Science Alert: The eggs laid by a group of “pampered” hens in the UK contain something special in their whites. After researchers from the University of Edinburgh spliced a human gene into the chickens’ DNA, the animals began laying eggs boasting a significant amount of two proteins used to treat diseases including cancer in humans…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmad announced that the commission is considering slowing down the internet bandwidth on polling day on December 30. Internet bandwidth will be readjusted to normal level after 4:00pm. Ahmad was briefing officials about election result management at the Election Training Centre (ETI) in the capital’s Nirbachan Bhaban…
Eurek Alert: Plants don’t need noses to smell. The ability is in their genes. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered the first steps of how information from odor molecules changes gene expression in plants. Manipulating plants’ odor detection systems may lead to new ways of influencing plant behavior. The discovery is the first…
Sky News A “dead” comet that resembles a human skull is set to travel past the Earth less than a fortnight after Halloween. The space rock, officially named Asteroid 2015 TB145, was discovered on 10 October 2015 by a team at the University of Hawaii. NASA fittingly nicknamed the asteroid the “Great Pumpkin” before it…
Farhin Ahmed Mim The mysterious shipwreck of La Lune, a vessel in King Louis XIV’s fleet remained untouched since 1964 when it sank till its first visitor, which was a mecha-mermaid recovering the centuries-old treasure. Named OceanOne, this robot is not a stereotypical robot which combines artificial intelligence, sensory feedback and dexterous mechanical construction. It…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh is among the four nations in South Asia that experienced decline in terror attacks. While terror impact on South Asia has worsened on average, Bangladesh shows improvement in security alongside Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, said the 2018 Global Terrorism Index. Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are amongst the ten countries most impacted…
Nasib Ahsan The movie is a romantic fable about a construction worker. His name is Lateef (Hossein Abedini), and he labors on a building site not far from the border with Afghanistan. All of the labor here is manual, including hauling 50-pound bags of cement up a series of ramps. Lateef doesn’t actually work very…
Hossen Sohel: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained yesterday on his release from prison after serving a 30-day sentence for an unauthorised protest, his spokesperson said. “Alexei Navalny was detained outside the detention centre,” Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter, adding that the politician was taken to a central Moscow police station, reports news channel…
Raj Abrar: Awami League candidate Habibun Nahar has been elected MP from Bagerhat-3 constituency as there were no other contenders for the by-election. Returning officer Md Nuruzzaman Talukder declared her MP yesterday morning, reports UNB. She had submitted her nomination paper on May 24 as the lone candidate. Earlier on May 21, Awami League picked…
BSS Police recovered the bullet hit body of a youth along with a pistol from Natun Shaheber Char village of Akoter Char union under Sadarpur upazila of this district on Saturday. The body was identified as of Tito Chowdhury,38, son of one Sattar Chowdhury of Shahaber Char who was alleged to be a drug addict…