Tech Explorist NASA’s unmanned New Horizons spacecraft is closing its memorable New Year’s flyby target, the most distant world at any point examined, a frozen relic of the nearby solar system some 6.4 billion kilometers away. The spacecraft’s nearest way to deal with this primitive space rock comes on January 1 at 12:33 am ET…
Afrida Ahmed: Ashraf Ghani, Aghan President announced on Thursday an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban until June 20, which will correspond with the end of the Muslim fasting season but removed all other militant groups such as Islamic state. This decision was made after a meeting of Islamic clerics across the country, who declared a…
Md. Taqi Yasir Miracles happen, but most of them bear a scientific explanation. When we talk about super powers we usually envisage some super muscular person who can fly wearing a cloak. However, superpowers can be something as exclusive as being able to solve nerve cracking mathematics problems in less than 60 seconds. We are…
Raj Abrar: The High Court yesterday granted bail for six months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases of Cumilla and rejected the bail petition in a defamation case of Narail. A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice JBM Hasan came up with the order. The HC fixed the date for delivering order…
AFP: North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported following high-level talks in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. The two sides “agreed at the meeting to hold a South-North summit in Pyongyang in September as planned”, Yonhap quoted a joint statement as…
NDTV: The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women’s panel’s recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church. The proposal is against the “spirit of ancient Indian culture and rich values, which respect all different religions and faiths,” said Father George Abraham. “We request the Government of India to reject this…
Kamrun Nahar, Journalist, The Financial Express : Bangladesh has a poor healthcare system in terms of affordability, quality and in many cases accessibility. People in general have a low confidence on local doctors largely due to their businessman-like attitude rather than a life-saving service provider. Bangladeshi people prefer to receive treatment abroad increasingly due to…
Franklin Foer, Staff writer for The Atlantic/The Atlantic Remembering my grandmother, whose improbable survival became the foundational story for my family’s existence There were the scissors that my grandmother somehow remembered to bring with her as she fled. She could hear the rumble of destruction in the distance. She could see the cloud of smoke…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought India’s continual support for the development of Bangladesh. “I look forward to continued support from the government of India in our development pursuit. I’m quite sure we’ll get such many happy events in the days ahead for the welfare of our people,” she said yesterday. The…
DOT Desk: People of the city are facing drinking water crisis as the underground water level here is gradually decreasing, reports The Daily Observer. Many deep tube-wells in the city are damaged. As a result, the crisis of pure drinking water in the city has become acute. Source said, to set up a tube-well in…