Dipu Akter University of Strasbourg, France Email: akter.dipu@orange.fr On 29th February 2016 The Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPCL), (a joint initiative of India’s National Thermal Power Company and Bangladesh’s Power Development Board) signed an agreement to construct a coal-based power plant at Rampal, near Sundarban. This project was expected to be started…
Marilyn Thipthorpe What do you do when a kid goes wrong? Can you bring him back from the path of destruction? How do you even recognize the signs? The following story just goes to show that you cannot judge a book by its cover. This was the case with 6’5″, handsome as pie Robert Chambers….
Hindustan times: A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef was unveiled by Australian researchers on Friday. Scientists at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) said the robot, named the RangerBot and developed with a grant from Google, would serve as a “robo reef protector” for…
UNB, Dhaka Singapore has expressed its interest to hire skilled manpower from Bangladesh to meet its growing labour demand. Singapore Manpower Minister LIM Swee Say said this during a meeting with a Bangladesh delegation, led by Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc, in Singapore on Thursday. Swee Say said many foreign workers…
Channel News Asia: The rapid growth of renewable energy sources and the demise of fossil fuels are causing major changes in global politics, a special commission said in a report Friday (Jan 11). The shift “will alter the global distribution of power, relations between states, the risk of conflict, and the social, economic and environmental…
Fabia Shahzadi I have always been fascinated seeing someone type on the keyboard at the speed of light. I mean, the clicking-clacking sound seemed to have always grabbed my attention. Now there are no secret tricks to become a fast typist but there are some tips which might seem handy if you want to acquire…
Farhin Ahmed Mim With the franchise going on for 16 years it has become too overwhelming for the existing audience. So just try to imagine how confusing it can get for someone who wants to step into the fandom new. They have produced 9 movies in 16 years and most have been shown in the…
Nahian Arefin: Thai fishermen & laborers, threatened by rising sea levels, kicked off a protest in Bangkok on yesterday in front of the United Nations (UN) regional head quarter. Because of worsening climate change, protestors wanted proper steps in control the deteriorating situation. They protested with banners to grab the attention of the delegates who…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT BNP candidate and former minister Abdul Moyeen Khan came under attack while electioneering amid the celebrations of Victory Day in Narsingdi. Moyeen, a BNP Standing Committee member, blamed the ruling Awami League for the attack, which occurred in the district’s Panchdona Bazar area around 12:30pm yesterday. However, local Awami League leaders…
John P. Carlin,Chair of the Aspen Institute’s Cyber & Technology Program/The Atlantic Convincing Putin that further attacks will trigger automatic, severe responses is the best path to deterrence. A series of explosive Department of Justice filings—outside the special counsel’s probe—makes clear that Russia is a rogue state in cyberspace. Now the United States needs a…