Day: May 7, 2023
Staff Reporter :The authorities of the Metrorail have identified the building from which stones were pelted at the metro rail in Shewrapara. The building was identified by analyzing the CCTV footage of the rock pelting area. Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) M A N Siddique confirmed this while talking to the media in the city on Saturday. Legal action will be taken against whoever pelted stones as the stone-pelting building has been identified by analyzing the...
The two earthquakes with epicentres close to Dhaka, in a span of 11 days, have certainly caused many citizens to fear what may happen next. And their anxiety is justified as leading experts are also concerned and have given rather ominous indications of the possibility of a major earthquake happening “anytime”. What they are most worried about is the unbelievable level of unpreparedness for such a petrifying disaster. So why have the authorities not been jolted into action. Last month...
The first line of live-saving treatment for a heart patient with severe heart blockages is stenting, a less invasive procedure than the bypass surgery. Patients quickly recover after this procedure. These are the main reasons why angioplasty – stenting – has become very popular with both patients as well as physicians all over the world. In Bangladesh, about 45,000 stents are placed in the hearts of around 25,000 patients annually. Worryingly, this cardiac stent implantation surgery has also not been...
Clive Baldwin :In 2022, Charles III became king not just of the United Kingdom, but of 14 other states, and Head of the Commonwealth. He now heads a monarchy that is starting to face questions about its role in British imperial atrocities, such as slavery, and, as he has said, concerning which it is time to “acknowledge the wrongs that have shaped our past.” There is an ongoing, colonial crime that he could acknowledge, help rectify and apologise for today....
David Arditi :The current Hollywood writers strike has drawn international attention to the plight of TV and film writers in the streaming era.Much has been made of television’s golden age, during which streaming platforms have offered audiences an abundance of well-written, highly produced television shows, often called “prestige TV.” Whereas older television shows tended to be formulaic sitcoms or crime dramas, newer shows more closely mimic the serialized novels of the 19th century, with cliff-hangers that encourage binge-watching. But not...
