Mostafa Kamal Majumder The demise of eminent journalist Gias Kamal Chowdhury has cast a pall of gloom across the country. For many colourful facets of his popular personality he was a living legend in the profession and respected by people…
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Arctic Temperatures Highest In 44,000 Years
Average summer temperatures in the eastern Canadian Arctic are higher than they have been in at least the past 44,000 years and perhaps higher than at any time in the past 120,000 years, according to a new study.
Sri Lanka: Coming to term with new environment
TNA Chief Minister for NPC
Life expectancy up, says minister
Health minister AFM Ruhal Haque has claimed that improved health services during his government’s tenure pushed up people’s average life expectancy by three years.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki beckon nuke free world
By Ramesh Jaua
Countering the ideology of hate
The world was rocked by two terrorist attacks over the past week: one in Kenya by Al-Shabaab which gunned down innocent civilians. The other was in Pakistan when the Tehrik-e-Taliban killed more than 91 Pakistani Christians. Both were inspired by…
Human rights of migrant workers in the Middle East
By Dr Gyan Basnet and Mansoor H. Albalooshi
Pol parties urged to focus on malnutrition
Bangladesh’s nutrition activists raised their voice on Saturday to press for ‘multi-sectoral’ efforts to purge widespread malnutrition.
Election related confusion mounting In Bangladesh
By Nava Thakuria
Chomsky on ‘peace talks’ and the Syria war
Frank Barat: What is the definition of negotiations in Israel-US language and why is the Palestinian Authority playing along? Noam Chomsky: From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of…
UN ‘should reopen inquiry into Dag Hammarskjold’s death’
A commission looking into the death of former United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold has recommended that the UN reopen its investigation.
Fidel Castro: The tariffed truth, Snowden and Syria
By Fidel Castro
Burma blacklists foreign reporters for covering Rohingya crisis
By Hanna Hindstrom
Can we save our urban water systems?
Existing urban water systems are at the end of their design lifetimes. New, innovative solutions are needed, and these must combine technology and engineering with an understanding of social systems and institutions.
Dutch Prince Johan Friso dies after year in coma
By PanArmenian
Aid can make lives better, project conclude
Foreign aid can significantly improve economic, social and human development, but practitioners must be open about failure if it is to succeed in the future, concludes a three-year research programme.
For teacher, a learning experience
By Lindsey Blest
‘Greater policy, budgetary support urged for child equity’
Progress in attaining equity is uneven in Bangladesh despite impressive trends observed in reaching gender parity in education, school enrollment, and youth literacy, a study revealed on Wednesday.
Last days Of Adnan Latif, who died in Guantánamo last year
Andy Worthington His article, published simultaneously here and on the “Close Guantánamo” website, contains exclusive information from the unclassified notes of a visit to Abdelhadi Faraj — a Syrian prisoner, and one of 86 men cleared for release from Guantánamo…
Story of Urinating in Space
“Do it in the suit.” According to Tom Wolfe’s book “The Right Stuff,” that’s what mission control said to Alan Shepard during Mercury-Redstone 3, when the astronaut said he needed to urinate. Shepard did as he was told. The first…
Predict earthquake with your Smartphone
Living in an earthquake zone adds a certain spice to life. A team from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created an app that uses the accelerometer in your smartphone, and turns it into a simple seismometer (device that…
Computer mouse inventor dies at 88
The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, has died aged 88.
Sunshine, freedom and a little flower
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
Indigenous people engulfed in CHT land conflict: AI
The government’s failure to address rights to traditional lands in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region has left tens of thousands of Indigenous people landless and trapped them in a cycle of violent clashes with the Bangalee settlers, said Amnesty…
Umrah visa valid ‘only for 2 weeks’
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj has decided to limit the validity of Umrah visas to only 14 days because of the ongoing work to expand the mataf — the cicumambulation area.
4 Bangladeshi peacekeepers get awards
Four Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who had lost their lives while performing peacekeeping duties last year, were awarded for their contribution to world peace.
Life becoming normal in coasts as millions return home
People in the country’s coastal districts have heaved a sigh of relief as Mahasen caused less damage than feared though some coastal districts, particularly Patuakhali, Bhola and Barguna, bear the brunt of its strike.
Helping to battle child slavery
Susan Scaffidi Contributing writer
How to deal with jealousy
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have dominated Celebrity Big Brother talk this week and proven to be must-see viewing.
How excess holiday eating disturbs your ‘Food Clock’
Jason Bardi If the sinful excess of holiday eating sends your system into butter-slathered, brandy-soaked overload, you are not alone: People who are jet-lagged, people who work graveyard shifts and plain-old late-night snackers know just how you feel.