By Sheersho Zaman “When you listen to Hendrix, you are listening to music in its pure form” – Roger Mayer Jimi Hendrix is a man who requires little to no introduction. During his brief period in this world, he showed us what it was really like to “feel” music. 18 September 1970 was a dark…
DOT Desk A company, on an average, has to spend around 435 hours to comply with tax payments each year in Bangladesh, according to a recent global report, reports The Financial Express. The length of time for tax payments in Bangladesh is the second highest compared to other Asian peers and almost double the world…
Ismail Hussain Emu Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque advised that, all the police officers at the field levels should take on ultimate measures for stopping the spread of drugs in the society & its abuse. Police should also take the initiatives to see that, the drug addicts get treatments & get rehabilitated properly.AKM…
Eurek Alert Scientists from the United States and Brazil warn that the current global progress toward United Nations (UN) sustainability goals is not fast enough to avert the biodiversity crisis. A scientific team led by the California Academy of Sciences evaluated progress toward current biodiversity targets put forth by the UN Convention for Biological Diversity…
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)/CPD The discussion on the revision of minimum wages in Bangladesh’s apparels sector over the last eight months has ended with a partial announcement of minimum wages by the Minimum Wage Board (MWB) on September 13, 2018. A total of Tk 8,000, of which Tk 4,100…
UNB A new report written by civil servants in Britain’s government concludes that leaving the European Union would touch off a decade of uncertainty because of the complex process of agreeing to terms to leave. The report cited in the Guardian newspaper on Monday said that millions would be affected as the UK takes a…
Kabir Humayun: The government has set up a makeshift court in the Old Dhaka central jail in order to hold a camera trial to punish BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia “illegally”, said Advocate Zainul Abedin, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). He also said that the court has been set up in the old…
The Independent, UK: Girls were admitted to hospital for self-harming nearly twice as regularly last year compared to two decades ago, figures have revealed. Charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) described the statistics as “heartbreaking”, while an expert suggested social media could have contributed to the rise. NHS data…
Desk Report: Chris Hemsworth will star in Dhaka, an action thriller set up at Netflix that will mark the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave, a stunt coordinator who also acts as the stunt double for Captain America actor Chris Evans, reports Daily Asian Age. Joe and Anthony Russo, who worked with Hemsworth and Hargrave when…
Muhammad Nabil/ ICDDRB Some children living in urban slums in Bangladesh may experience longtime exposure to certain toxins produced by fungi that grow over food and contaminate food grains, suggests a new icddr,b study. The poisonous element known as ‘Aflatoxin’ is produced by a group of fungi, which can contaminate crops in the field or…