Desk Report The idea behind these kinds of events is simple. Music is what brought all these people together. Music shall also transmit the noble message for which the concert was called. ‘Concert for Autism Awareness’ is a new concept for a country such as Bangladesh. If there are sceptics about the success of such…
Straits Times: Researchers studying the human digestive tract have found that probiotics have questionable benefits to gut health and may even delay the gut’s natural ability to return to normal. Probiotics are bacteria found naturally in food like yogurt and pickles, and are widely believed to contribute to one’s gut health and help protect against…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin The world has lost so many bright minds to drug addiction. Even people who we come across everyday might be stuggling with addiciton. Here are some methods to identify an addict: Changes in behavior or mood swings Mood swings are one of the most common changes evident in drug users. The users…
Lab News: A team from the US have discovered that the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, develops similar nerve damage to human patients in a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease. Studying transthyretin amyloidoses – a group of progressive nerve and cardiac degenerative diseases caused by the buildup of misfolded transthyretin (TTR) proteins in the…
Entertainment Desk: It wasn’t just CNN’s presidential debate that had trouble drawing viewers last night. The Big Bang Theory hit a season low on Thursday, with a 3.5 rating among adults 18-49, down three-tenths of a point from its last original episode. But the comedy still managed to lead the night, as per usual. The…
Samiul Bashar Samin In the previous instalment, we discussed the origins of comic books and how to get around them in detail. This part will feaute how to approach getting new comic books and finding your favorite graphic obsession. Word from the wise though, if you haven’t already bought a comic after reading the first…
Dr Muhammad Sougatul Islam, Senior Research Fellow, Biomedical Research Foundation Bangladesh & Vice President, Bangladesh Association of Biotechnology Graduates (BABG) A two-day national biotechnology fair was held at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre in Dhaka on September 7-8, 2018. It was first event of this kind organized by National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB) under…
Peter Van Buren, A 24-year State Department veteran, Author/BDnews24 The unnamed insiders who claim to be working clandestinely to resist Donald Trump are not heroes. As a State Department whistleblower who lost his career to tell the truth about the Iraq war, I am burdened by how the interviewees in Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,”…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand for the owner of bus that ran over two students at Dhaka’s Airport road, triggering mass student protests across the country demanding road safety. Metropolitan Magistrate Nurunnahar Yasmin passed the order after Md Shahadat Hossain, the owner of the transport agency Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan, was produced…
Eshan Maitra All The Lord of the Rings fan out there, now you have every right to get excited about the news. Back in 2003, when the first skeletons of tiny-men, Homo floresiensis was discovered and nicknamed ‘Hobbit’. Many argued these probably happened as result of some sort of epidemic. But newly found remains of…