12 December 2021 The Daily Star

 12 December 2021

The Daily Star

» First Omicron variant detected in two Bangladesh women's national cricket team players.

» They came from Zimbabwe

» Bangladesh announced mandatory quarantine for passengers coming from 7 African countries

» WHO termed Omicron as a 'Variant of Concern' on 26 November

» Digital Bangladesh Day - 12 December

» This is the fifth celebration of this day

» This year's theme - 'Achieving Digital Bangladesh, Benefiting All People'

» Government is formulating an Innovative Education Ecosystem (IEE) and National Blended Learning Policy-2021 to prepare for upcoming 4th industrial revolution

» Bangladesh rolls out 5G today

» State run mobile operator Teletalk will introduce 5G on 6 areas today

» Till October, 2021 number of internet users in the country - 12.92 crore

» Mobile internet users - 11.91 crore (BTRC)

» 4G and 5G services are not the same. While 4G deals with connectivity, 5G's application is industry-based.

» Malaysia will reopen job market for Bangladeshi's in the starting of 2022

» Manpower export to Malaysia has remained suspended since 2018

» Another MoU will be signed with Greece for sending workers

» Ongoing road safety movement participants gave 11 point demands

» Chairman of Nirapad Sarak Chai - Ilias Kanchan

» Pubali Bank Ltd. launched - Pi Banking

» On 24 November UNGA declared graduation of Bangladesh, the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) and Nepal from LDC.

» Bangladesh’s team Mohakash won in the category of the Best Mission Concept in the NASA Space Apps Challange 2021. The annual global contest held by NASA features ground-breaking concepts for space exploration created by aspiring space engineers.

» China branded US democracy - A weapon of mass destruction

» Current president of G7 - UK

» Next president of G7 - Germany

» Russia is building up troops on Ukrain's border

» South Korea gave green light to build a floating city in Busan. It can accomodate 10000 people. It is being called as the Oceanix City.

» Number of villages Israel occupied in West Bank - 367; Voters in West Bank - 4,05,000

» Tunisia was the birthplace of the 2011 Arab uprisings. Started with the suicide of Muhammad Buazizi.

» Newly appointed head of UNICEF - Catherine Russel

» Australian Nathan Lyon achieved the feat of 400 test wickets in 101 test matgches.

>> England lost the first test in the ongoing Ashes test series.

» The 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship is the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship.

» India are the defending champions after having won the previous edition in 2019 by beating Bangladesh by 2–1 margin.

» The tournament is hosting from 11–22 December 2021 at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.

» Participants - Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Srilanka (1st time).

» Magnus Carlsen remained the planet’s best chess player when he beat challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in their world championship contest in Dubai on Friday. Carlsen got his fifth world title. Carlsen will get 60% of the 2 million euro prize money.

This Day in History:

» 2015 - COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Paris Treaty.