Desk Report: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the fresh enlistment of educational institutions under Monthly Payment Order (MPO) facility will be finalised by next month, reports the daily star. In reply to a supplementary question of ruling Awami League lawmaker AKM Jahangir Hossain at the parliament, the minister said, Finance Minister AMA Muhith…
Mihir Zaveri/The New York Times When a black man staying in a Doubletree hotel in Portland, Ore., called his mother from the lobby, he was told by a white security guard that he was trespassing and was escorted out of the building by the police. The Dec. 22 encounter was captured on cellphone video by…
Dr Md Shahinul Alam, Associate Professor, Dept of Liver, BMSSU: We, the Muslims, fast during the month of Ramadan with an aim to earn grace from Allah. We put a hectic effort to get rather closer to the Almighty, by intensifying our daily prayers. We hope to fast this year as we do every year….
Science Daily: Michelle Janikian, who writes about marijuana for publications like Herb, Playboy and Rolling Stone, says after she tells someone what she does for a living, she usually spends the rest of the conversation “trying to act so friendly and mainstream” so they don’t think she’s stoned. Adam Salcido relates that after he went…
facts.com: Many of the gender stereotypes that we know today had opposite origins. We bring you 10 such masculine things that are now considered feminine and vice-versa. Read on to find out more! 1. Cheerleading, once used to be a male sport, is now massively associated with females. 2. Pink used to be a color…
Sabah Mannan: Just before the festive season marking Eid-ul-Fitr, a fire had started at the hawkers’ market in Gangina, a commercial hub in Mymensingh town at around 7am on Thursday, reports BDnews24. To control the blaze, nine units of fire fighters from Mymensingh, Muktagachha and Trishal rushed to the spot. President of the hawkers’ association Abdul…
Huffington Post: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said Priyanka GandhiVadra’s entry into politics shows that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi cannot handle politics alone and needs his sisters’ help. The veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader representing Indore in the lower house of parliament since 1989 further said that talented people must be given an opportunity…
Md. Taqi Yasir Love of celebs had always been an appealing tool of interest for the paparazzi. Due to this, they had to face many difficulties and shameful obligations in their whole career and this had a negative effect in their work process. Some of these ended their career, and so, the whole process gets…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed A shift to a developing country can not be achieved by a day. It’s a continuous process. It request long cherished desire, struggle, hard work, endeavour, patience, commitment and sincere efforts of all people. One can not reach his or her destination in a shortcut way. Its requires sacrifice society efforts…
BRAC Maya Apa, a digital wellbeing assistant, is re-inventing the way people from all walks of life access specialist advice on health, lifestyle and legal matters. It combines AI and real doctors to connect users to experts. Maya Apa is one of BRAC’s socially-responsible investments that assist in the organisation’s mission to empower people and…