Science Alert Earth is not the home you think it is. Far below the scant surface spaces we inhabit, the planet is teeming with an incredibly vast and deep ‘dark biosphere’ of subterranean lifeforms that scientists are only just beginning to comprehend. Hidden throughout this subsurface realm, some of the world’s deepest and oldest organisms…
France 24 Givenchy’s artistic director Clare Waight Keller Monday received the British designer of the year womenswear award from Meghan Markle, whose dress she designed for her wedding to Prince Harry. “It is such a pleasure to be here celebrating British fashion,” Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said at the star-studded annual Fashion Awards at…
AFP Two Catholic school nuns in California have admitted to embezzling about US$500,000, and using the funds over the years for travel and gambling in Las Vegas, their order said on Monday (Dec 10). Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang, who are said to be best friends, took the money from tuition, fees and…
AFP NEW US research has found that men who include vegetables and leafy greens, orange juice, and fruit in their diet may benefit from a lower risk of memory loss as they age. Carried out by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, the new large-scale study looked at 27,842 men…
Science Alert Last year, uptake of home DNA tests sailed into the stratosphere, giving millions of people around the world a whole new level of insight into the ways their genes work, and helping predict their genetic risk for disease. But knowledge is a dangerous thing. New research suggests this kind of genetic knowledge isn’t…
AFP Walt Disney Studios is again ending the year on a high note, posting more than $7 billion in global box office earnings, thanks to hits such as “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” “This is only the second time in history any studio has surpassed the $7 billion mark, after Disney’s own industry-record 2016…
AFP Authorities have hiked fivefold ticket prices for Indian visitors to the Taj Mahal, in the latest attempt to lower tourist numbers and reduce damage at the country’s top tourist site. Indians make up the majority of the Taj Mahal’s 10,000-15,000 average daily visitors. Nearly 6.5 million people marvelled at the white marble 17th-century masterpiece…
Sky News A police dog in the US is having quite a hard time adjusting to his new snow boots. Jary, a Belgian malinois, works for the Rapid City Police Department in South Dakota, where temperatures can tumble to about -9C (15F) during the harsh winter months. His human colleagues wanted to ensure he was…
DOT Desk The Qatar government on Tuesday launched a Qatar Visa Center in Dhaka with a view to bringing in comprehensive visa service requiring applicants to enroll biometrics data, reports The New Age. The QVC is located at the 11th floor of Rupayan Trade Center at Bangla Motor in the capital. Expatriate affairs minister Nurul…
UNB Bangladesh and Japan have signed an agreement on Japanese grant aid for the fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4). Hiroyasu Izumi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Monowar Ahmed, Secretary of ERD signed exchange of notes representing respective governments at Economic Relations Division (ERD) of Ministry of Finance here on Monday. Hitoshi Hirata, Chief…