The Japan Times: People in Japan have been complaining about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics since Japan’s capital was awarded the games. Netizens have railed against everything from the apparent insensitivity of hosting the two-week competition while the Tohoku region continues to recover from the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake to the mascots that look…
WION: Months after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gave us a happy picture of a royal wedding, another person from Britain’s royal family is ready to walk down the aisle — Princess Eugenie with longtime boyfriend Jack Brooksbank. Princess Eugenie got engaged recently and announced the date of her wedding as October 12 but what’s…
Science Alert: The ability to reverse ageing is something many people would hope to see in their lifetime. This is still a long way from reality, but in our latest experiment, we have reversed the ageing of human cells, which could provide the basis for future anti-degeneration drugs. Ageing can be viewed as the progressive…
Banglanews24: Health minister Mohammad Nasim has ordered to shut down all medical coaching centers from September 1 to ensure holding undisturbed MBBS and BDS admission tests. The minister also warned that necessary legal action under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act will be taken to stop question paper leak and other rumors regarding question paper…
UNB: Bangladesh needs to address road safety issues seriously and take this as an opportunity to show the world considering the issue is already there in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says an international expert. “Bangladesh is doing very well economically. You have a very, very stable economic growth. It comes with more roads, more vehicles…
Desk Report: The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050, say researchers. Is it too late? It sits on swampy land, the Java Sea lapping against…
M Humayun Kabir: The locations of four among the six assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have yet to be traced in the nine years since they were sentenced to death. The negotiations have yet to bear fruit to extradite the two other convicts, who have been located abroad, home to face the penalty, reports…
Gulf-times: Eating carrots, onions and broccoli are passe, the humble radish could be the newest heart-healthy vegetable, say researchers. The findings showed that compounds found in the Sakurajima Daikon, or ‘monster,’ radish could help protect coronary blood vessels and potentially prevent heart disease and stroke, researchers including Katsuko Kajiya from the Kagoshima University in Japan…
UNB: Bangladesh Election Monitoring Alliance (Bema), a common platform of 31 organisations, was launched aiming to ensure transparent, free and fair elections in the country. The organisation got approval from the Election Commission (EC), said a press release. The Bema launching was disclosed during a meeting of the representatives of 31 organisations at the auditorium…
The Independent, BD: Poor navigability in river Padma is likely to disrupt ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, affecting homebound passengers from 21 southern districts. If the services remain suspended, the holidaymakers will have to use the alternative ferry route of Paturia-Dawlatdia, sources said. At present, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation…