality will evidently change. We have evolved to die. If we study the entire history of life on this planet, all lives had an…
BSS Mobile phone brand Airtel has launched a music competition named “Airtel YOLO Star” for all the music enthusiasts in the country. The platform provides an opportunity for the young musicians to showcase their talent, said a press release. The age limit to participate in this competition is 12 to 30 years. Based on the…
Nusrat Jahan While the Indians are trying to make cleaner and barf-free trains, the Japanese are venturing into a world of style and innovation. Kazuyo Sejima is famous for designing buildings that camouflage into the background but the fact that he is making a train in the same way is beyond Hogwartsy. Seibu Group, a…
UNB: Although the imported LNG supply to Chattagram began on August 18, the region is still experiencing ‘huge gas shortage as the bulk consumers there are not getting gas’ to run their facilities. According to official sources, the situation is unlikely to improve much until the second consignment of LNG reaches the country in the…
Desk Report The idea behind these kinds of events is simple. Music is what brought all these people together. Music shall also transmit the noble message for which the concert was called. ‘Concert for Autism Awareness’ is a new concept for a country such as Bangladesh. If there are sceptics about the success of such…