BBC: Regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may cause changes to the heart similar to those in the early stages of heart failure, experts say. A study of 4,000 people in the UK found those who lived by loud, busy roads had larger hearts on average than those living in less polluted areas….
Afsan Chowdhury speaks to DOT : BNP has allied with Dr Kamal’s Gono Forum in the recently formed political platform, Jatiyo Oikya Front (JOF) and BNP has also partnered with the war crimes accused fundamentalist party Jamaat-e-Islami under the umbrella of 20-party alliance. Many of Jamaat’s leaders are convicted of crimes against humanity in the…
Hey Princess You are all grown up now! My dolly, seems like only yesterday you were larking all over the house. Making me run after you to retrieve my office bag. Making your mother restless. Now my child, you are yourself a mother. Running your own business and looking after the family. Making sure everyone…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : Singapore is going to abolish exams for primary years 1 and 2 students, starting in 2019, Marks and grades are set to be replaced by Discussions, homework and quizzes are set to as the preferred method of collecting information on the performance of young primary school pupils….
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor of Television, Film and Media Studies at the University of Dhaka, Executive Director of GPRF High School students have occupied the city streets to protest the death of two school children who were run over by a bus while waiting on the pavement for a bus. Dhaka…
Redwan Ahmed Amid heavy pressure from the international community, Bangladesh expects signing a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation. The governments are expected to sign an ‘Arrangement on Return of Displaced Persons from Rakhine State’ in Nay Pyi Daw today. However, the issues of the proposed MoU are still undecided as yet. Bangladesh’s…
Between your ears you have an amazing piece of hardware. The human brain is the most complex structure ever found, at least according to human brains. There are over a hundred billion neurons stuffed in there with trillions of crisscrossing connections. Even our best efforts to recreate it electronically can only make small aspects of…
Dipu Akter ‘There’s a light A certain kind of light That never shone on me I want my life to be lived with you … There’s a way, everybody says To do each and every little thing But what does it bring If I ain’t got you, ain’t got you?’ This lovely song is one…
UNB: A man was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Patkajor here early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain Rubel, 42, an employee of a cloth store at Alam Market in the area and hailed from Kalkini upazila in Madaripur district. On information, police went to the spot and recovered the body….