Tech Explorist In another examination, researchers from Imperial College London explored how a recently discovered hormone called kisspeptin, also known as the master regulator of reproduction, changes brain activity in healthy volunteers. The hormone is known to play a crucial role in sperm and egg production. It also boosts reproductive behaviors. Scientists studied the effects…
UNHCR Among the rescuers who converged on the Greek coastal resort of Mati in July as hundreds fled deadly wildfires was a 23-year-old Syrian refugee, himself saved from a watery grave last year. Obada “Ibo” Al-Nassar trained as a lifeguard after arriving in Greece and is a volunteer with the Lifeguard Hellas (LH) organization, which…
WION Akash Malik became India’s first silver-medallist in archery at the Youth Olympic Games, providing a fitting finale to the country’s best-ever campaign at the marquee event here. The 15-year-old son of a farmer lost a one-sided final to Trenton Cowles of the USA 0-6 as India concluded with three gold, nine silver, and one…
ScienceAlert Women can experience lingering health problems years after workplace sexual harassment or sexual assault, a new study finds. These health problems can include high blood pressure, poor-quality sleep, anxiety and symptoms of depression, the researchers found after doing medical exams of about 300 women. The findings are timely given the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements,…
UNCTAD The economic losses caused by disasters could be reduced if the public and private sectors cooperate better on novel finance, insurance and investment strategies, a multi-agency meeting bringing together trade and disaster risk reduction experts from the UN system and beyond heard on 15 October. Economically devastating catastrophes are on the rise. While disaster…
DOT Desk Finance Minister A M A Muhith has expressed the hope that the country’s capital market would flourish in near future based on the foundation built over the last 25 years, reports The Financial Express. “I do not say that a strong capital market has been built during the last 25 years after inception…
DOT Desk The government has no plan to seek donors’ assistance in formulating the upcoming Eighth Five-Year Plan, officials concerned said on Sunday, reports The Financial Express. Development partners have shown their interest in lending a hand to formulate the apex national planning document, they added. “Development partners (DPs) have shown their interest. But we…
Sky News A “dead” comet that resembles a human skull is set to travel past the Earth less than a fortnight after Halloween. The space rock, officially named Asteroid 2015 TB145, was discovered on 10 October 2015 by a team at the University of Hawaii. NASA fittingly nicknamed the asteroid the “Great Pumpkin” before it…
NTV Online Irked by the continuous absence of doctors at upazila-level hospitals, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said how rural people will get their basic medicare services if this culture continues. ‘We’ve taken various steps to upgrade upazila hospitals…we’ve upgrade the ten-bed hospitals to 50-bed ones. There should be at least 10 doctors in…
Arafat Hasan, DOT In a sharp reaction, the Bangladesh government yesterday summoned Myanmar ambassador U Lwin Oo in Dhaka and lodged a protest over Myanmar’s deliberate attempt to show St Martin’s Island as their territory. According to a report by UNB, Maritime Affairs Unit chief at Foreign Affairs Ministry Rear Admiral M Khurshed Alam summoned…