CNN: Seven years ago at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic battled past Rafael Nadal in a historic, marathon final. On Sunday it was the same end result but more like a 20-meter sprint thanks to Djokovic’s brilliance. The Serb crushed a shell-shocked Nadal in front of a stunned Rod Laver Arena 6-3 6-2 6-3 to…
Eurek Alert: An article published today in the Open-Access journal GigaScience provides data that effectively triples the number of plant species with available genome data. This mammoth amount of work comes on the back of the growing efforts of the scientific community to sequence more plant genomes to aid in understanding their complex evolution and…
DOT Desk: Buses of state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation are getting unserviceable long before expiry of their economic life for procurement of low quality vehicles and corruption in their maintenance, reports The New Age. Officials and road transport experts have found that brand new buses become poor and rickety within a few years of their…
CNN: A gum infection was found to be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease in a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis, known as Pg, lead to the gum infection chronic periodontitis, causing chronic inflammation and potential tooth loss. This same bacteria were also found in 51 out…
INC: oftware giant SAP became the latest company–and, it says, the only business software company–to target a share of its venture investments directly to women and underrepresented minorities. Its fund, called SAP.iO, was launched in 2017 and invests in business-to-business startups that are a fit with SAP’s own technology platforms. With $35 million to invest,…
Eurek Alert: It’s the archetypal child’s drawing – family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? A research team led by academics from the University of Chichester has examined this…
DOT Desk: State minister for fisheries and livestock Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru urged farmers to avoid excessive use of pesticide in vegetable farming as well to be refrained from marketing premature vegetables, reports The New Age. The minister came up with the call while visiting the three-day National Vegetable Fair 2019 at Krishibid Institution…
BDNews24: Police have recovered the bodies of a couple with their throats slit from a farmhouse in Nilphamari’s Syedpur. According to Syedpur Police OC Shajahan Pasha, the murders occurred in Khatamdhupur Union’s Balapara around 2 am on Sunday. A security guard at the house was also injured and has been admitted to Syedpur Hospital.
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Jatiya Oikya Front Convener and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain is scheduled to return home from Thailand early today, reports UNB. Dr Kamal along with his wife Hameeda Hossain were expected to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a Thai Airways flight around 12:50am, Gono Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury….
Arafat Hasan of DOT Panic spread after crude bombs were exploded at six different places in Jashore town early yesterday, allegedly targeting the residence of a local lawmaker and establishments belonging to Awami League leaders, reported The Daily Star. Although no casualties were reported immediately, the series of blasts triggered panic among the Awami League…