Science Alert One of the best-known fossils in paleontology, a virtually complete skeleton nicknamed “Little Foot”, could actually represent an entirely new species of early human, scientists have announced. The fossil was first discovered more than 20 years ago, and after decades of careful extraction and research, an analysis of the age, skull and limbs…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission has accepted the candidacy of BNP leaders M Morshed Khan and Abubakar Siddique, clearing their way for contesting in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election. The commission also rejected the candidacy of BNP leader Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin. M Morshed Khan will contest the polls from Chittagong 8 constituency,…
Tech Explorist Various studies have suggested the number of stars formed by galaxies each year. Now, in a new study by the Imperial College London, scientists estimated that some galaxies – called extreme starburst galaxies – can produce up to six times as many stars as was thought to be the limit. For this study,…
Science Alert It’s official news finally. At 2:23 am in southern China, a rocket carrying unique payload successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. On board is a lander which, if all goes smoothly, will soon make history by touching down on the far side of the Moon. The Chang’e 4 Futurism has previously…
Liberty Vittert/ Fox News Facebook is the villain and finally people know it. About 250 pages of highly confidential documents and company emails that shed light on Facebook’s attitude towards its customers, were released by a British lawmaker this week. But before we dive into that, let’s take a step back and remember Facebook’s first…
Food Envy Unless you’re completely out of touch with what’s going on around you – perhaps because you’ve been living under a rock in a very remote and entirely deserted area – you’ll be aware of just how popular veganism has become in the last few years. Yes, the number of people turning vegan has…
Anirudh Bhattacharyya, Toronto-based commentator on American affairs/Hindustan Times Fifteen years ago, a young American lawyer had a MeToo moment, though not quite in the context of that term’s current hashtagged connotation. She cold called the organisation Indian-American Leadership Initiative or IALI, which had been formed just three years earlier to build national support within the…
Jessica Goddard, Opinionatedmillennial living in Toronto/CBC News Nothing says ‘happy holidays’ like the death of nuance and frantic institutional overreaction After a radio station in Cleveland decided to withdraw Baby, It’s Cold Outside from its rotation of Christmas songs, Canadian stations (including a couple of CBC Music streams) were quick to follow suit. The concern…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday disclosed that around Tk 22,502 crore has been looted from the banking sector during two tenure of Awami League led government, reports The Daily Observer. CPD, a leading civil society think-tank, upheld the disclosure at a seminar in a hotel in Dhaka. CPD fellow Dr…
DOT Desk Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Saturday urged the political parties to pledge in their manifestos, to be announced for the 11th parliamentary elections, not to interfere in the banking sector if they win the polls, reports The Financial Express. He made the call while addressing…