Independent, UK Interbreeding with Neanderthals thousands of years ago has given some humans alive today more elongated brains, according to a new study. Scientists connected two ancient DNA fragments that have been passed down to select people of European heritage with slight changes in skull and therefore brain shape. A key feature of the human…
DOT Desk: The Construction work of the much awaited 16-km expressway in the port city (Shah Amanat Airport to Lalkhan Bazar) is likely to begin next week. Talking to the Daily Observer, Project Director Mahfuzur Rahman said the preliminary work, including piling, has already been completed, reports The Daily Observer. In the first phase, the…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel vowed to take stern actions in order to prevent the recurring incidents of question paper leakage, reports banglanews24.com. He said “Zero tolerance policy will be adopted to root out corruption from education sector. The measures to nationalize more schools and colleges in…
Syed Nasir Ershad There are diverse views on the future of the U.K. in the greater Europe: some positive others negative and some are mixed. According to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the U.K. could stay in a reformed European Union despite the Brexit vote. Blair recently said every alternative for the…
Kurtis Tompkins, SPN, Owner at Jobready2dey/ Linked In Afternoon Thought Whatever you do, if you are in a position of influence and you use it to deceive people, that is foul, heartless, and just plain wrong. If you hold a position like this, you are aware that someone will take what you are saying as…
Sayeed Muhammad: Expressing frustration over poor luggage handling at the country’s premier airport, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal has suggested cutting jobs of aged and incapable employees of the national flag career. “There’re many aged employees (in Biman) who are not capable to deliver. You say bye to them with handsome compensation. You…
Olivier Bonaparte/Seven Billion Today A French court has demanded that Marine Le Pen have psychological tests, because she shared images on her Twitter of the Islamic State beheading James Foley. She was the leader of the National Front in 2015 when she tweeted these images. NOW, the party has tried to change its name to…
Reuters: In a suburban Minneapolis laboratory, a tiny company that has never turned a profit is poised to beat the world’s biggest agriculture firms to market with the next potential breakthrough in genetic engineering – a crop with “edited” DNA. Calyxt Inc (CLXT.O), an eight-year-old firm co-founded by a genetics professor, altered the genes of…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT Sexual harassment in employment may be termed as any attention of a sexual nature in the context of work situation which has the effect of making a woman uncomfortable on the job, impeding her ability to do the work or interfering with her employment opportunities. Sexual harassment may on its…