Halima Akter: Dozens of people are required to maneuver the 40 foot marionettes with movements controlled by hydraulic pulleys and levers. Street Theatre Company royal de Luxe has toured France, Canada and Mexico and always insists that their shows remain free to public. They are taking their show to Liverpool later this year and there’s…
Faham Abdus Salam, Canberra-based regulatory scientist/Scroll.in Ahead of December 30 polls in Dhaka, there is consensus that a ‘managed election’ is the most likely outcome – with India’s support. In September, Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the former Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, noted the possibility of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League being reduced to an embarrassing minority in…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Ruling Awami League (AL) finally announced its candidatures for 240 constituencies for contesting in the upcoming general election, reports The Daily Star. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader declared it formally at the party chief’s Dhanmondi office yesterday. “We have left 60 seats for our alliance partners,” Obaidul told reporters….
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Written by: Eshan Maitra Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has taken an amazing initiation to bring the educational institution in the nationwide forestation campaign. In order to tackle the climate change & encourage tree plantation. On top of it, the trees selected to decorate the educational institute premises are…
Desk Report: Twenty-two private university students were remanded in police custody for two days for interrogation as 34 cases were filed till Tuesday evening with different police stations in Dhaka over violence during protests for road safety launched by school and college students. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Abdullah Al Masud remanded 22 students of North South,…
UNB A student of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Shaheed Pinku Hostel of the medical college on Saturday noon. The deceased, Hasan Habib Milton, son of Humayun Kabir of Sabuj Noyapara village in Chilmari upazila, was a student of 27th no batch of the RMCH. Hasan hanged himself with…
UNB: The draw ceremony of the 5th Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament, which will kicks off on October 1, held at a city hotel. Hosts Bangladesh was placed in Group-B along with Philippines and Laos to play in the six-nation tournament while Group-A comprises Nepal, Palestine and Tajikistan. Although two venues–Bangabandhu National Stadium and…
Telegraph: Serena Williams says she pulled out of this week’s Rogers Cup in Canada after feeling like she was “in a funk” and “not a good mom”.The American 23-time Grand Slam singles champion initially withdrew from the tournament citing “personal reasons”.Williams, 36, returned to tennis earlier this year after giving birth in September 2017.She reached…
DOT Desk: A two-day “Robo Carnival-2019” has begun at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) yesterday to engage the robotics enthusiasts of different institutions of the country, reports The Daily Star. State Minister for Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak is expected to be present at the closing ceremony of Robo…
UNB The winter vacation of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will begin from December 18 (Tuesday). The academic activities of the university will resume on January 1 while the administrative activities on December 26, said a press releases issued by the university.