Ruhin Hossain Prince, Central Committee Member, CPB Is our budget for the fiscal year people friendly? Is our finance minister’s statement about equality just a public relation strategy? Implementation of his policies to bring about a change is yet to be seen. How will the government fund the deficit? Will our working population be held…
Ahsan Habib Linkon, Former MP, Jatiya Party Continuous pay hikes for government official is a policy this government is religiously following. Does the government realize this is a threat to the 95% of the population? The liability to fund these increments would be forced upon the entire working population. Unemployment is a serious issue with…
Samiul Bashar Samin Economic slavery, or wage slavery, refers to one’s total and immediate dependence on wages to survive. Although people throughout history have had to work to get by, we now live in a culture where we are led to believe we have economic freedom, when unbeknownst to most citizens, we are in fact…
Floaters; Have you ever noticed something swimming in your field of vision? It may look like a tiny worm or a transparent blob, and whenever you try to get a closer look, it disappears, only to reappear as soon as you shift your glance. But don’t go rinsing your eyes! What you are seeing is…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Snails are not known for their quick thinking but can make complex decisions using just two brain cells , scientists have learned. One cell tells the mollusc if it is hungry or not while the other lets it know when food is present.The discovery, made using electrodes to measure activity in the brains…
Marilyn Thipthorpe An Indian man obsessed with setting Guinness world records got 366 flags tattooed on his body and had all his teeth removed so he could put nearly 500 drinking straws and more than 50 burning candles in his mouth. Har Parkash Rishi, who claims to have set more than 20 records, now calls…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Ghana in West Africa has issued a ban on the importation of products that contain a skin-lightening chemical. Hydroquinone is commonly used by people across Caribbean, African and West African countries for skin bleaching. But this practise can have harmful side effects and is linked to skin cancer. In Ghana alone, 70% of…
Marilyn Thipthorpe With more and more people turning to technology to solve their problems, will mankind eventually morph into a race of cyborgs with super-human powers?It may sound far-fetched, but technology and medicine is evolving at such a rate that almost anything is possible when it comes to manipulating the human body. Spanish artist Neil…
Samiul Bashar Samin Maybe you’ve heard a variation on this theme: ‘I can’t carry a tune to save my life.’ Or: ‘I don’t have a musical bone in my body.’ Most of us end up making music publicly just a few times a year, when it’s someone’s birthday and the cake comes out. Privately, it’s…