Science Alert The slugs that we find in the garden are not the most inspiring creatures. They kind of just look like dark, slimy blobs. But deep under the sea, their relatives are quite the opposite. And one particular group of sea slugs, called the nudibranchs (pronounced “nood-i-branks”), are especially gaudy looking. These bizarre-looking creatures…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Recently the subject quota became an issue. And already this issue turned to movement. This movement spreads to all districts of our country. The aim of the movement was to reform quota. Now-a-days the candidates for govt. job are becoming harassed due to quota. They started a peaceful movement and went…
Kenneth Rogoff/Project Syndicate At one time, it seemed that computers would sound the death knell for chess, not to mention all human mind games. Yet for followers of the game, the just-concluded world championship in London, won by the 27-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, was as exciting as any great soccer match. With so much angst…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT Freedom of the press means the right of newspapers to publish stories and articles without being controlled by the government. Freedom of the press refers to the circulation and publication of materials in newspapers, magazines and other formats such as social or electronic media platforms without restrictions implemented by governments….
Md. Taqi Yasir The DNA of an unborn baby floats freely in its mother’s blood plasma, the yellow liquid that holds blood cells in suspension. That DNA is a window into an unborn baby’s health, and future. But, at the time of this discovery, the medical world wasn’t interested. In 1996 when Yuk Ming Dennis…
Marilyn Thipthorpe A colleague once asked me to write an article on how to fall in love with the right person; the person you know will be there by your side, come hail or storm. Well I don’t know about forever my darling, but I sure know falling in love isn’t as easy as its…
UNB Police recovered the body of an Indian truck driver from Truck Terminal area in Benapole land port on Sunday night. Officer-in charge of Benapole Port Police Station Apurba Hasan said being informed, police recovered the body of Rothas Rothi, 45, an Indian truck driver, who entered Bangladesh territory three days ago with a chemical-laden…
Reuters: The United States will more than double the number of Marines stationed in Norway, in line with plans first outlined in June, the Norwegian defense ministry said on Wednesday. Plans to increase the number of Marines in Norway to 700 from 330 and moving some of them closer to the border with Russia had…
Namo Abdulla, Washington bureau chief for Rudaw, a 24-hour news channel in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq/Aljazeera Tensions could escalate if KDP tries to exclude the PUK from power after the September 30 elections in Iraqi Kurdistan. A landmark peace deal which for two decades allowed Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region to be an island of…
Desk Report: Japan provided a record amount of foreign aid to Bangladesh last year as the country was Asia’s second largest Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipient, officials said on Saturday, reports Financial Express. Official sources said Japan, the largest bilateral development partner of Bangladesh, disbursed Japanese Yen (JPY) 152.5 billion (US$ 1.54 billion) worth of…