Global Colored Pencil Shortage!

    EshanMaitra Interestingly, demand for adult coloring books have increased a lot over the past few years. Either for therapy purposes, self-refreshment or just as hobbies. By The New Zealand Herald reports, the sales of adult coloring books have increased about 40 times more than ever! As a result, the adults are buying away chief portion…

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      The Leftovers: A Story Of Parental Pressure

      Samiul Bashar Samin The pressure of getting married is something that has been marring people no matter where they are in the world. But, far from the nagging parents of the West lie the persistent Asian ones that expect no less than a wedding as soon as you hit the legal age. Let’s just take…

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        Technologies that will doom us

        Myisha Nawar Stephen Hawking recently told the BBC that most threats to humans, root from science and technology. He surmised that the 21st Century will be the most dangerous for humans because of the very progress we have made in science and technology. There’s irony for you. Experience lulls us into the sense that development…

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          Antibiotic Resistance: The New Cancer

          Marilyn Thipthorpe It seems that each and every day at some moment or another we are popping pill. Painkillers, anxiety meds, pressure and diet pills; nothing is left behind in the race to be healthy. More often than not, when you fall seriously ill antibiotics are prescribed by the doctors and with the rate that…

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            Dating a Journalist

            Marilyn Thipthorpe Ever wondered what it might be like to date a journalist? You must have heard the many rumors that they are workaholics (but hey that’s just dedication), they might be bossy (I would rather say they are misunderstood). Well no matter the prejudices and smirks out there I’m here to put your worries…

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              How to grow your own vegetables in apartment

              Madeleine Somerville If you live in a flat or a condo and lack the space for a garden of your own, you may still be able to access a plot of land through a community garden. Ask around to see if one exists near you. When you do get started, veggies such as kale, peas…

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                Two brick-field workers died in road accident

                BSS, Savar Two brick-field workers died and 20 others were injured when a passenger bus collided head on with a bricks breaking transport at Daotia on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Thursday night. Officer in Charge (OC) of Dhamrai police station Rezaul Haque confirmed the incident.

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                  Two children drowned in Satkhira

                  BSS, Satkhira Two minor children drowned in a pond at Zugipukuria village under Patkelghata thana of the district on Thursday. The victims were identified as Shuva,5, daughter of Saiful Sarder and Shuvo,4,son of Shariful Sarder of the village. Tariqul Islam, officer-in-charge of  atkelghata thana, said the children slipped into the pond when they were playing…

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                    Infamous robber arrested in Lakshmipur

                    BSS, Laksmipur Police in a pre-dawn swoop arrested infamous robber Sheikh Farid from Alexander Bazar area in Ramgati upazila of the district on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, a team of police of Ramgati thana conducted the raid in the Alexander Bazar area and arrested infamous robber Sheikh Farid.

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                      Woman ‘kills’ minor boy in Barisal

                      UNB, Barisal A woman allegedly killed a three-year old boy after dashing him to the ground in Banaripara area of the district town early Friday. Quoting witnesses Ziaul Ahsan, officer-in-charge of Banaripara Police Station, said rickshaw puller Ripon Sheikh used to live at the house of Badal Mia as tenant. Being irritated by Hafizur’s frequent…

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