Walton Deaf Tri-Nation T20 Cricket begins today

    UNB: The Walton Deaf Tri-Nation T20 Cricket Tournament begins today (Sept 14) at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Cricket Stadium in Fatullah, Narayanganj. India, Pakistan and hosts Bangladesh will initially compete on double league basis match, organized by Bangladesh Deaf Sports Foundation and sponsored by Walton Group. Later, two top teams will play the final….

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      What catches our eye

      Desk Report: We are almost constantly surrounded by a variety of visual objects, all of which could, theoretically, be important for us. But only a very small area on our retinas, the fovea in the macula lutea, has high visual acuity; a large portion of our field of vision has only a low resolution. Therefore,…

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        Why 9/11 still hurts America

        Joe Scarborough/Gulf News Sixteen years of strategic missteps have been followed by the maniacal moves of a man in White House who has savaged America’s vital alliances Cataclysmic events often bring with them violent and abrupt endings to settled ages and long-established norms. Those absorbing the impact of these historical aftershocks rarely grasp the epochal…

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          Heart disease, stroke among top killers in India

          Tech Explorist: India has witnessed an alarming rise in the occurrence of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancers in the past 25 years, a series of new studies published on Wednesday in The Lancet and its associated journals have revealed. Detailed estimates of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and suicide show that their…

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            Why Iran will never have glasnost

            Ghoncheh Tazmini/WION News With bread and butter issues a priority, Iranian demands for political dynamism have been obfuscated amidst the country’s economic and political woes. Almost 40 years since the Islamic Revolution, this is not the first nor the last storm the Iranian regime will have to weather. War-hardened, Iran is no stranger to rationing,…

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              PM lays foundation stone of Super Specialized Hospital

              M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday laid foundation stone of Super Specialized Hospital for critical patients at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka. ‘Centre-based’ medical services will be provided at the 13-storey hospital, the ever first in Bangladesh, reports Jagonews24.com. Centre for Specialised Austism and Maternal and Child Care, Emergency Medical…

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