The Guardian:Researchers are asking people who have suffered from depression and anxiety to provide DNA samples so they can look for common genes Genetic links to anxiety and depression are to be explored in the largest ever study into the issue, experts have announced. Researchers are calling on people in England to sign up to…
Reuters: British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said it is “extraordinary” that Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites, but won’t co-operate with western efforts to remove child abuse content. “Seems extraordinary that Google is considering censoring its content to get into China but won’t cooperate…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the process of seizing the properties of the families of war criminals has been finalized, reports The Dhaka Tribune. “The work to seize their [war criminals’ families’] properties started last year,” he said at a press conference held at Akhaura, in…
Syed Nasir Ershad In the US, the 1965 Immigration Act was another milestone.There was no numerical quota on a western-hemisphere country until 1965. In 1965, when national origin quotas had been repealed, Congress replaced it with a system of so-called equal quotas. Every country gets the same number, so it was supposed to get rid…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Terrorists are becoming more & more radical and unpredictable day by day. At first, Anti-Terrorism units were hunting them down. But, in recent missions, these terrorists are adapting innovative ways to reply back violently against the law & enforcement. In past few months, 65 terrorists were killed in 15 missions. But…
UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh National Museum (BNM) is going to publish the biggest catalogue of artifacts in Asia. President of BNM trustee board M Azizur Rahman said this at a discussion, titled ‘Collection Management System and Descriptive Catalogues of Bangladesh Museum, held at the museum on Saturday. Azizur Rahman said this catalogue will be published in…
John Mcbeth/Asia Times Eighty million millennials will be eligible to vote in Indonesia’s April 17 elections, a massive bloc that could carry the day if they really cared For a fleeting moment, before elder politicians started trading barbs at last week’s first presidential election debate, 49-year-old business entrepreneur Sandiaga Uno gave Indonesian voters a glimpse…
Hossen Sohel: The UN Security Council on Monday approved US-drafted measures aimed at ensuring that tough sanctions on North Korea do not impede deliveries of humanitarian aid to the isolated country, reports AFP. Nearly half of North Korea’s population – 10 million people – is undernourished, according to UN officials, who have reported a drop…
Hossen Sohel: A Pakistani court yesterday ordered the release of jailed ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending the sentences they received from a lower court in July and prompting celebrations among supporters waiting outside, reports Reuters. The Islamabad High Court suspended the 10-year sentence for Sharif and the seven-year term handed down…
Kazi Akramuddin Ahmad, Former President, FBCCI : I hope the next national budget will be one that is balanced and will bring about an industrial revolution. We have to incite an industrial revolution. I ran industry all my life. Even though Japan and Germany were ruined after the Second World War, they developed by focusing on…