Science Alert Salamanders are, by their very nature, slippery creatures. Perhaps none so slippery as the mysterious ‘leopard eel’ – an amphibian spotted intermittently in the waters of Florida over the last few decades that somehow managed to elude scientific study. Until now, that is. Ecologist Sean Graham of Sul Ross State University in Texas…
AP Cardi B is no longer feeling the love after little more than a year of marriage to fellow rapper Offset. She posted a video on Instagram saying that “things just haven’t been working out between us for a long time.” The 26-year-old says “I guess we just grew out of love, but we’re not…
Sky News The government says it will draw up new legislation after a review of mental health provision found some of the most vulnerable people in society are being given treatment that can be “traumatic” and “damaging”. The independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, set up by the prime minister in October 2017,…
NDTV A Chicago woman is suing Hilton Worldwide for $100 million saying that she was filmed naked in the shower by a hidden camera while a hotel guest — in footage uploaded with her name onto multiple porn sites. The unnamed plaintiff sued the hotel giant for negligence citing “severe and permanent psychological injuries,” “severe…
AP Cuba announced Tuesday night that its citizens will be offered full internet access for mobile phones beginning this week, becoming one of the last nations to offer such service. Mayra Arevich, president of the Cuban state telecom monopoly ETECSA, went on national television to say Cubans can begin contracting 3G service for the first…
Wion Japan, the land of rising sun, is facing a peculiar problem: Abandoned houses that have been left vacant as the nation’s population grays and its growth shrinks. So, the Shinzo Abe government has come up with a novel idea to make use of the pieces of property: Give them away at discounted price, or…
Abrar Hussain of DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the government does not want to see people burning alive as was happened in 2014 and 2015 in the name of resisting election and ousting the government. “We saw the horrible picture of burning a man alive… such horrible things cannot be committed…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai was honored by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education, reports AP. Harvard’s Kennedy School says Yousafzai was awarded the 2018 Gleitsman Award at a ceremony yesterday. Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was recognized…
Amanullah Kabir speaks to DOT : The ruling Awami League does not want that BNP participates in the general election. Awami League wants to re-enjoy the fun that it had in 2004. Random cases against BNP leaders and activists, and their arrests depicts that Awami League wants BNP not to contest in the election. In…
Arab News : The French government is considering lowering taxes on electricity in order to stabilise household power bills, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday. The government had said this week that it would prevent state-controlled utility EDF’s regulated power prices from rising this winter, but the firm’s competitors immediately said…