UNB, Dhaka Shougat Nazbin Khan, a young education advocate from Bangladesh, has received the Commonwealth Youth Awards for excellence in development work. She was one of four outstanding young people aged under 30 recognised in the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Awards and named as Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for Asia, Shougat Nazbin told…
AFP: More than 1,000 victims of sexual abuse in gymnastics are expected to call a new, global abuse helpline in its first year of operations, the sport’s president told AFP. Morinari Watanabe was speaking at the Asian Games after Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics doctor, was handed a life sentence in January for sexually…
The Independent Having made his directorial debut with the film ‘Ebadot’ in 2009, Ekushey Padak recipient and five-time National Film Award-winning veteran actor, screenplay writer and director, ATM Shamsuzzaman is all set to direct his second movie ‘Ekhon Bola Jay’. With the story, dialogue and script written by Shamsuzzaman himself, the shooting of the movie…
Eurek Alert: Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled asthma who are overweight or obese, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In “Fish Oil Supplementation in Overweight/Obese Patients with Uncontrolled Asthma: A Randomized Trial,” Jason E. Lang, MD,…
Kazi Akramuddin Ahmad, Former President, FBCCI : The upcoming budget has to prioritize ICT, Pharmaceuticals and other alternative industries alongside the garments industry. Our garments industry is doing well and it is obviously good news for us but we also have to create alternative sectors as well. We have fisheries and ICT. We have a pharmaceuticals…
Tech Explorist: Neuroscientists have successfully hooked up a three-way brain connection to allow three people share their thoughts – and in this case, play a Tetris-style game. The team thinks this wild experiment could be scaled up to connect whole networks of people, and yes, it’s as weird as it sounds. It works through a…
DOT Desk US pharmaceutical and cosmetics group Johnson & Johnson saw its shares plunge Friday after a media report alleged the group had deliberately concealed for decades that its baby powder sometimes contained asbestos, reports The New Age. A lengthy investigation by the Reuters news agency, which reviewed thousands of company documents, showed the company…
Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed, Former Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University: Following the movement to reform the existing quota system in public service recruitments, the movement for safe roads was logical too. Democracy is found wanting in the country. Bangladesh has emerged as an undemocratic country. The students would not come under attack, face lawsuit or be…
A drinking glass can help you like a sound booster. If someone is a deep sleeper and have problems to waking up in the morning with phone alarm, it can be boost by a drinking glass. Redditor tribalwombat discovered that a drinking glass can boost volume from a small device. It’s because the sound will…
Straits Times, Singapore: Food chains Fish & Co and Delifrance Singapore have lost their halal certifications after failing to renew them this year. Fish & Co’s certification expired in March and Delifrance’s in June.An Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) spokesman said Fish & Co’s 12 outlets have not been halal certified since April 1.He…