Sky News: Suspected sonic attacks on US embassy staff in Cuba are believed to have been caused by the sound of crickets, scientists have claimed. A diplomatic row broke out in 2017 after US officials claimed government workers in Havana had been targeted with covert devices. At least 22 US personnel were said to have…
Eurek Alert: Researchers from Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with scientists in China, have identified and characterised a new genus of filovirus from a Rousettus bat in China. Their findings were published in the journal Nature Microbiology. Bat-borne viruses around the world pose a threat to human and animal health. Filoviruses, especially Ebola virus…
Karol Markowicz/ The New York Post In 2020, all women will be likable. They have to be, since the charge of “unlikable” is now, yes, sexist. A recent Politico article wondered whether Sen. Liz Warren’s newly announced 2020 bid was going to remind people of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, not least because both women have low…
Nandini Ramnath/ Scroll.In Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s second film after ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ includes Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Samantha Akkineni and Ramya Krishnan in the cast. It has been nine years since Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s debut Aaranya Kaandam, but he hasn’t exactly been sitting idle. The 42-year-old Tamil filmmaker has been busy with this and that – trying to…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is going to organize national jatra festival featuring 64 palas from 64 districts in March, reports The New Age. The festival is an outcome of an initiative to promote the traditional performing art form. As part of the initiative, the academy has facilitated production of 64 jatra palas by jatra…
UNB: Many think public universities are meant for only providing education. Not exactly! These days, students come up with their basic health needs and university medical centres are supposed to address those. A few days back, a female student of Dhaka University shared in social media what she experienced at the institution’s medical centre. She…
Business Insider: If you’ve ever wondered what US President Donald Trump would look like as a woman (not sure why you would want to), you may now have your answer. A Spanish potato farmer has accidentally found fame in 2018 after a journalist visiting a rural area in Cabana de Bergantiños interviewed her for an…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh’s overall balance of payment (BoP) recorded US$ 837 million deficit during the July-November period of this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, over the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, reports Financial Express BD. The overall deficit in BoP was $479 million during the same period of FY 2017-18, according to the central bank’s…
Penny Anderson, Writer and artist/ The Guardian, UK Many people disagreed with an piece I wrote on HMV, but the abuse I got on Twitter was distressing and isolating Ilove social media, I really do. I relish any opportunity to interact with people I may never meet in person, strangers with similar interests. Sadly, I…
Monsur Iqbal,Maulvibazar Correspondent A young man named Jalal Uddin, a Bangladeshi-born British citizen, was allegedly beaten to death in a drug-healing center in Maulvibazar. The incident took place in the Sreemangal road in the city on the drug drug healing center. There are injuries marks in different parts of Jalal’s body. After this incident no…