3 killed in two bus accidents in Gopalganj, 32 injured

    Desk Report The deceased were identified as: Mariam Begum, 55, of Orakandi village of Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj; bus driver Sobet Sheikh, 65, of Hiron village of Kotalipara upazila; and Saiful Islam, 18, of Kotalipara upazila Three people have been killed and at least 32 others injured in two separate bus accidents in Gopalganj on…

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      Bangladesh women beat Portugal in World Chess

      Desk Report The fourth round games were scheduled to be held Thursday with Bangladesh taking on Algeria in the open event and the Bangladesh women facing their Estonia counterparts Bangladesh women beat their Portugal counterparts by 3.5-1.5 points in the third round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia Wednesday. Women’s International Master…

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        Second Int’l sufi art exhibition begins

        Desk Report Shafi-Nur and Begum Gallery has organized the second International Sufi Art Exhibition to begin today at Begum Restaurant and Gallery in Panjora Bypass area at Ulukhala in Dhaka. Shafi-Nur and Begum Gallery is a Sufi platform and organization for Sufi Art and poetry. The exhibition will continue till 11 November. The exhibition has…

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          Vitamins may help smokers quit, study

          Tech Explorist: A new study by the psychologists at the University of Canterbury (UC) demonstrates that minerals and vitamins may lessen cigarette consumption and advance effective stopping. This examination is the first known randomized controlled preliminary exploring the effect of a mineral-vitamin formula for smoking cessation and a decrease in cigarette use. The study supports…

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            World’s first flying car to go on sale next month

            Daily Mail, UK: The world’s first flying car is set to go on the market with pre-sales scheduled to begin next month. The first of the two-seat hybrid-electric vehicles, which can switch between driving and flying modes in less than a minute, will be delivered to customers next year. According to manufacturer Terrafugia, which belongs…

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              The End of Plastic: Eco-fashion becomes catwalk reality

              AFP It may have been a long time coming, but eco-fashion is no longer a hippie pipe dream. Biker jackets made from pineapple leaves and leather tanned with olive extract rather than hugely polluting chemicals are now within reach, experts say. Everyone from young avant garde designers to the big-name brands are racing to hop…

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                Distracted boyfriend meme objectifies women and is sexist

                  Sky News For a brief period earlier this year, the “distracted boyfriend” meme – using a stock image of a man angering his partner by ogling another girl – was inescapable. But its broad appeal does not appear to extend to Swedish regulators. After it emerged, social media posters used the meme to communicate…

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                  Trump’s new limo costs $1.5M, comes with fridge full of blood

                    NBC On Sunday, the Secret Service flew into New York with the newest in a long series of specially designed presidential limousines. Like its predecessor, which came into service during Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the new limo goes by the nickname The Beast. And considering it weighs in at somewhere near 20,000 pounds, that’s…

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                    Too much screen time, too little horseplay for kids: study

                    AFP Only one in 20 kids in the United States meets guidelines on sleep, exercise and screen time, and nearly a third are outside recommendations for all three, according to a study published Thursday. On average, children aged eight to 11 spent 3.6 hours per day glued to a TV, mobile phone, tablet or computer…

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