Desk Report: Bangladesh has been ranked the least innovative country and Singapore the most innovative in Asia, reports The daily Star. The lower ranking innovative countries — Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan — will benefit from more innovation in the future, according to the Global Innovation Index 2018 report. Bangladesh along with Myanmar and…
BBC: High levels of shame and ignorance are associated with HPV, the sexually-transmitted virus which affects 80% of people, a survey has discovered. The government is rolling out HPV testing as part of routine screenings for cervical cancer.Nearly half of the women surveyed believed their partner must have cheated if they had HPV, but the…
M Humayun Kabir: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the government has started an initiative to bring back two assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The government has filed two separate cases in the US and Canada courts to repatriate M Rashed Chowdhury and Noor Chowdhury, the Awami League general secretary said. “The…
ScienceDaily: For every one-degree-Celsius increase in temperature, mountaintop species shift upslope 100 metres, shrinking their inhabited area and resulting in dramatic population declines, new research by University of British Columbia zoologists has found. The study — the first broad review of its kind — analyzed shifts in elevation range in 975 populations of plants, insects…
Kabir Humayun: A free, fair and inclusive election is important for a democracy, especially for the one which is on track to become a middle-income country, said US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat. “Together, we can contribute to a peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh,” she said yesterday, reports UNB. The US diplomat said political parties must…
M Humayun Kabir: The government’s quota reform committee has recommended for abolishing the existing quota in the first and second class government jobs (9th to 13th grades). A gazette notification will be issued if the cabinet gives approval to the recommendations in its next meeting, said Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam after the regular Monday’s…
Markar Esayan, Turkish writer/Daily Sabah, Turkey With the West-Russia rapprochement looking uncertain, Moscow moves to warm ties with Asian powers A debate about a cease-fire in Syria in front of the world’s press defined the recent summit in Tehran on Sept. 7. The whole world saw there how Turkey prioritizes the humanitarian situation in Idlib….
Desk Report: The country’s earnings from goods exports witnessed a sluggish 2.51 per cent growth to $6.79 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, reports The Financial Express. The earnings also surpassed the target set for the months by 3.24 per cent, according to official data, released by the…
Arafat Hasan: China`s Agriculture Ministry warned yesterday that a new African swine fever outbreak had been reported in northern China`s Inner Mongolia region. As of September 16, eight hogs were dead while 14 were infected, the ministry said. China has banned the transport of live hogs and pig products from regions bordering provinces that have…
Desk report: ‘Miss World’, a world-renowned beauty pageant competition, has introduced many beautiful and talented women from different countries to the world, reports The Independent. With the title ‘Miss World Bangladesh 2018’, the beauty pageant competition began its audition round yesterday on the premises of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in the capital. The winner…