How Earth sheds heat into space

    Tech Explrist: The Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface heat up. In 1950, scientists observed a straightforward clear, linear connection between the Earth’s surface temperature and its active heat. As the earth is extremely messy system, with many complicated, interacting parts that can affect this process, it is difficult for scientists to explain…

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      Rome will appoint bishops in China: Pope Francis

      Abrar Hussain: Pope Fra-ncis exclaimed yesterday that he and not China will have the final say in the appointment of bishops after the Vatican and China struck a historic deal last week ending decades of conflict. “I think of the endurance of the Catholics who suffered. It is true that they will suffer. There is…

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        B’desh Television pays tributes to Zafar Iqbal

        Desk Report: The programme, produced by Lutfur Rahaman Robin and hosted by Iqbal Khandakar brought to light some lesser known facts about Zafar Iqbal, who acted in 150 films during his acting career. Zafar Iqbal, one of the most prominent actors in the history of the Bengali film industry, possesses a versatile career under his…

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          Lalmonirhat Airport gathers dust of history

          Desk Report: Lalmonirhat Airport remains unused for the last five decades as authorities failed to take any initiative to make it usable for boosting economic activity in the region. Abandoned after the partition of this Subcontinent in 1947, the airport land is now used as a farmland under the supervision of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)….

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            UN: 21 Afghan civilians killed in separate airstrikes

            AP: The UN mission in Afghanistan says 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend. It says in a statement Wednesday that nine civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in a Saturday airstrike in the northeastern Kapisa province, in an area where Afghan forces were battling the Taliban. Another statement cited…

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              Govt sets rice production target at 3.64cr MT

              BSS: The government has set the rice production target at 3.64 crore metric ton (MT) for the current fiscal year (2018-19) with an emphasis on high yielding variety (HYV). The target has been set to produce 2.98 crore tonne of high yielding variety in the current year against last year’s production of nearly 3 crore…

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                With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct

                AFP: Scientists said Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitos in the lab using a gene editing tool to programme their extinction. So-called gene drive technology works by forcing evolution’s hand, ensuring that an engineered trait is passed down to a higher proportion of offspring…

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