Tahsin Rahman Oshin Obsessive compulsive disorder, more commonly known as OCD in short, is very frequent among the general mass. OCD is a chronic or long-term illness and without treatment, it may significantly affect a person’s ability to work and his social life. The symptoms may come and go anytime. Obsessive compulsive disorder can consist…
Written by Eshan Maitra It had been raining for two days straight. Thought, the heavy-rain started turning into drizzles. The rain-waters swamped the city streets. Combining, both the waterlogging up to waist & excessive rickshaw fair. General people were struggling to get around places. Specially, the situation was even direr after dusk.Since, most of the…
UNB More than one-fourth brick kilns in Khulna district are operating illegally as 45 of them did not renew their licences. Sources at the Department of Environment’s Khulna office said 130, out of 175 brick kilns, in the district have renewed their licenses. As per law of the land, it is illegal to operate such…
Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibeis, Clinical associate professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she teaches an immigration law clinic/BDnews24 President Donald Trump wants to end asylum for Central Americans to keep his campaign promise of halting immigration along the southwest US border. Yet that goal runs afoul of US immigration law, which allows people…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people for her party’s absolute victory in the December 30 national elections, promising to continue serving them for their well being. “Serving the people is a huge task and I will continue to do it as long as I remain alive,”…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A low pressure system has intensified in the Bay of Bengal and, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, reports Teh Daily Observer. The Met Office has advised the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports to hoist a Distant Cautionary Signal No. 1 in response to the weather system. Forecasters say…
Russia Today A former UK soldier is claiming the army didn’t take account of his African origin and failed to provide him with suitable winter gear for an 18-hour exercise in freezing temperatures. According to a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense, Michael Asiamah, formerly with the Adjutant General’s Corps, is suffering from a “nonfreezing…
Md. Taqi Yasir A Japanese filmmaker based in the United States has made a documentary about the lives of Fukushima residents and their determination to continue pursuing their passions despite major obstacles resulting from the 2011 nuclear disaster. Toko Shiiki’s 90-minute film titled “Threshold: Whispers of Fukushima” documented people in the northeastern Japanese prefecture whose…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Snails are not known for their quick thinking but can make complex decisions using just two brain cells , scientists have learned. One cell tells the mollusc if it is hungry or not while the other lets it know when food is present.The discovery, made using electrodes to measure activity in the brains…