Science Daily: In a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living (life free of dementia or persistent physical disability). Risk of dying from a range of causes, including cancer and heart disease, varied and…
Susan Hattis Rolef/The Jerusalem Post For the prime minister, this visit was apparently his first direct encounter with battered women, and he seemed genuinely shocked and even confused. On November 25, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited a shelter in Jerusalem for women who suffer from violence in the family, on the…
Science Daily: Researchers have produced the most comprehensive family tree and atlas of mammals to date, connecting all living and recently extinct mammal species (nearly 6,000 in total) and overturning many previous ideas about global patterns of biodiversity. The atlas shows where species occur today as well as where they would occur, if they had…
M Humayun Kabir: Journalists yesterday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the government for arresting those involved in attack on working journalists during the ongoing student movement demanding safe roads. The journalists issued the ultimatum from a human chain at Saarc Fountain in Karwan Bazar area yesterday, reports UNB. If their demand is not met within…
Arab News: Iran’s supreme leader on Monday accused President Hassan Rouhani’s government of mismanagement, after a string of angry public protests over the dire state of the economy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement was an apparent attempt to deflect public anger over the plunging worth of the rial — the currency has lost about half of…
Mohammad Zamir, Former Ambassador and Expert on International Relations : Bangladesh has provided shelter to lakhs of Rohingya refugees without question because of its humanitarian, thoughtful heart. However, sometimes we are naive as well. This is the reason why we give shelter to them. The world is gradually shutting its doors to refugees. Thus, there…
Reuters: Sudanese-born British national Salih Khater was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday and will appear in court on Monday after a car careered into people and a barrier at Britain’s parliament earlier this week, police said. Khater will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with the attempted murders of…
Sky News : Colin Kroll, the co-founder of the HQ Trivia app and Vine, has been found dead in his New York apartment. Mr Kroll, 35, was discovered by police who were called to his lower Manhattan home by the tech entrepreneur’s girlfriend soon after midnight on Sunday. She had been unable to raise him…
UNB More than 300 of patients of Kotalipara upazila are taking treatment inside dilapidated buildings every day amid heightened risk of an accident occurring at the Upazila Health Complex. Their suffering has worsened as surgeries have stopped taking place at the complex since last April, now over 7 months, due to shortage of doctors, nurses…
Sheikh Mohammad Fahim I used the word “Choose” to symbolize two very important things. The first being that choosing to go professional with a game is not a decision that particularly puts you on a straight route. You will never make it on the first attempt. That’s a given. Choosing to go down the path…