Katherine Mills, Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney & Natalie Peach, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney/The Conversation,Australia Some 80% of young people will experience a traumatic event by the time they become…
UNB The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Teams Asia Cup’ 2018, co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, beginning on December 6 in Karachi. Bangladesh emerging team, which was put in Group B alongside hosts Pakistan, Hong Kong and UAE, will play United Arab…
Wionews: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has said he now accepts President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country’s legitimate leader after initially accusing him of leading a “disgraceful” de facto coup that ended his near four-decades rule last year. On the eve of the July 30 vote, Mugabe said he would vote for the opposition to remove Mnangagwa’s…
GIzmodo: When it comes to naming the world’s fastest creature, it’s tempting to think of peregrine falcons, cheetahs, or marlins, but as researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology are apt to point out, we mustn’t forget Spirostomum ambiguum—a worm-like creature that reaches breakneck speeds through rapid shrinkage. Spirostomum ambiguum is a single-celled protozoan that’s often…
DOT Desk The sale of train tickets in black market has become rampant in most of the railway stations across the country, causing inconvenience to commuters, reports Daily Sun. Many passengers alleged that most of the railway stations across the country, including Chattogram, Azampur and Akhaura in Brahmanbaria, have turned into a ‘den’ of black…
AP: A suburban Detroit woman and South Side Chicago man are recovering in a Chicago hospital following rare triple transplant surgeries that gave them the healthy heart, liver and kidney each needed — and a new friendship they never expected. University of Chicago Medicine doctors announced Friday that they successfully completed the triple organ transplants…
DOT Desk: Frequent use of plastic containers across the country is causing various diseases including cancer. In hotels, restaurants and bakeries, food is being served in plastic pots and containers. For home delivery purposes, too, it is widely used, reports The Independent BD. According to the Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers’ & Exporters’ Association, there are…
Wion News : In a rare emotional address ahead of his abdication next year, Japanese Emperor Akihito said he took “deep comfort” that his long reign had been one of peace as he remembered the “countless lives” lost in World War II. Akihito, in a pre-recorded speech to mark his 85th birthday Sunday, also paid…
Aljazeera: Jordan’s army says its forces have killed several fighters belonging to ISIL to prevent them from crossing from southern Syria. Military units used “all types of weapons” to shell a group of fighters who had come close to its side of the Yarmouk Valley in clashes that lasted nearly 20 hours from Tuesday to…
Fuad Khan Though Disney films are made for children,they tackle serious themes and reinforce important messages in their films. This is the reason why Disney films have been popular among people of different ages. Beauty and the Beast is a conventional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Recently Disney has published…