Maiden cabinet meeting January 21

    Banglanews24: The first meeting of the new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be held on January 21. Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told Banglanews that the meeting is scheduled to be held at Gono Bhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister. Some 31 new faces have been included into the 47-member…

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      ‘Rangpur city polls will be transparent, neutral’

      Noman Mosharef: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said Rangpur City Corporation elections, scheduled to be held in December, will be a competitive, transparent and neutral one the way Narayanganj and Comilla city corporations went to polls. All kinds of necessary measures will be taken accordingly, he added. The CEC made the comments after…

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        Bangladeshi Clothing Sector Uses Excessive Amount of Water: Three Times More Than International Standard

        Hasan Arif Bangladeshi Clothing Sector uses 1.5 crores litters of water per year, for weaving & dying purposes. World Bank Member Organization International Finance Corporation (IFC) reports this in their research on 33 dying & finishing units inKonabari area of Gazipur.Their observation show that, clothing industries pump water from underground. This is causingrapid decrease in…

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          Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens

          Phys.Org: The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face. Just under 60 centimetres (two feet) high, the autonomous robot named Keeko has been a hit in several kindergartens, telling stories and challenging children with logic problems….

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            Marxism and its universal appeal

            Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Columnist & Researcher Karl Marx was born in a jews family in the town of Terion, Germany in 1818. He was the third among the nine in his family. At the age of six, his family converted to Christianity in order to adjust with the German society. He had an intention…

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              Khaleda also involved in Aug 15 carnage plot: PMax

              M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is undoubted that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was also involved in the conspiracy of August-15 carnage. “Zia’s wife (Khaleda) brought self-confessed killer of the Father of the Nation (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) to Parliament by rigging votes. What does it mean? It was not only Zia…

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                Comet resembling human skull set to pass Earth

                Sky News A “dead” comet that resembles a human skull is set to travel past the Earth less than a fortnight after Halloween. The space rock, officially named Asteroid 2015 TB145, was discovered on 10 October 2015 by a team at the University of Hawaii. NASA fittingly nicknamed the asteroid the “Great Pumpkin” before it…

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