The Kind Of Friends You Don’t Need

    Mezik Potetu Friends are like a basket of apples- there is always going to be a few bad ones with holes and worms. As you grow older, you start realizing who your real friends are, and your circle starts to shrink. You feel the need to get rid of the toxic people whose sole purpose…

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      Rape: A Curse

      Sakib Khondoker We live in the 21st century. A time when technology has flourished, smart phones got smarter and De Villiers scores tons at 30 odd balls. A time when Hijab is not only a piece of cloth for women to conceal themselves but also a category for fashion shows. We live in the time…

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        Microsoft meets with private equity over Yahoo deal

        Social Media Desk  Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) executives are in early talks with potential Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) investors about contributing to financing to buy the troubled Internet company, a person familiar with the situation said. The talks are preliminary, the person added, and Microsoft is focused on preserving the relationship between the two companies. Microsoft and…

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          VR Goggles To Help or Not!

          Marilyn Thipthorpe With all the hype going around of Oculus VR Goggles, expectations are high and producers are scrambling for last minutes modifications to the tech. If your one of the many thousands lining up to buy this new fad, be ready to strap on a black 1.5 pound mask to your face and experience…

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            Neanderthals: Smarter Than You Think

            Timeline You might have a mental image of Neanderthals as some ancient, sloping-browed, granting human beings who carried quite funny large clubs. But recent discoveries claim that Neanderthals were anything but brutish cavemen. About 200,000 years ago they lived in Europe whereas we, modern humans showed up on the continent 40,000 ago. There were actually…

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              Science and Politics

              By Syed Nasir Ershad Perhaps there is a general perception among a significant section of the younger generation of these days that politics is not their cup of tea. They carry a negative vibe against the political affairs of the present era. But that raises a big challenge for the future and the ability of…

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                Demand for fair UC polls: Bheramara Upazila BNP

                Nazrul Islam Mukul, Kushtia Bheramara Upazila BNP has raised demands for elections conducted in a fair and proper manner in a press conference on Tuesday. 6 of the Union Councils that fall under the Upazila will be holding polls on March 31. Former MP Prof. Shahidul Islam said, “Awami League and JSD are prepared to…

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                  Alaska volcano ash cloud cancels flights

                  AP, Anchorage Strong winds Monday pushed an ash cloud from an Alaska volcano into the heart of the state, grounding flights and limiting travel to western and northern communities off the road system. Pavlof Volcano, one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes, is 625 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, the finger of land…

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                    Myanmar lifts Rakhine emergency

                    Desk Report Myanmar’s outgoing President Thein Sein has lifted the emergency of state according to the state media, said reports from BBC. This comes as Thein Sein ends his 5 year term as president. The emergency of state was issued back in June 2012 when violence erupted between Buddhist and Muslim communities. There were many…

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