Tech Explorist Scientists at the University of Otago have made a groundbreaking revelation by identifying an association between smell and obesity. The study suggests that there is a strong link between a person’s body weight and their smell ability – the better a person can smell, the more likely the person is to be slim,…
Sabah Mannan Cambridge University Press, the world’s oldest publishing house, was accused of being a conspirator to the Communist party’s bid to whitewash the Chinese history after it approved to remove politically-sensitive articles from its Chinese website at the instruction of Beijing’s censors.In order to ensure that other academic and educational materials published remain available…
ThriveGlobal Let your partners talk about themselves:A study by several Harvard researchers found that talking about yourself is a pleasure akin to eating. As in, people love it. Study participants went as far as to give up money for the opportunity to talk about themselves. What this means is that letting people talk about themselves…
Ramzy Baroud/Middle East Monitor Israel wants to change the rules of the game entirely. With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden opportunity to redefine what has, for decades, constituted the legal and political foundation for the so-called ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict.’ While US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has, thus far, been…
Reuters: To hear Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls is perched on the cutting edge of an innovation in cryptocurrency. Located in an isolated savanna in the center of the country, Atapirire is the only town in an area the government says is brimming with 5 billion barrels…
DOT Desk Western Marine Shipyard Limited has received ship export orders worth Tk 6.06 billion from abroad, its chief said. The Chattogram-based leading ship-maker is building 10 ocean-going vessels and boats for exporting to three different countries, reports The Financial Express. “Norway, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India have given orders to our company for…
M Humayun Kabir: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday told the trial court to punish her as much as it wants, punish her as long as it wants as there is “no justice here”. The three times former premier said this after appearing before Special Judge Court-5 set for the first time at old central jail…
DOT Desk Fish prices increased further last week raising woes of the consumers. Prices of ginger and garlic, however, showed a slight decline while that of most other commodities remained stable in the last seven days ending Thursday, reports the Financial Express BD. River fishes, including hilsa, pabda, shrimp, ruhi, katla and shoul increased by…
Nurul Anwar, Former Inspector General of Police : Even if there are no queries regarding the ongoing anti-narcotics drives, there are many, from general people to experts, who have raised questions regarding killing people in ‘crossfire’. Whenever someone is killed, it is claimed that they were caught in the middle of a trade of bullets. When…
UNB, Dhaka The state-owned Petrobangla on Saturday formed a separate inquiry committee to investigate into the fire incident that originated reportedly due to gas leakage in a Banani house early Friday. Petrobangla director (administration) Md. Mostafa Kamal will head the 4-member committee, said a press release of the state-owned hydrocarbon corporation. The committee…