A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, a day after chaotic protests and fighting killed seven civilians and four combatants in the disputed region. Armed police and paramilitary soldiers in riot gear fanned out across the region in anticipation of anti-India protests…
UNB, Dhaka The board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been reconstituted with former Air Force chief Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Enamul Bari as its new chairman. The 13-member Biman board has been reconstituted in light of the Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007, the Company Act, 1994 and Article of Association of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Are we the only living thing in the entire universe? The observable universe is about 90,000,000,000 light years in diameter. There are at least 1,000,000,000 galaxies each with 100,000,000,000 to 1,000,000,000,000 stars. Recently we have learned that planets are very common too and there are probably trillions and trillions of habitable planets in the universe….
Reuters: A road accident caused a large explosion and a fire near Bologna airport in northern Italy on Monday, police said, and local media reported some people had been injured. Police said they had closed off the motorway where the crash took place as well as the surrounding area in Borgo Panigale, on the outskirts…
DOT Desk: An ancient statue of Hindu deity Shiv was recovered from a pond in Badiakhali village under Sadar upazila, reports The Daily Star. Quoting locals, police said one Al-Amin, son of Abdus Samad of Badiakhali, went to a nearby pond for taking bath and saw a stone statue. He took it to his house…
UNB, Dhaka Police recovered the beheaded body of a newborn baby from the city’s Badda area on Saturday. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said local people spotted the behead body of the newborn baby girl in a dustbin beside Swadhinata Sarane Khanka Sharif under Badda Police Station around 11am and informed police. Later,…
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.,Professor at Harvard University & author/Project Syndicate Experience from European elections suggests that investigative journalism and alerting the public in advance can help inoculate voters against disinformation campaigns. But the battle with fake news is likely to remain a cat-and-mouse game between its purveyors and the companies whose platforms they exploit. The…
Brigette Hyacinth,The Future of Leadership: Rise of Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence/Linked In Dear Recruiters and Hiring Managers, if you have interviewed 30-50 people for a job opening and can’t find someone to fill the position. Start looking in the mirror. It’s not because there’s a lack of talent out there. It’s because you’ve created…
DOT Desk: That lovely saree you have got your eye on might feel so lovely if it is made out of silk and also it might be better at keeping you warm in chilly weather without compromising your fashionable panache. We are in the midst of winter season, and we have got still two months…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Chinese diplomat said no areas will be off-limits to talks next week when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Japan, but North Korea is not going to be a focus. Both China and Japan have been trying to reset ties after years of increasingly bitter dispute over a group of uninhabited islets in…