Marilyn Thipthorpe The US Federal Aviation Administration has reported that by the year 2020, the rate of drones in America will triple and almost 7 million drones will be up in America’s skies. These unmanned aircraft systems are predicted to be the most dynamic growth sector right now. With the new registration rules in place…
DOT Desk: Patients of different hospitals in the capital have repeatedly complained about the illegible handwriting of doctors. Even salesmen at pharmacies often face a tough time as they are unable to make out the exact names of medicines prescribed by doctors, reports The Independent. While visiting different hospitals in the city, including Bangabandhu Sheikh…
Abrar Hussain: Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar want justice and a safe return home, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a tweet after visiting Rohingya camps yesterday. The UN Secretary General, who reached Cox’s Bazar on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh at 8:45am Monday, also said he heard “unimaginable accounts of killing…
Reuters: Myanmar has scaled back plans for a Chinese-backed port on its western coast, sharply reducing the cost of the project after concerns it could leave the Southeast Asian nation heavily indebted, a top government official and an advisor told Reuters. The initial $7.3 billion price tag on the Kyauk Pyu deepwater port, on the…
Tanzim Taqrim The first ‘test-tube’ baby was born in 1978. As a scientific innovation, she was the first baby born in vitro fertilization. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edward were authoritative for this trailblazing procedure. The procedure embraces removing an egg from woman’s ovaries and fertilizing it with sperm in a laboratory. The fertilized egg is…
Desk Report: Good news for comic book fans. Bengal Boi has launched a comic corner named Comic Cache, reports New Age. Comic fans can get their hands on rare comic books and more displayed at Comic Cache, which was launched at Chilekohta, located at the rooftop of Bengal Boi in Lalmatia. Bengal Boi is displaying…
Eshan Maitra * Victor Lustig, Sold the Eifel Tower! This guy is my favorite!He traveled from his home country Czechoslovakia to France after WWI in 1925 and sold the Eifel Tower to scrap metal buyers! Twice! He forged governmental credentials and fake paper. Then finally, got away with $70,000 of that time. After WWI France…
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh and India will sign the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a free trade agreement, to boost economic ties between the two countries. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the announcement at a press conference after a meeting with visiting Indian delegation led by his counterpart Suresh Prabhu in Dhaka, reports The Daily…
Eshan Maitra 21st century is full of surprises. The level of advancement in the field of science in close decades surpassed the progress of thousands of years. It is obvious that we can believe the medical procedures, even surgeries will be done by robots someday. But none expected this to be true so soon. A…
Reuters: When Andrew Brunson saw a police summons on his door in late summer 2016, the U.S. evangelical pastor thought it was a routine appointment to sort out his residency papers in Turkey, his home for nearly a quarter of a century. He went to the police station on Oct. 7, 2016, was detained and…