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● Mostafiz wins Rangpur city polls ● Ex-Ctg mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury dies ● Mayor Annisul Huq passes away ● HC verdict on BDR mutiny: Death penalty for 139, life term for 185 ● HC begins reading verdict on BDR mutiny ● 3 siblings among 5 killed in Kishoreganj clash ● 4 workers killed in Sylhet stone quarry landslide

Science and technology in 2018

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

When we predict future, we look at the past. Peter Drucker, a Management Consultant once puts it Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the

When democracy becomes a failure by design

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

Religious hatred is not a new thing in Bangladesh, even though constitutionally the country has been established and remained as a secular state since independence. Recent examples of such hatred include Thakurpara, Ramu and Nasirnagar attack on the minority groups.

The European project and Frankfurt book fair 2017

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

Frankfurt book fair was held on 11-15 October 2017. I attended the fair on 15 October. This is the international publishing industry's biggest trade fair. This year 7300 exhibitors from 102 countries have participated in the fair. Academic and Creative

Nobel Prizes in Science 2017 and its implications

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

Fragments of RealityThe month of October is the Nobel season and this year is not the difference. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and

Management of soundscape

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

Evaluation of noise in terms of its effect on the quality of life has been reconsidered in Europe since 1977. This process introduced a concept called soundscape first coined by R Murray Schafer. According to the International Standard Organisation (ISO)

Living with water requires a strategic approach

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

*** ''We should help people to help themselves. This means, as an example, the removal of obstruction of natural flow of water is more important than the distribution of wheat. If flood embankment itself submerges, then there is a problem

When the facts change

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee (WHC) was held on 2-12 July 2017 in Krakow, Poland. One of the agendas for this 41st session was State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World

Paris agreement and Trumpian ‘econocracy’

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

American President Donald Trump has begun the process of pulling the United States (US) out of the Paris climate accord. Members of the Trump administration defence their position by saying that humans are responsible for climate change-this scientific finding is

World Environment Day 2017: Connecting people to nature

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

The 5th of June is World Environment Day (WED). In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly designates this day as World Environment Day and urges, Governments and the organisation in the United Nations system undertake on that day every year

Climate change, ecological hypoxia and fish kill

Dr Kanan Purkayastha

People have expressed deep concern recently about fish kill in large water bodies in Bangladesh and eager to know about its source. The term 'fish kill' refers to a localized die-off of fish populations which may also be associated with