Hossen Sohel of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ranked 26th on the Forbes list of 100 most powerful women in the world this year climbing four notches up from the last year’s position, reports Daily Sun. US-based global business magazine Forbes published the list on Tuesday. She was 30th in last year, 36th in…
Vikram Patel/The Indian Express As we mature into adulthood and older age, it is our social relationships, not the number but their quality, which will determine how long we live and the quality of these years of life. If the pursuit of a long and healthy life is the central goal of medicine, indeed humanity…
CNN: One year after Sierra Leone suffered a devastating mudslide that wiped out entire communities in its capital, survivors say they are are struggling to afford meals and decent accommodation. Survivors who lost their livelihoods say they have no source of income to rebuild their lives. In the aftermath of the disaster, the government provided…
Abrar Hussain of DOT ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader, Jatiya Party’s former Secretary General, filed a writ petition with the High Court yesterday, seeking the acceptance of his nomination papers. Advocate AF Hasan Arif filed the petition on Sunday morning, reported UNB. According to the report, the petition hearing was likely to be held by the…
Mahmood Saberi, Storyteller and blogger based in Bengaluru, India/Gulf News You cannot slam down your mobile phone because they are very expensive. We had to shift flats recently and during the move I realised we have tons of useless stuff that we never use, such as landline telephones. The phones are of the latest, sleek…
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. The earnings also surpassed the target set for the months by 3.24 per cent, according to official data, released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)…
UNB A 14-day-long winter vacation of Islamic University in Kushtia will begin on December 29. The academic and administrative activities of the university will remain closed from December 29 to January 9, said a press release issued by Rajibul Islam Kanok, assistant director of IU Information, Publication and Public Relations Office on Saturday. The residential…
UNB: Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd (BGFCL) is yet to reach any conclusion over the gas reserve at the Well-1 of the Habiganj gas field which started its test production on August 5. On completion of the work-over job, the Well-1 is now producing 15-16 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) on an experimental basis….