Marilyn Thipthorpe Anyone here remember Michael J Fox? How about Bridget Fonda? Whatever happened to these celebs? They just slipped away from the spotlight; no paparazzi except for the truly desperate go chasing after them or making their life hell. Now these washed up stars spend the days in other pursuits from getting their PhDs…
Dr. Shamsul Alam, Fuel Expert: Power generation is not being efficiently utilized. Power is being generated based on demand and not on production capability. Production capacity is scarcely being utilized. The amount is below 50%. There is no consensus in correlating energy production with demand. In fact, fuel production without at first ensuring energy generation…
Kabir Humayun: US President Donald Trump may deport Bangabandhu’s killer Rashed Chowdhury, says a report published on Monday in The Daily Caller, a conservative American news and opinion website based in Washington, DC, reports the Daily Sun. AM Rashed Chowdhury, who was convicted in 1998 for killing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…
DOT Desk: The kitchen market monitoring activities are seriously being hampered as required number of law enforcers are not available for conducting drives against irregularities committed by traders, officials said, reports The Financial Express. The officials and market analysts blame it on the lack of coordination between the monitoring authority and law enforcers, but it…
DOT Desk: A total of 689 Bangladeshi students, who achieved Edexcel High Achievers’ Award 2018, were awarded for their outstanding results in International GCSE and A Level Examination in 2018, reports The New Age. Pearson’s largest qualification brand Edexcel, in collaboration with British Council, handed over the awards to the students at a ceremony held…
William Hague, Former British foreign secretary, and Angelina Jolie, top Hollywood actor, are co-founders of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative/Gulf News UN should recommit to the principle that there can be no long-term peace and security without accountability for crimes against humanity The United Nations General Assembly is viewed each year through the…
Desk Report: A health centre at Ujaldanga in Fulchhari upazila has been completely eroded by the surging water of the Jamuna river, and 55 families have lost their homesteads and croplands, reports Daily Star. Ujaldanga health centre went into the river on August 17 as the rapacious river started devastation in the areas for the…
Desk Report: Rajshahi University (RU) has canceled the written test in the entry test for the 2018-19 academic year admission seekers and the university authorities have decided to take the examination in the multiple choice question method. The Pro Vice-Chancellor said, “The entry test will also be done in the MCQ method. In each of…
H.K Shahriar, IU Correspondent The Islamic University Journalists Association (IUJA) has condemned the attack on three journalists of Dhaka University. IUJA president Abdullah Al-Faruk and its general secretary M Emran Shuvro was issued a press release in this regard on Monday morning. The wing demanded immediate punishment of the attackers who beat the journalists indiscriminately….
BSS: Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF have jointly taken a safe internet outreach programme in schools nationwide aiming to create awareness among children about safer internet environment, reports Daily Sun. The programme has been specially designed to engage and empower 4 lakh children aged between 11 and 16 years and sensitise 50,000 parents, guardians and…