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US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticised by N Korea

US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticised by N Korea

-- 2019-11-17 13:52:06

The United States and South Korea on Sunday said they were postponing a joint military air exercise that North Korea has criticised as provocative. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and his South Korea...

Nissan recalls nearly 40000 vehicles in US over braking system defect

Nissan recalls nearly 40000 vehicles in US over braking system defect

-- 2019-11-17 11:00:36

Japan’s Nissan Motor Co Ltd has said it is recalling 394,025 cars in the United States over a braking system defect, causing concerns that a brake fluid leak could potentially lead to a fire. T...

Cleaner production in  environmental compliance

Cleaner production in environmental compliance

Polin Kumar Saha 2019-11-15 00:00:00

In the recent years, environmental worries have revolved us in maintaining environmental compliance issues in many organizations as required by the global environmental regulatory authorities. Environ...

Is Thorium an alternative to Uranium as fuel?

Is Thorium an alternative to Uranium as fuel?

Aleksei Puzakov 2019-11-15 00:00:00

The weak radioactive metal Thorium (Th) in nature was discovered in 1828 by the Swedish chemist Jens Berzelius. The new element was named after Thor, the god of thunder in Scandinavian countries. Thor...

The Sunderbans turns out to be saviour

The Sunderbans turns out to be saviour

Nilratan Halder 2019-11-15 00:00:00

Bangladesh's indebtedness to the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove, cannot be measured in terms of commercial values -which are quite huge -alone. That it stands guard against ferocious natural...

Overpowering motherly instinct

Overpowering motherly instinct

Neil Ray 2019-11-09 12:45:29

A truck driver in Kerala has sought legal aid from the local police station. You know why and against whom? His adversary is not a man but a crow. The flying foe has made a hell of life for him. Eve...

Nursing the physically, mentally-challenged

Nursing the physically, mentally-challenged

Antoinette Termoshuizen 2019-11-09 12:30:52

My first visit to Bangladesh was in 1993. I was shocked but also directly in love with the country and its people. In Falsathia, I met Sayed, a little boy with cerebral palsy, he needed therapy and ot...

Winning hearts of travellers with tech

Winning hearts of travellers with tech

Adrian Johnston 2019-11-09 12:28:23

Asia-Pacific is on track to become the biggest driver of demand for air travel, with nearly 4 billion passenger journeys expected over the next two decades, according to the International Air Transpor...

The first book illustrating life and works of Muhammad (s.)

The first book illustrating life and works of Muhammad (s.)

Asjadul Kibria 2019-11-09 12:24:18

Thousands of biographies of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (S) have been written in different languages. Of these, some are comprehensive and analytical, some are brief and some are scattered. Thus, all the...

Turkey captures slain IS leader Baghdadi’s sister

Turkey captures slain IS leader Baghdadi’s sister

-- 2019-11-05 11:40:41

The sister of former Islamic State group (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been captured in northern Syria, Turkish officials say. The 65-year-old, named as Rasmiya Awad, was detained in a raid on...

Implementation of Delta Plan: An analysis based on ADP 2019-20

Implementation of Delta Plan: An analysis based on ADP 2019-20

Shamsul Alam 2019-11-01 21:01:14

In view of the long term challenges presented by climate change and natural hazards, the government has formulated a long-term Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100) with the vision of 'achieving safe,...

Trendy transformation of attire

Trendy transformation of attire

Nilratan Halder 2019-11-01 20:34:54

One of the phenomenal changes has happened in sartorial preference of the Bangladesh people, particularly the younger generation. Youths and teenagers except only those madrasha-going students wear tr...

Good parenting, bad parenting

Good parenting, bad parenting

Muhammad Sayed Inam 2019-11-01 20:34:04

Parents are the first teachers of kids. They are heroes and mentors to them. Kids learn everything from their parents. They learn by observing their parents, even when those aren't intentionally tryin...

Smart teaching with  interactive whiteboard

Smart teaching with interactive whiteboard

Hasan Al-Mahmud 2019-11-01 20:30:27

Along with the teaching experience in a prominent middle school in the US, I have also gathered some wonderful teaching strategies through visiting a few schools and two universities. Especially, thei...

Exorcising the ghost of crimes

Exorcising the ghost of crimes

Rahima Aktar 2019-11-01 20:28:48

Our country is going through a devastating time. Women, men and children are killed brutally, girls fall victim to rape, eve teasing, sexual harassment by relatives, neighbours and others unknown both...

