Nusrat Jahan Inspecting 30 years of health studies, Vici Freedman and his colleagues from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, found that 85-year-old men can now hope to have an average of four more years of a generally solid life – more than the average of only two in 1982.What about women? 81 is the…
Snowie Grangers You have probably experienced the embarrassment that comes from realizing your shirt has sweat stains. In these situations, you have some options that can help mask or prevent the sweat stains themselves. 1. Choose clothing by color and material. Some colors show sweat stains more rapidly than others, such as gray or light…
Sofian Khan Four people were reported killed at a bus accident in Bogra.The accident took place on Wednesday at around 6am on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at its northern district’s Shibganj Upazila.The accident of the Kurigram-bound bus into a tree at Pakurtala area caused injures of 11 people at least, reports eyewitnesses. “A pedestrian and two…
John Lloyd/Reuters It’s not the week to say it, but Donald Trump has a point. It isn’t original and what it proposes will be hard to do, yet when he says that “getting along with Russia is a good thing,” as he did before his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last month,…
BBC: Most of the plastic food containers that householders wash out after use and put in the recycling bin cannot actually be recycled, it has emerged. The mixture of plastics used in many yoghurt pots, ready meal trays and other containers limits the ability of councils to recycle them. The Local Government Association says that…
Brain Logger: Chronic pain is debilitating, and it can cause patients to “fall through the cracks”. Health care institutions struggle to find ways to create “nets” and catch these patients. Pain medications include opioids which are used to treat chronic pain. Opioids often fail to treat the patient’s primary medical condition. As time goes by,…
Middle East Monitor Walaa Abu Aisha works in a corner of the El Amal Rehabilitation Society centre in the besieged Gaza Strip. A Palestinian woman, Walaa picks up her tools and carves wooden pieces in to art, a skill normally reserved for men in this society. After Walaa works on creating her traditional pieces, they…
Prof Dr Mahbub Ullah, Economist : The defaulters should not be given loans anew. The banks are compelled to hike the interest rates for non-performing loans. Therefore, it becomes quite difficult to lower interest rates. The borrowers have to take loans at high interest rates if they go up. It becomes quite difficult to turn a…
With the recent death of Keith Emerson of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer fame, the dangers that celebrities of any magnitude will face. But Emerson is just one of the innumerable numbers of famous figures who have ended up as being collateral. The prolific progressive rock keyboardist committed suicide according to a coroner’s report. According…
Samiul Bashar Samin Hamilton is giving Hillary Clinton supporters an additional opportunity to see the hit Broadway musical while also fundraising for the Democratic presidential candidate. On July 12, the cast will put on an extra 11:30 a.m. matinee showing in Clinton’s honor. The event is titled “Hamilton: An American Musical with special guest Hillary…