Ishaan Tharoor/Gulf News There have been no injuries reported after an enormous fire gutted Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum last week, but the toll was still immense. Officials suggested as much as 90 per cent of the museum’s collection — encompassing about 20 million objects — was destroyed by the blaze. Some of the museum’s…
BSS: President M Abdul Hamid yesterday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to be more active to ensure quality of higher education through enhanced monitoring and establishing accountability in universities. “Be more active to increase accountability to ensure quality of higher education,” he said while speaking the ninth UGC Award-Giving Ceremony at a city hotel…
EurekAlert: Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team hope the compound -developed after 10 years of painstaking research will be trialled on humans within three to four years.The drug- which works by targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ defences rather than the bacteria itself –…
Independent, UK: China is installing QR codes on the homes of the Uighur Muslim community in order to get instant access to the personal details of people living there, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The development comes as part of a mass security crackdown on minorities in Xinjiang province, the charity…
Desk Report: According to stakeholders, a cold storage or processing factory can help growers profit Guava growers in Jhalakathi are incurring losses because there are no storage arrangements for the tropical fruit. This fruit perishes within a few days of ripening—and can no-longer be sold. Guava is eaten raw and is rich in vitamin C…
BSS The lifestyle of women agriculture workers in Kishoreganj haor areas has become miserable due to unemployment. In the rainy season, most of the women agriculture workers of Austagram haor areas in the district passes idle time as they have no work. Usually, women workers used to work at Aus paddy and jute harvesting at…
Kabir Humayun: Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has filed 4,838 cases against different modes of vehicles for violating traffic rules. During simultaneous drives on the city streets on Sunday, it also realised over 31.52 lakh in fines for traffic rule violation, said an official release, reports BSS. It said, of the total cases,…
How stuff works: Just a couple of short years ago, it seemed that coconut oil could do no wrong. Practically out of nowhere, it was being touted incessantly as a “superfood,” thanks to claims that it helps burn fat and curbs hunger, among other impressive feats. Just recently, however, a Harvard professor fired the metaphorical…
Hindustan Times: Mindfulness — a meditative practice that focusses on paying attention to the present moment — can increase person’s tolerance to pain, a study has found. Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine in the US analysed data obtained from a study published in 2015 that compared mindfulness meditation to placebo analgesia. They sought…
Hossen Sohel: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday requested Law Minister Anisul Huq to withdraw his comment on the lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over her jail trial, reports The Daily Star. SCBA President Joynul Abedin said the comment of the minister, where he said that Khaleda’s lawyers do not know the law, is…