Brian Keating, If you ever meet someone who claims to have nearly won the Nobel Prize in mathematics, walk away: You’re dealing with a deeply delusional individual. While there isn’t, and has never been, a Nobel in mathematics, the desire to claim Nobel-worthiness is sensible, for no matter the field, it is the world’s most…
AFP: Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca that presents a huge environmental challenge for Saudi Arabia. The Mamuniya camp in Mina near the holy city is dotted with colour-coded barrels black for organic waste and blue for cans and…
M Humayun Kabir: A leading US portal Politico reported that BNP has hired the services of two US-based firms to lobby the Trump administration on its behalf. However, several senior BNP leaders denied the authenticity of the report. The report published on September 10 read, “Abdul Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has hired Blue…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Welcoming the decision of armed forces deployment ahead of the December 30 elections, Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain expressed his hope that the deployment would create a congenial electoral environment, reports The Daily Star. In a letter signed by Dr Kamal, where he was initially designated as the convener of…
Hossen Sohel: At least one person died and 12 more were injured after a series of gas explosions wreaked havoc near Boston in the US. Gas explosions set fire to between 60 and 80 homes and business in the suburbs on Thursday evening. Teenager Leonel Rondon, 18, from Lawrence was killed when a chimney from…
Russia Today Greece’s top military brass have fired off a set of unusually stern warnings to Turkey, threatening to crush its troops if they dare to land on any disputed islet in the Aegean Sea – but Ankara didn’t mince its words either. Reacting to violations of Greek airspace by Turkish jets over the Aegean,…
Tahmeed Taha: Though the pass rate of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams is 77.77 percent and the lowest in nine years, it is nothing to worry about, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. At an event at the Ganabhaban yesterday, she said, “We hope it will rise in the future,” after she received…