When Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)” set a record on Monday as the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, it was by a wide margin of nearly $40 million, fetching just under $180 million.Christie’s’ sale of 35 works…
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Nano memory stores data like a human brain
Australian scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed nano memory capable of storing information in a way similar to a human brain — a significant step towards the creation of a bionic brain, Australian media reported. The device, 10,000…
10 most expensive paintings in the world
A painting by Pablo Picasso has sold for $179.4m, earning it a place on the top ten list of the most expensive paintings ever sold – a list we first published in February this year when a piece by Gauguin…
Fitness vacations favour fun, adventure over weight loss
Fitness vacations have ventured far from the fat farm.Today’s fit-focused travellers want to pair exercise with escapades and fitness with fun, whether it’s yoga among the sea turtles, bootcamp on the beach or a zumba cruise.
UK has just unearthed new ‘top secret’ colonial-era Govt files
By Katie Engelhart The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has located a new cache of colonial-era government documents, VICE News has learned. The documents, some with “Top Secret” classifications and tantalizing subject titles, originate in the Colonial Office — the…
Chhatra Union calls strike, JCD countrywide demo Monday
The Bangladesh Chhatrta Union has called strike in all educational institutions across Bangladesh on Monday tom protest police action injuring 30 of their activists when they held a demonstration neat the DMP office in the city early Sunday afternoon to…
Stolen first edition copy of Marquez masterpiece retrieved
The Colombian police have announced that a stolen first-edition copy of “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, Nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s most renowned novel, has been recovered.The book, stolen from the International Book Fair of Bogota on May 2,…
Revitalise skin with water, exercise
Stay hydrated, exercise regularly and follow skin care regime religiously to protect skin from getting damaged. Experts from FashionAndYou, a flash website in the fashion and lifestyle space, share tips on how to save your skin this summer:
Study shows measles vaccine thwarts other infectious diseases
The measles vaccine provides benefits beyond merely protecting against that highly contagious viral respiratory disease that remains a leading childhood killer in parts of the world, scientists say.By blocking the measles infection, the vaccine prevents measles-induced immune system damage that…
Quake-hit Nepal families desperate to get on with their lives
By Naresh Newar Nepal, May 5 (IPS) – Just over a week after a dreadful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal, displaced families are gradually – but cautiously – resuming their normal lives, though most are still badly shaken by the…
Bosses must ‘serve’ employees for better productivity
Employees feel the most valued and perform their job well when their bosses create a culture of trust, caring, cooperation, fairness and empathy, shows a new study.
Can’t resist late-night snacking?
Do you find it hard to satiate your desire for food at night even after gobbling up most of what was left in the refrigerator?This is because the same food images satisfy the brain less at night than during the…
A true story of a man who cut out own appendix
During an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov became seriously ill. He needed an operation – and as the only doctor on the team, he realised he would have to do it himself.
‘In A Land Far From Home’, English version of Syed Mujtaba Ali’s memoir ‘Deshe Bideshe’, launched
The English translation of celebrated writer Syed Mujtaba Ali’s famous book ‘Deshe Bideshe’ has been launched in Dhaka.It is the only published eyewitness account of Afghanistan’s tumultuous days in the 1920s by a non-Afghan.
Square dancing runs circles around other hobbies for China’s elderly
Chinese-style square dancing is running circles around other hobbies for the elderly, with millions taking to parks and plazas across China, swivelling their hips and rolling their arms – but it’s not to everyone’s liking.Every evening through the year, hundreds…
Skin care in summer with “C”
Protect your skin from the harsh ultra-violet rays of the sun with vitamin C.
Waz Mohfil in memory of Khwaza Moinuddin Chisty April 4
A waz and Zikir Mohfil, organised by the inhabitants of Gandaria in memory of Hazrat Khwaza Moinuddin Chisty (ra) will be held at Dayaganj, (Jurain Road, Mir Hazirbagh) on April 4 Monday at 4 pm. Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti…
Why Kim Jong Un cancelled his Russia visit
A widely anticipated event is not happening. As the Russian President’s press secretary stated for the record this week: Marshal Kim Jong Un will not be participating in forthcoming celebrations for VE day in Moscow. This is hardly a surprising…
Catch some sun to lower pancreatic cancer risk
Low levels of vitamin D could raise risk of pancreatic cancer as the rates of the disease are the highest in countries with the least amount of sunlight, says a study.”If you are living at a high latitude or in…
Germans switch sausage for soya over green, health concerns
Germans, known for their love of sausages, are eating less meat and more vegetarian food as concerns grow about health, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock farming.
No woman, no world
By Sean Buchanan London, Apr 27 2015 (IPS) – Almost exactly two years ago, on the morning of Apr. 24, over 3,600 workers – 80 percent of them young women between the ages of 18 and 20 – refused to…
The UN at 70: A time for compliance
By Dr. Joan Russow and Lori Johnston Victoria, Canada , Apr (IPS) – At key anniversaries of the U.N., there have been calls for compliance with international instruments. In 1995, Secretary-General Boutros Boutrous-Ghali indicated support at the 50th anniversary of…
Rare elephant bird egg could fetch more than $70,000 at auction
Believed to be more than 400 years old and nearly 200 times the size of a chicken egg, an extremely rare elephant bird egg will be auctioned in London this week, with an estimated price tag of up to $76,000.
JU students for trial of sexual offenders
Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have demanded exemplary punishment against sexual harassment of a indigenous female student on the ‘Pahela Baishakh’ night. The demand was voiced from programme under the banner ‘Nipironer Birudhe Jahangirnagar’organised in front of the administration building…
Modern day slavery too often goes unpunished in India, says report
A shortage of specialised legal care and protection means that victims of trafficking and bonded labour in India fail to get justice and perpetrators continue to buy and sell people with impunity, a report says.
Hajj: Journey of a life time
Shah Abdul Halim Talbia or the monotheistic hymn: labbayka allahuma labbayk. labbayka la sharika laka labbayk. inna al hamda wa an-ni’mata laka wa l-mulk. la sharika lak. Here I stand before You O Allah. Here I stand. Here I stand.…
The Whitney Museum of American Art opens in downtown NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art will open up its new home in downtown New York City on May 1 with an exhibition that details the history of art in the United States from 1900 to the present day.
Multi-faith prayers open “Earth Day” celebrations in Nevada
Multi-faith invocation launched “Earth Day” celebrations in Nevada on April 26. Religious statesman Rajan Zed directed this special multi-faith invocation; which included Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish and Native American prayers focused on healthier environment and respecting the nature of…
Pahela Boishakh scandal: Some heads must roll
You can only be left stupefied at the depths to which denial of reality has sunk in this country. The assault on women at the Pahela Baishakh celebrations in the Dhaka University campus does not seem to have moved the…
Six-month-olds are using mobile phones: Survey
More than one-third of babies are tapping on smartphones and tablets even before they learn to walk or talk, a US-based survey shows.