DU students stage sit-in demanding solution to accommodation crisis

DU students stage sit-in demanding solution to accommodation crisis

-- 2019-10-29 13:43:57

A section of students of Dhaka University on Tuesday staged sit-in in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s (VC) residence, demanding an end to the accommodation crisis in the residential halls. The p...

Ruthless Federer claims record 10th Basel title

Ruthless Federer claims record 10th Basel title

Reuters 2019-10-28 10:46:53

Roger Federer clinched a record-extending 10th Swiss Indoors championship title in his hometown of Basel with a crushing 6-2 6-2 victory over Australia’s Alex de Minaur on Sunday. The 38-year-o...

Serving the wretched  and helpless

Serving the wretched and helpless

Nilratan Halder 2019-10-25 20:07:20

At a time when baser instincts, brutality at its worst, crimes of the most atrocious types are browbeating society, even the most optimistic souls sink. As the country's premier engineering university...

Health risk of exposure to organo-metallic compounds

Health risk of exposure to organo-metallic compounds

Shishir Reza 2019-10-25 20:06:21

Waste is any product of metabolism that is not required for further metabolic process and is therefore excreted from the body. Waste is directly linked to human development -- both technologically and...

In the lap of the Himalayas

In the lap of the Himalayas

Md. Ahmadul Haque 2019-10-25 20:05:16

Sathpal Rathore hails from North Delhi. Nobody can ignore his masculine body structure. Driving is his profession and may be his passion also. His dauntless driving on the curved path in the mountain...

No chance of a return of the lost world

No chance of a return of the lost world

Nilratan Halder 2019-10-18 21:02:36

Disappearance of known rural Bangla has been taking place before our eyes but not many are aware of the transformation. The languid lifestyle in a picturesque rural setting where modest homes and huts...

Are you malnourished? Quite possibly

Are you malnourished? Quite possibly

Kundhavi Kadiresan 2019-10-18 21:01:31

The word 'malnutrition' tends to invoke images of starving children in refugee camps, fleeing conflict or drought inlands far-away. While that image does reflect a reality of hunger, it does not solel...

Bureaucratic Reform for a  Bangladesh in 2041

Bureaucratic Reform for a Bangladesh in 2041

Shafiq Alam 2019-10-18 21:00:00

Sustained economic growth, ongoing political stability and Sheikh Hasina's development focus are prompting the nation to dream of becoming a developed country by 2041. However, development process is...

Soil pollution as outcome of  environmental crimes

Soil pollution as outcome of environmental crimes

Polin Kumar Saha and Jannatul Ferdaous Sathi 2019-10-18 20:58:48

Soil is the basic element for ultimate nutrient sources of all the living organisms in the ecological system. Soil keeps our environment well balanced or harmony of living and non-living organism and...

An update on mental health services

An update on mental health services

S M Yasir Arafat 2019-10-12 13:59:30

The history of development of psychiatry in Bangladesh has been grossly under-addressed. Here, the author intends to sum up the available milestones of development of mental health services in Bangl...

Rivers and water bodies as sources of protein

Rivers and water bodies as sources of protein

Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2019-10-12 13:56:48

With the country's population rising, the government must devise ways and means to increase fish production through the best use of existing natural water resources, especially major rivers and thei...

How style controls the world

How style controls the world

Jahid Hasan 2019-10-12 13:43:01

In the 21st century the style patterns of the design business command the world more than at any other point of time and control the manner in which individuals dress as well as patterns in home produ...

More socio-cultural than religious

More socio-cultural than religious

Nilratan Halder 2019-10-12 13:38:28

The Bangalee Hindus' greatest annual festival Durga Puja spanning over long five days came to an end on Tuesday last. It surely is a religious festival as puja (worship) is offered complying with vari...

Universal pension scheme an option for Bangladesh?

Universal pension scheme an option for Bangladesh?

Bazlul H. Khondker and Mohammad A. Razzaque 2019-10-08 20:36:09

Currently almost 8.50 per cent of the world population is over the age of 65 years. This figure is projected to increase to about 17.0 per cent by 2050. Older people are less likely to work, and tradi...

At our journey's end: Adieu Kanyakumari

At our journey's end: Adieu Kanyakumari

Nilratan Halder 2019-10-04 19:55:17

The day is bright and a sense of nomadic urge lingers on. However, we realise that this is our last day at Kanyakumari and from here we will only be heading for home. But so long we have postponed our...