DOT Desk: Preparation for the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2019 is underway in full swing on Suhrawardy Udyan ground and Bangla Academy premises to welcome the book lovers at the month-long book fair from February 1, reports The Daily Sun. Bangla Academy has taken various initiatives to draw more book lovers to the book fair….
Rudro Evolution is something that takes thousands, even millions before it actually become noticeable. Though that may be case of us, of big living beings. But these evolutions occur at much more rapid rate among the microbes, such as bacteria, viruses etc. Yep, those tiny little things that causes infections and diseases. Over the time…
BBC: Fuku-shima residents have reacted angrily to the statue of a boy in protective gear, saying it gives the impression of a city still contaminated after the 2011 nuclear disaster. Fukushima’s nuclear plant was hit by a tsunami in 2011, causing the most serious such accident since Chernobyl. The statue was erected in early August…
BBC: Ugandan pop star and MP Bobi Wine has arrived in the US for medical treatment following accusations he was tortured and beaten while in military custody. The former rapper was initially prevented from leaving the country but was cleared to fly out on Friday.He, and 32 opposition politicians, were charged with treason last week…
Reuters: Brazil’s Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said on Monday. Lula was jailed in April to start serving a 12-year sentence on a corruption conviction that…
Science Alert: If meat is left out on the counter for too long, we all know we need to throw it out. But what about rice or pasta? Although that carby goodness might seem harmless after sitting on the bench for a bit, you’ll probably think twice about it once you hear about the bacterium…
DOT Desk: Buses of state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation are getting unserviceable long before expiry of their economic life for procurement of low quality vehicles and corruption in their maintenance, reports The New Age. Officials and road transport experts have found that brand new buses become poor and rickety within a few years of their…
Sofian Khan Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday has visited the National Mausoleum and paid respect to the martyrs by placing wreaths. Also he signed visitors’ book and planted a sapling there.Mosharraf Hossain, the Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer and AKM Mozammel Huq, the Liberation War Affairs Minister was also present that time.The Turkish…
DOT Desk Even after setting up the National Payment Switch of Bangladesh (NPSB), the country is losing a large sum of money to international payment networks including Visa, Mastercard and American Express, reports The Independent. An expert related to the financial sector said: “A ‘defined’ national payment scheme for debit and credit cards and relevant…
DOT Desk: Putting emphasis on keeping Bangladesh Embassies open for 24 hours, Planning Minister MA Mannan on Saturday (Jan 19) said the embassies officials should be labor-friendly ones. He was addressing a debate competition titled ‘UCB Public Parliament’ arranged by Debate for Democracy at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC), reports Banglanews24. “I know that Bangladeshi…