Gary Seidman, Salt Lake City, Utah/UNHCR(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Founder Samira Harnish, an Iraqi immigrant, is named Nansen Award regional finalist from the Americas. The bill was more than US$27,000 and, having recently arrived from Iraq, she had no insurance to cover it. “It’s a really big amount. I can’t afford it,” she…
ScienceAlert: Life has been soaking up sunlight and storing it as a fuel source for billions of years. But scientists have just put a new twist on this ancient process that could finally provide us with the efficiency we need to compete with fossil fuels. A study led by the University of Cambridge in the…
Reuters: At least six people were killed on Monday in al Shabaab attack on a local government building in Somalia’s capital, the director of an ambulance service and a Reuters witness said. “We have carried six dead people and 16 others injured. The death toll may rise,” Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Amin Ambulance service, told…
AFP: Authorities have issued health alert after 150 cases of pneumonia were recorded in a week, mainly in towns near the northern Italian city of Brescia. Suspecting the presence of a pneumonia-causing virus in the water supply, they have taken samples from the distribution network for analysis. Results are expected in several days.Autopsies will be conducted…
Kabir Humayun: The High Court yesterday directed the government to demolish the structures built beyond the layout plan in the capital’s Hatirjheel-Begunbari project within next seven days. The court also issued a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to protect the Hatirjheel-Begunbari project as per…
Kabir Humayun: BNP leaders and activists staged a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka demanding the release of party chief Khaleda Zia. The hour-long programme began around 11am and ended at 12pm. The concurrent protests also occurred in metropolitan areas and district towns, said BNP leaders. The BNP also announced…
Arab News: Turkish authorities detained 48 soldiers and eight others over alleged links to the US-based cleric who Ankara says orchestrated a failed 2016 coup against President Tayyip Erdogan, the Hurriyet newspaper said on Monday. Those detained were among 89 people whose detention was ordered in an investigation by Istanbul prosecutors, it said. Authorities have…
Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee jointly inaugurated the HVDC (2nd Block) Station at Bheramara in Kushtia yesterday. The power station has been set up for importing an additional 500MW of power from India. The Bangladesh and Indian Prime Ministers also jointly…
Reader’s Digest: A better night’s sleep? Happier mood? A strange rash? Spending time in the sun has upsides and downsides you’ve never heard of. Red, blotchy skin: Years of unprotected sun exposure can lead to permanently red, blotchy skin, says Jason Reichenberg, MD, associate professor at the University of Texas-Austin’s Dell Medical School and chief…
Hindustan TImes: Mindfulness — a meditative practice that focusses on paying attention to the present moment — can increase person’s tolerance to pain, a study has found. Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine in the US analysed data obtained from a study published in 2015 that compared mindfulness meditation to placebo analgesia. They sought…