Eurek Alert Modern meat chickens are a defining feature of the Anthropocene according to new research by Dr Carys Bennett and colleagues from the University of Leicester in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham and North West University, South Africa. The Anthropocene is the proposed new geological epoch that marks when human…
Abrar Hussain James Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries leading to breakthroughs in cancer therapy, according to a statement released yesterday by the award-giving body. “Allison and Honjo showed how different strategies for inhibiting the brakes on the immune system can be used in the…
Nayon Sarkar Twin girls conjoined at the head named Rabeya and Rokaiya of Pabna have been admitted to Burn Unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered to provide proper treatment to the conjoined twins, said Dr Samantalal Sen, chief coordinator of DMCH’s Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit. The…
Science Alert: It has been reported that extreme rainfall events are increasing over India and widespread floods have increased threefold over the last several decades from an average of two events per year to six events per year. But the link between extreme rainfall events and rising incidence of floods remains tenuous. There is scientific…
UNB: Police recovered the body of a madrasa student from a pond in Hazarpara area of Patkelghata upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ismail Hossain, 12, son of Shahbuddin, a resident of Enayetpur village in Kholishkhali union and a student of Hazrapara Hafizia Madrasa. Later, police recovered the body. The OC said…
Reuters: Iran called on Monday for militants to be “cleaned out” of Syria’s Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia about confronting the last major enclave held by rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian government forces are planning a phased offensive in Idlib and surrounding areas held by rebels fighting…
Kabir Humayun: BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has long been in exile being subjected to the government’s political vengeance, the party alleged. “Today, we remember the day when Tarique Rahman was released from Jail. I think, he is not yet physically fit as he has long been in exile and he can’t return home as…
DOT Desk: United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has recently opened its 187th branch – Kashinathpur Branch – at Kashinathpur in Pabna, reports The daily observer. UCB Managing Director Mohammed Shawkat Jamil inaugurated the branch as the chief guest. Other senior officials of the bank, local elite and businessmen were also present on the occasion.
Ian Almond/Al jazeera Enfolding criticism of Israel within the definition of anti-Semitism would risk rendering the word meaningless. I still remember the shock I felt when, at the age of 12, my teacher told me the word “joo” I had just spoken, which I had thought to mean to lie or cheat, was actually “Jew”…
M Humayun Kabir: Reiterating its concerns over the Digital Security Act, 2018, the European Union has labelled it as a threat to freedom of expression. The law can potentially be used to suppress and criminalise legitimate exercise of freedom of expression and freedom of the media, the EU said, in a joint statement issued yesterday,…