Author: Asian Bangla

The moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, enabling high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a project to back the first privately funded moon mission. Vodafone Germany, network equipment maker Nokia and carmaker Audi (VOWG_p.DE) said on Tuesday they were working together to support the mission, 50 years after the first NASA astronauts walked on the moon. Vodafone said it had appointed Nokia as its technology partner to develop a space-grade network which would be a small piece of hardware weighing less than a bag of sugar. The companies are working with…

Bangladesh National Museum is displaying a collection of over one hundred liberation war memorabilia at an exhibition underway at the museum’s Nalinikanta Bhattashali Gallery. The eight-day exhibition, which has been organised marking the Independence Day, gives the visitors a glimpse into the sufferings of the people during the tumultuous days of the liberation war, depicts resolutions and bravery of the freedom fighters and others. The show displays 65 photographs of different historic events which took place between 1971 and early 1972, 12 weapons that were used in the war, letters written by freedom fighters to their families, posters and books…

Bangladesh and Russia reached a consensus on forming a joint working group on cyber security as state minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak held a bilateral meeting with Russian communications and mass media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov in Moscow. According to ICT division sources, Palak at the meeting on Wednesday night sought Russian help in ensuring cyber security in Bangladesh, saying, ‘Bangladesh has done wonders in the field of ICT in last nine years as the area of digital activities has expanded hundredfold. But with this, the risk of cyber threat has also increased and we want to achieve world…

Pathology is the cornerstone of modern medicine, ensuring that patients are correctly diagnosed and given an appropriate treatment. However, a new Series in The Lancet highlights how common presumptive treatment — treatment without a confirmed diagnosis — is likely to be in many low- and middle – income countries (LMICs) as a result of a serious shortage of pathologists, laboratory services and basic medical tests. The authors warn of the impact on patient care with patients poorly diagnosed or given inappropriate treatments, and of the wider impact on health systems in LMICs if already scarce resources are wasted, ultimately threatening…

People become robotic in day to day life as they concentrate more on work and success. A typical day of modern people starts with a very busy schedule which ends up with immense stress before going to bed. This situation continues day after day, year after year and suddenly they find themselves submerged in the ocean of detrimental conditions like diseases (e.g. hypertension, heart disease, diabetes etc.), frustration and failure. In the end, it results in absence of happiness in life. Then they have to spend hours sitting on a hospital bed while pondering on the reasons behind it, but…

“Are you interested in spiritually inclined younger men?” My recent tinder match asked. This question is still going around in my mind. I installed Tinder because my friends insisted that I should experience the wonder of digital dating. They lured me, so much so that I came out of my bubble, and attempted to find the “perfect match” with this wonder app. So I installed Tinder, and made my profile with a beautiful photo of Virginia Woolf and some other fictional details. I was hoping that no one will be interested. I would wake up and just delete the app.…

The historic announcement of March 7 by Bangabandhu was, in fact, the call for the independence of Bangladesh. The speech inspired the Bengalis all through those months of the Liberation War. Many a lives that were involved in the sacred war of freedom, sacrificed themselves for their motherland. The 7th March speech was supposed to be aired by the Dhaka Betar (radio), and the broadcasting had begun too at the scheduled time, but it was suddenly put to a stop by the Pakistani Army. In protest, the Bengali staff of the Betar walked out of the station. As a result,…

One of Bangladesh’s premiere dance talents, Pooja Sengupta has been invited to participate at the Philippine International Dance Workshop and Festival 2018, along with her team Turongomi as a part of their “National Dance Week”. This is one of the numerous times she has represented Bangladesh internationally. “We are happy, honored and overwhelmed to be a part of this enormous artistic celebration. It is always amazing to represent my beloved country,” said Pooja to Star Showbiz.

The arrival of Syrian refugees, as well as thousands of asylum seekers over the United States border, along with the global growth in anti-immigrant sentiment have barely moved the positive attitude most Canadians have toward new arrivals, a study has found. Six-in-10 Canadians chose “disagree” when asked the question “Are immigration levels too high?” in the February survey by the Environics Institute for Survey Research – a finding that has remained relatively stable for a decade. Eight-in-10 said immigrants have a positive economic impact. Compared with last year’s survey, more respondents believed that immigrants adopt Canadian values. Most of the…

Over 90% of men and women in Bangladesh aged from 15 to 24 years are now considered literate The literacy rate in Bangladesh has risen remarkably over the past decade to an all-time high of 72.76% in 2016, according to data from the Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS). The figure marks an increase of 26.1 percentage points from 2007, when the literacy rate was a mere 46.66%. Over the same period, the literacy rate for females has risen from 43.74% to 69.90%, and for males from 49.83% to 75.62%. The literacy rate for men and women aged between 15 to…