Noor Majid: During the past decade, our South-East Asian neighbor Myanmar accelerated its illegal narcotics trade. The notorious Golden Triangle region situated at the border near the Thailand and Laos has become its main drug producing center. The opium cultivation has taken its lead in Myanmar’s Shaan state, which borders Laos and Thailand. The opium…
Elie Podeh /The Jerusalem Post The fight over Syria is over for now, but the final word has not yet been said. US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the remaining American troops from Syria came as a surprise, but the writing was on the wall already in April, when the he announced his intention…
Eurek Alert Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe – one that may solve the enigma of dark energy. Their new article, published in Physical Review Letters, proposes a new structural concept, including dark energy, for a universe that rides on an expanding bubble in an additional dimension. We have known…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The 11th national election is going to be held tomorrow under the complete supervision of the Election Commission (EC) and the Awami-League-led government is merely providing assistance to them, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday, reports The Daily Star. “It (the election) is going to be held like the…
CNN: Abdullah Hassan, who was on life support by the time his Yemeni mother was granted a visa to see him one last time, has died. The 2-year-old passed away Friday at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California, according to the Council on American Islamic Relations. His mother, Shaima Swileh, was barred from…
Tech Explorist Scientists at the University of Otago have made a groundbreaking revelation by identifying an association between smell and obesity. The study suggests that there is a strong link between a person’s body weight and their smell ability – the better a person can smell, the more likely the person is to be slim,…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Over 95,000 voters, including former prime minister Khaleda Zia and some ex-MPs, who are in jail, are missing to exercise their voting right today, with Election Commission taking no initiative in this regard. Former National Human Right Commission chairman Mizanur Rahman said there was no doubt that their basic right to…
Eurek Alert This risky method of anti-cancer therapy was suggested by scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU). Their review of mechanisms for molecular activation of stem cells of gliomas (most widely-spread brain tumors) was approved for publishing in the Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience journal. The scientists focused on the transition of cancerous stem cells…
Khagrachari correspondent A total of 11 candidates, including 3 from Awami League, have filed their nominations in Khagrachari. On Wednesday, the candidates submitted their forms at the office of Returning Officer and District Administrator Shahidul Islam. The eleven candidates are: lawmaker Kujendralal Tripura, former lawmaker Jatindralal Tripura, district AL vice president Samir Datta Chakma, BNP…
UNB Police here on Thursday recovered the severed body of a newborn boy from a dustbin at Tutpara in the city. Sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station Tipu Sultan said they recovered the body of newborn from the dustbin on Central Road around 11:30 am. The left hand, left leg and left ear of the baby…