AP: An opposition Israeli lawmaker on Sunday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss his ambassador to the United States for failing to report sexual assault allegations against a top Netanyahu aide, ballooning an already embarrassing scandal for the Israeli leader. Karin Elharrar said Ron Dermer should be recalled from Washington for not reporting…
DOT Desk: Around 50 national and international outlets are selling women’s clothing Local and foreign clothing is attracting many visitors, especially women, at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), reports The Dhaka Tribune. Items such as Jamdani sarees, handloom sarees, Kashmiri shawls, and local ready-made clothing are in high demand and selling well. AM Rafiqullah,…
Sabah Mannan: Just before the festive season marking Eid-ul-Fitr, a fire had started at the hawkers’ market in Gangina, a commercial hub in Mymensingh town at around 7am on Thursday, reports BDnews24. To control the blaze, nine units of fire fighters from Mymensingh, Muktagachha and Trishal rushed to the spot. President of the hawkers’ association Abdul…
Kalam Azad Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal argued about the lack of information about country’s total swamp lands. He argues this in a press briefing after Ecnec meeting on Tuesday. The Minister told the reporters, “This riverine country has lots of marshy lands. But due to lack of information about these lands,…
M. Aman Ullah, Cox’s Bazar To counter climate change, emphasis is being put on increasing the capacities of farmers in the three-day Asia-A-leak assembly. On 23rd August, a conference was organized by Coast Trust and Bangladesh Farmers Forum at a posh hotel of Cox’s Bazar. About 30 peasant leaders from Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri…
BSS: Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF have jointly taken a safe internet outreach programme in schools nationwide aiming to create awareness among children about safer internet environment, reports Daily Sun. The programme has been specially designed to engage and empower 4 lakh children aged between 11 and 16 years and sensitise 50,000 parents, guardians and…
Farhin Ahmed Mim A new summer series calls for song artists Dave Matthews, Joan Jett, Steven Tyler, Usher, Christina Aguilera and Ellie Goulding for Discovery Channel. The series is made in association with the World Wildlife Foundation and is set to air starting on July 9. Two episodes will be aired each week over the…
Sayeed Muhammad: A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking Tk1 crore as compensation for 20 affected people each who lost one of their eyes after operations at a Chuadanga hospital.Lawyer Amit Dasgupta filed the petition yesterday after a report styled “20 people lose eyes at an eye campaign” published in a…
Eurek Alert: A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the University of Oxford suggests that scientific advancement is limited by a lack of diversity. They show that the people studied in genetic discovery research continue to be overwhelmingly of European descent, but also…
Syed Ripon Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has inaugurated the Smartcard Distribution Programs in 27 districts via video conference from the EC HQ in Agargaon, on yesterday. 10 more districts will be receiving smartcards this month as well, said KM Nurul Huda. Bangladesh government was able to save 170 crores taka by organizing everything…