Marilyn Thipthorpe Hidden beneath the surface and entangled in the roots of Earth’s astonishing and diverse plant life, there exists a biological superhighway linking together the members of the plant kingdom in what researchers call the “wood wide web”. This organic network operates much like our internet, allowing plants to communicate, bestow nutrition, or even…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The main candidates for the Sylhet-1 seat are reportedly contesting the election for the first time, but are also using leverage from their family members to win. AKA Momen, the Awami League candidate for the seat, is the brother of Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, reports BDNews. Muhith is the…
Md. Taqi Yasir We are celebrating the Bengali New Year aka Pahela Baishakh 1423 today, which is a triumph of the Bengali nation. This Pahela Baishakh helps us to put up with a completely separate individuality which makes us unique not only in traditional aspects but also from individual aristocracy. As the year draws to…
Sofian Khan BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and former chairman of Ekushey TV Abdus Salam and its two other senior journalists were framed “sedition charges: by a Dhaka Court on Monday for broadcasting a “fabricated and provocative” speech. The hearing of the witnesses is scheduled to be held on 15 January. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah…
UNB: Officials of Forest Department recovered 30 kilograms of venison from a boat in Pashur River at Chila in Mongla upazila on Monday night. Being tipped-off, a team of Forest Department conducted a drive in the area at night and challenged a boat, said Md Mahmudul Hasan, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sundarbans East Zone….
Myisha Nawar What does hard liquor, cigarettes, heroin and crack have in common? They are all concentrated forms of less addictive predecessors. Most of all things we describe as ‘addictive’ are. And the frightening thing is, the process that created them is accelerating. We wouldn’t want to stop it-it’s the same process that cures diseases:…
Mosharrof Bablu Today was the last day to apply for the 2nd stage of the chairman election process. A predicament has arisen with the fact that no BNP applicants have been found in 19 zones of the first stage and 33 zones of the 2nd stage. It is believed that they have fled their stations…
Reuters: Singapore will scan travelers’ eyes at some of its border checkpoints, local media reported on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification. It is the latest in a series of high-tech initiatives in the city-state, some of which have stoked privacy concerns among rights advocates, aimed at…
Dhara On June 7th, the FDA approved the use of a weight loss device that has often been described as “Assisted Bulimia”. It pumps food out of the client’s stomach, removing about 30 percent of the stored food before it causes weight gain. Named AspireAssist, critics say that this might be the most peculiar invention…