Claire Cain Miller/New York Times We’re now more likely to tell our daughters they can be anything they want to be — an astronaut and a mother, a tomboy and a girlie girl. But we don’t do the same for our sons.Even as we’ve given girls more choices for the roles they play, boys’ worlds…
DOT Desk: The assistant commissioner (land) of Bagha upazila, PM Imrul Kayes, came under an attack by a gang of sand lifters at Harirampur of Rajshahi, reports The New Age. Officer-in-charge of Bagha police station Mohsin Ali said that Imrul went on a drive at a sand quarry by the River Padma in the afternoon…
Katherine Mills, Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney & Natalie Peach, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney/The Conversation,Australia Some 80% of young people will experience a traumatic event by the time they become…
Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst/CNN Court filings on Friday regarding Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen reveal the ways in which the special counsel’s investigation can endanger President Trump’s future. Special Counsel Robert Mueller also revealed on Tuesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn offered “substantial assistance” to the Russia investigation — the same day…
We all want to make the perfect choice. Although it is not easy, there are many ways to improve our chances and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. This is a way of approcahing a question that allows us to carefully deconstruct a situation, reveal its hidden issues, such as bias and manipulation, and…
UNB: Bangladesh has sought China’s “strong support” so that Myanmar moves in the right direction for resolving Rohingya crisis as Myanmar is not working to create conditions for the return for Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine. During her recent visit to Bangladesh, UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar Yanghee Lee said it…
Utpal Dutta, Editorial Assistant, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : This year from January to June 2018, a total of 562 dead bodies were recovered from different areas of the country. The score might thrust a blow while one came to know and reached the implications of the incidences. The detail has been…
The Independent, BD: Actress Humaira Himu prefers small screen to cinemas at present unless she is offered to play in an attractive role like those of Aru Apa in the film ‘Amar Bandhu Rashed’ directed by Morshedul Islam. Himu, who got popularity by acting in several tele-dramas and also in television commercials, is now busy…
DOT Desk: The costs of living increased by 6 per cent in Dhaka in 2018 as the prices of rice, vegetables, clothes and other essentials went up, according to the annual report of Consumers Association of Bangladesh released, reports The New Age. The association made the report based on data it collected from 15 retail…