Bangladeshi Razib gets Facebook fellowship

    Desk Report: Razib Ahmed, former president of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), will receive a grant of $50,000 for further development of the project Facebook has selected Bangladeshi entrepreneur Razib Ahmed as a fellow of its “Community Leadership Program” for his group ”Search English” where members help each other to become more fluent in…

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      How much contact with family is “normal”?

      Psychology Today: Is it “normal” to call your mother multiple times a day. Is an annual visit at Christmas and a monthly phone call “healthy”? Do you have a family whatsapp group in which you share photos and videos? Or are you part of a family whose videos of your get-togethers have gone viral on social…

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        Why It’s Time to Rethink What Makes Us Happy

        Edward Hoke, Actor and writer/Thrive Global, California Social media isn’t making us happy. We need to change things up. The story of Solon of Athens and King Croesus is a story about happiness. I won’t bore you with the details, but essentially Croesus wanted to prove to Solon that he was the happiest man alive,…

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          ADB projects 7.5% growth for FY19

          M Humayun Kabir: The Asian Development Bank projected that the economic growth for Bangladesh for the current fiscal year may be 7.5 percent, slightly below than the government’s estimate of 7.8 percent. In its Asian Development Outlook 2018 released on Wednesday, the bank said the growth will be achieved due to the increase in private…

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            E-book library ‘Sheiboi’ launched experience booth

            Desk Report: E-book library ‘Sheiboi’ has launched an experience booth on the Bangladesh Shishu Academy premises. This experience booth or Kiosk was inaugurated by director of the academy Anzir Liton and Sheiboi Project Manager Shahidul Islam. The app can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/1cdmwQh on Android and from http://apple.co/2kfotmT on iPhone. The e-book library hosts more…

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              Erdogan, Merkel to meet amid tensions, protests

              Arafat Hasan: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Germany this week as the two countries seek to rebuild ties after a series of sharp spats, however, the trip is likely to be overshadowed by protests. It will be Erdogan’s first official visit to Germany since becoming president in 2014, and follows a prolonged bout…

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                Octopuses given mood drug ‘ecstasy’ reveal genetic link to evolution of social behaviors in humans

                ScienceDaily: A summary of the experiments is published Sept. 20 in Current Biology, and if the findings are validated, the researchers say, they may open opportunities for accurately studying the impact of psychiatric drug therapies in many animals distantly related to people. “The brains of octopuses are more similar to those of snails than humans,…

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