The Preppie Killer

    Marilyn Thipthorpe What do you do when a kid goes wrong? Can you bring him back from the path of destruction? How do you even recognize the signs? The following story just goes to show that you cannot judge a book by its cover. This was the case with 6’5″, handsome as pie Robert Chambers….

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      Midnight Snack Attack

      Our Time Desk: While there’s loads of evidence linking sleep disorders to anorexia and bulimia, there have only been a few studies on our midnight cravings. A new study published in the journal Sleep, conducted at the University of Chicago Medical Center, by neuroscientist, Erin Hanlon had 14 healthy subjects divided into 2 groups at…

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        Lean Mean Speed Machine

        Marilyn Thipthorpe When you think of fast cars, you must think of the Bugatti Chiron, as the fastest car in the world at the moment. This is not the case, the newly developed Koenigsegg Regera is out to challenge the Bugatti and boy is it winning! Koenigegg released the Regera at the Geneva Auto Show…

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          David Letterman Roasted Donald Trump

          Md. Taqi Yasir The king of American television’s Late Night Show Programs for the last three decades David Letterman retired from his 33 years career last year. May 20, 2015 was the last day of his show. Each and every time Donald Trump attended, had been trolled by Mr. Letterman. The last time Trump attended…

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            An Open Letter to my Wife

            Hey Wifey, The moon of this midnight is dazzling in the clear of bright sky. And the light coming through the big window, in our dark cold bedroom, is shining so bright on your beautiful pale face. Smile for me? It won’t be so hard anymore, right? I can just paint it on your face…

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              Myths Behind Earth’s Water

              Eshan Maitra What is first thing that we look for when we return home from work, sport or school? Water! It is a name of comfort and satisfaction. Especially in such hot weather! We all wrote an essay on Water once in our life in school; with the headline saying ‘Water is Life’. Basically it…

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                A Thing Or Two About Fanfictions

                Anindya Nahar Habib Fan fiction is fiction written by fans basing on characters or setting from an original work. Mostly a non profitable source of enjoyment of venturing an fictional universe made by fans for the fans. Even though fan fiction gained high exposure after the easy access of internet this concept was well alive…

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                  Artist Khalid Mahmood Mithu dies in tree fall

                  UNB, Dhaka Khalid Mahmood Mithu, an artist and filmmaker, died as a tree fell on him while passing through a road in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Monday. Noor-e-Azam, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station, said a tree fell on a rickshaw carrying Khalid Mahmood, husband of noted artist Kanak Chanpa Chakma, while he was passing…

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                    Verdict on Mir Quasem’s appeal Tuesday

                    UNB,Dhaka he Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict on Tuesday on the appeal filed by condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali challenging the death penalty for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, will announce the judgment. The other judges…

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                      Women’s suffrage triumph around the world

                      Md. Taqi Yasir The Age of Liberty after the death of Charles XII, that is the fall of the monarchy and turning that in a democracy in Sweden, can be the first example of experience women’s right to vote, but in a limited fashion. But in the pre modern era, abbesses or nuns of Christian…

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