Ideapod: Did you also envy the child in class who could memorize everything, for whom any test or exam was a piece of cake due to a good memory? Did you also think this enviable person was much smarter than you? Science has just proven this wrong! First of all, a good memory doesn’t equate…
Sofian Khan An app based ride-hailing organization from Indonesia “Go-Jek” has invested $2 million on Bangladesh centric ride hailing organization “Pathao” – reports Deal Street Asia. This deal was a result to Go-Jek’s planning to invest in a Bangladeshi startup for several weeks.Go-Jek has brought a small share of Pathao as the Bangladeshi startup refused…
Reuters: Iran and four ex-Soviet nations, including Russia, agreed in principle on Sunday how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea, paving way for more energy exploration and pipeline projects. However, the delimitation of the seabed – which has caused most disputes – will require additional agreements between…
Abid Sarker Shohag The stakes are high. The soap opera of India- Bangladesh has dragged us here from the infamous World Cup quarter final to the final of Asia Cup 2016. Some will say this rivalry comes way back from the second round of 2007 World Cup. It has been a story of revenge, vengeance…
DOT Desk After his first feature film Udhaao and web series Kali, young director Amit Ashraf announced his new film, Project Ommi, a cyberpunk sci-fi thriller set in the not-too-distant future in the ship graveyards of Bangladesh. This film is the first of its kind in the country, reports The Daily Star. It takes its…
Arab News: The head of Daesh in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group’s hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and air operation by Afghan and foreign forces, the National Directorate…
UNB: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Bangladesh signed a financing agreement to significantly increase incomes and food and nutrition security for 250,000 rural households in southern Bangladesh where the highest percentage of rural poor reside. The agreement for the Smallholder Agricultural Competitiveness Project (SACP) was signed by Gilbert F Houngbo, President of…
Harsh Mander / India’s north-eastern Assam state was thrown into turmoil on July 30, after approximately four million people living there were not included in a draft list of citizens published by authorities. The Registrar General of India (RGI), which published the draft list called the National Register of Citizens (NRC), said out of the…
UNB An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbour over a previous enmity at Laxmikathi village in Digholia upazila on Friday night. Quoting witnesses, police said Siraj Nikari, 65, of the village had an enmity with his neighbour Mazid Nikari over the ownership of a fish enclosure. As a sequel to the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has expressed his resentment after finding a majority of teachers missing during surprise inspections at several Chattogram schools yesterday. The ACC chief went to three educational institutions in the port city upon receiving reports that teachers were absent, according to ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab…