Marilyn Thipthorpe Last year, a study conducted at the University of Cambridge involving the production of viable sperms and eggs went viral (pun intended!). The scientists of the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge headed by Dr. Azim Surani, reported that they had successfully created primitive forms of artificial sperm and eggs by culturing embryonic stem cells…
Tanzim Taqrim A Mysuru temple received a donation of 2.5 lakh rupees from the most unexpected believer. She is a beggar who spent 10 years of her life collecting alms in front of the same temple. MV Seetha who is 85 years old donated all her savings from begging to Sri Prasanna Anjaneya Swamy Temple…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Bank of France has lowered the country’s economic growth forecast for the current and next fiscal year, from 1.6% to 1.5%, warning that the longer the unrest lasts the greater the losses will be for the national economy. Shortly after slashing its assessment of economic growth, in the final quarter,…
Samiul Bashar Samin Just as the thrum of spectators in a Roman amphitheatre must have once climbed a steady crescendo in anticipation of a beloved gladiator; as the noise in the groundlings pit of Shakespeare’s Globe must have risen in advance of the actors taking their places; or as the hordes who thronged New York’s…
Asian Correspondent: A provincial Indian leader from the country’s ruling party has sparked controversy over his calls to have Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants killed. A report in ANI quoted Raja Singh, from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad, as saying that Rohingyas and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants should leave…
Eurek Alert: Astro-nomers at the University of Warwick have found first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals and our skies are filled with them. White dwarf stars are probably the oldest stellar objects in the universe. They are unimaginably valuable to stargazers as their anticipated lifecycle enables them to be utilized as…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Rohingya are facing a “lost generation” as children both in Myanmar and in the refugee camps of Bangladesh struggle to get an education, reports The Independent. The Rohingya youth who remain in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have faced serious restrictions on access to schooling since the outbreak of violence there in…
BSS, Dhaka Civil Aviation and Tourism Mister and Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon today said the country’s independence did not come in a day rather it came through different movements including 1952 Language Movement, 1954 Jukta Front Election, 1969 Mass Upsurge led the country to independence. “1962’s movement against Hamoodur Rahman Education Commission report…
The Guardian, UK: Emmanuel Macron has appealed to his fellow European leaders to maintain their tough approach to Brexit in response to Theresa May’s demand for compromise and accusations that the French president wants to make Britain suffer. Macron, who is fighting a rearguard action against the rise of populism in Europe, said blocking…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : An Indian Air Force Mirage-2000 trainer aircraft crashed in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru yesterday immediately after taking off, killing both pilots, Reuters reports. The plane crashed at the edge of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airport compound, which is surrounded by several office and residential buildings, according to…