Lookout for the Tigers at ICC T20

    Abid Sarker Shohag It took Bangladesh quite a long time to understand the format. But it seems Bangladesh has now unlocked the secret to cricket. They played a successful Asia Cup where they finished as runners-up. Now the question is can Tigers win their first major ICC tournament? I will give you a few reasons…

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      Do You Know?’s On Cats You Ought To know

      Tahsin Rahman Oshin •It has been seen that cats are able to make about 100 different sounds, while the more intelligent dogs can make only 10. •In the era of Middle Ages, cats were associated with witchcraft. On the events of Saint John’s Day, peo ple in Europe would collect them in backpacks and toss…

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        A long walk to “Save Sundarbans”

         Md Taqi Yasir The main concept of Saving Sundarbans is the closure down of Rampal Power Plant. The Rampal power plant can have a hazardous effect over the natural environment of Sundarbans. The government, until now, is establishing the India-Bangladesh joint venture 1,320 Mega Watt coal-fired power plants. This is a 14 kilometers upstream of…

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          Deadly Dhaka Diary

          Marilyn Thipthorpe From the recent devastating loss of Artists Khalid Mahmood Mithu to the loss of filmmaker Tareq Masud, Bangladesh\s roads have become a deadly place to be. These are just the high profile cases that get reported but what of the lowly commoner, who tells his story? The Bangladesh Passengers Welfare Association reveled in…

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            Global Warming Coming Sooner Than Expected

            Our Time Desk According to a new Australian research, the world is expected to experience dangerous levels of global warming as the frightening implications of energy demand is rising in crescendo. With the help of a “global energy tracker” built by the University of Queensland and Dangerous Global Warming Soon To Come Than ExpectedGriffith University…

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              Can You Really ‘Train’ Your Brain?

              As exercising helps our body stay fit, a lot of people think brain works kind of in the same way. There are a lot of ‘brain training’ games that claims to help your brain get better memory, concentration and inspection power and thus make your brain versatile and healthier. Even dementia can be prevented as…

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                Street Guitarist Fends Off Hamas Terrorist

                Our Time Desk A street guitarist Yishay Montgomery defended himself with a guitar against a Hamas terrorist attacker during the recent series of shootings by Palestinian attackers in Israel. His attacker managed to take the life of an American tourist before attacking him, but he successfully managed to fend him off using his trusted guitar…

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                  Sigh for a healthy life

                  Md Taqi Yasir Our lungs control the exhalation and inhalation of the body for our lifeline. Lungs perform the major part of respiration in our body and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide through the blood is the result of this. It is found from the research of a biochemist team of University of…

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                    The Gods and Growth

                    Marylin Thipthorpe Humans have always known to sit and hunt in groups but what led to this? What influenced humans to grow as a society and stay in tight knit communities? We know today, that at around 5,000BC trading posts began to sprout up. This trend has continued till date, agriculture is yet another factor….

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