Abrar Hussain Tri-pura’s newly elected Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and sought Bangladesh’s cooperation for Tripura’s development. Biplab Kumar made the phone call before he took oath as the first BJP Chief Minister in the Indian North East state, according to PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim. In response, Prime Minister…
CNN A new paper details how genetically modified pig hearts transplanted into baboons could support life and function for up to 195 days. The finding, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, takes scientists a small step closer to the possibility of using donor animal organs for human patients in need of a heart transplant….
AFP: Texting under the table should be a thing of the past when French children return to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools. The ban, a campaign pledge of President Emmanuel Macron’s, was brought in under a law passed in July which also banishes tablets and smart watches from French…
Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle at Bailyachhari in Matiranga upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Joyonto Tripura,22, and Sukhendra Tripura,45. Police said a rod-laden truck hit the motorbike from the opposite direction in the area around 10:30am, leaving Joyonto and Sukhendra dead on the spot. Police…
Hossen Sohel: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, eyeing an historic extended term, reaffirmed yesterday his resolve to revise the nation’s post-war, pacifist constitution and said he hoped his party could submit a proposal to parliament later this year, reports Reuters. Abe, who returned to office in December 2012 pledging to bolster defenses and reboot the…
Daniel T. Willingham, Professor of psychology at the University of Virginia & author/Gulf News Each is best suited to different purposes, and neither is superior A few years ago, when people heard I was a reading researcher, they might ask about their child’s dyslexia or how to get their teenager to read more. But today…
Dr. Mamtazuddin Patwari, Professor of History, BOU : Awami League-backed candidate Jahangir Alam defeated his BNP counterpart Hasan Uddin Sarkar by bagging more than double the votes the latter got in the Gazipur city polls. Hasan told the journalists that their aim was not to grab the power; rather they wanted to unveil the real character…
The Probortok More Branch of First Security Islami Bank Limited has been shifted at the new premises- Equity Point, Holding # 135, K. B. Fazlul Kader Road, Probortok More, Panchlaish, Chittagong on August 29, 2017 with a view to providing shariah based modern banking services in a greater extent to its clients. Mr. Syed Waseque…
Sayeed Muhammad Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained five suspected members of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Narayanpur Digholbadh area in Habiganj district.The detainees have been identified as Hazi Abdul Kuddus, Abul Kashem, Abdur Nur, Nazrul Islam, and Ruhul Amin, all aged between 45 and 28.The elite force’s Senior…