AFP: Dutch police were investigating Saturday a suspected terror attack at Amsterdam’s Central Station, in which two people were stabbed before the knifeman was shot by police. The assailant was identified as an 19-year-old Afghan man with a German residency permit. “We are seriously taking into account that there was a terrorist motive,” Amsterdam police…
Science Alert Replication is nature’s greatest magic trick. Watch closely, and before your very eyes you’ll see a single cell blur into two virtually identical copies. Presto. After more than half a century of research on molecular genetics, it would be easy to assume we’ve had this biological sleight-of-hand all figured out – but it’s…
Science Alert Ever since the Apollo missions explored the lunar surface, scientists have known that the Moon’s craters are the result of a long history of meteor and asteroid impacts. But it has only been in the past few decades that we have come to understand how regular these are. In fact, every few hours,…
Azadeh Karimi & Elahe Boghrat/Kayhan Life The Iranian media have reported on the suspicious death of Zahra Navidpour, a 28-year-old woman whose body was discovered on January 6 at her mother’s home in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan. Ms. Navidpour had filed a criminal complaint against Salman Khodadadi, an influential 56-year-old Majlis (Iranian Parliament)…
Tafi Mhaka, Johannesburg-based social and political commentator/Aljazeera Foreign governments ignoring rights abuses to secure economic benefit in Zimbabwe will only enable oppression. On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria…
AFP: British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she was “irritated” by speculation about a leadership contest as she slammed former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, seen as her most likely challenger. The centre-right Conservative Party’s leader said she was focused on securing a Brexit deal rather than her own future, in a BBC television interview marking…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Prices of the daily products are going over any thinkable price range. Sellers are looking for any possible excuses, occasions or calamities to increase the market price. Greenery & vegetable market is highly affected. Though, the compensation price increases for the losses due to rain, are illogically high, claim general people…
Samiul Bashar Samin Have you ever wondered why you felt your mouth water every time the waiter passed you by with that deliciously fragrant spaghetti in his hand while you were at your table starving and ready to kill for food? Hadi Fares the winner of the ACS Chemistry contest explains the science behind your…
Advocate Mohammad Rayhan Uddin, Supreme Court of Bangladesh & Judges’ Court, Chittagong Though legal education is ancient, it is a prestigious one. At present, the demand for LL.B. (Honors), LL.M. yet increased especially since the separation of judiciary from the executive organ. There is a declaration that only those who have legal knowledge are entitled…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Even if you’re not a fan of poetry you must have at some point in your life, most probably in school, have read a poem by Robert Frost. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before…