Desk Report: The capital wears a deserted look as majority of the city dwellers are yet to return from their village homes after Eid-ul-Azha festival, reports Daily Sun. Roads, lanes and by-lanes, which used to remain infested with vehicles and commuters in the city before Eid, are now deserted. Some people, who could not go to…
16 October,2017, on Monday in the room of Petrolbangla Board Hongkong Shanghai Manjala Power Limited (HSMPL) with Global LNG & Petronas LNG Limited (Petronas),Malaysia signed term-Sheet for LNG Terminal Use Agreement to establish 500 MMSDFD powered FSU and Fixed Jetty Based Re-gasification Unit in Cox’s Bazar Kutubdia.Presided over by NDC, Petrobangla Chairman Mr. Abul Mansur…
DOT Desk: Import of industrial raw materials increased by nearly 12 per cent during the July-October period in 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, reports The Financial Express. The rise in import was because of the fast growth in local investments, sources said. Economists attributed the increase in investment to political…
Science Alert: Scientists searching for signs of seasonal storms on Titan have finally found the smoking gun. A slick shimmer spotted on the north pole of the Saturnian moon is the first evidence of rainfall in the hemisphere – the start of summer in the north. It’s the evidence astronomers have been waiting years to…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Deputy Director General & Commandant (PRL) Bangladesh Ansar VDP Academy, Shafipur, Gazipur March is the month of achieving independence. Bangladesh became independent in 1971 after a long struggle against oppressions, killing, disparity, conspiracies and limitless injustice. The Bangalees raised their voice and protested vehemently by the leadership of Nation’s Father…
Reuters: Italy’s ruling coalition has no intention of torpedoing state accounts and plans to phase in its economic program, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini reiterated on Wednesday ahead of a meeting to discuss the 2019 budget. Investors have dumped Italian bonds in droves since the government took office in June on concerns that the coalition…
Samiul Bashar Samin Every Bangladeshi child is taught about our struggle in 1971 that lasted 9 months before we drove out the Pakistani occupation forces and sent them home to their moms crying. However, one does wonder at times about what our beloved country would look like if we were still under the tyrannical rule…
Jill Lepore/ The New Yorker In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face. The wood-panelled tailgate of the 1972 Oldsmobile station wagon dangled open like a broken jaw, making a wobbly bench on which four kids could sit, eight legs swinging. Every…
DOT Desk: Prices of vegetable oils including palm oil are set to rise by $50-$100 per tonne by June, according to a forecast by industry analyst James Fry, reports The New Age. ‘Prices of crude palm oil and other oils depend on the outlook for palm stocks. Stocks will fall till mid-year, which will lift…