Saudi Arabia’s harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders – and some Saudi liberals – as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East for years and struck in Paris last week.However, while…
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1 billion people have no toilet!
Some 2.4 billion people around the world don’t have access to decent sanitation and more than a billion are forced to defecate in the open, risking disease and other dangers, according to the United Nations.Launching its World Toilet Day campaign…
Guinness records break moulds
From a dog skate-boarding through a tunnel of human legs to a man holding lit candles in his mouth, people around the world have been marking Guinness World Records Day with a range of quirky feats.From the young to the…
Bangladeshi tourists contribute to Indian economy
The Indian exchequer has witnessed a massive growth due to the tourism inflow from Bangladesh.Disclosing this, officials in the Indian Tourism Ministry said that the country earned Rs 96.11 billion of foreign exchange through tourism in October 2015.“Bangladesh accounts for…
Modigliani nude sells for $170 million
A Modigliani nude painting was sold to an unnamed Chinese buyer at Christie’s on Monday for $170.4 million, the second-highest price ever for a work of art at auction, as deep-pocketed collectors continue to pay, and pay big, for some…
US teens addicted to technology
US teenagers average more than six and a half hours a day in front of screens, from televisions to tablets, with pre-teens lagging close behind, a report released Tuesday said.Authors of the study, which was conducted by the Common Sense…
You click 2,000 selfies a year
In today’s selfie-obsessed world, how many self-portraits do you think an average youngster snaps in a year? Well, more than 2,000 selfies a year, according to a new study.The study from Intel and Lineage Labs found that millennials take an…
Muscular beauty
Looks no longer centre only on the face in beauty-obsessed South Korea, where more women are hitting the gym to improve muscle tone and physical health.As the ideal of beauty evolves in a country that is a trendsetter in cosmetics…
Emotional attachment to work good for health
Workers who feel emotionally attached to and identify with their work have better psychological well-being, says a new study.Efforts to increase affective organisational commitment (AOC) – the employee’s emotional attachment to, identification with, and involvement in the organisation – may…
Kabul University hosts women’s studies programme
A group of Afghan students gathered on the leafy campus of Kabul University this week to embark on an unlikely course – the country’s first Master’s degree in gender and women’s studies.Advances made for women since US-led troops ousted the…
Everyday mindfulness can cut belly fat
Those who are aware of each and every moment of their life have less fat around their belly than those who do not pay attention to the present, new research shows.The study of nearly 400 people found that those who…
Asia’s hunger for bread and pastries boosts wheat demand
Asia is losing some of its appetite for rice in favour of wheat, a trend that is nowhere more pronounced than South Korea where bread and pastries have become a new staple.From working mothers, who find toast more convenient to…
Yahoo to tighten security
Yahoo’s next step in password security is to eliminate them altogether.Starting on Thursday, the company announced, users of the Yahoo Mail app on both iOS and Android will have access to a new service called Yahoo Account Key, which uses…
Modern life with facebook
Like any good hermit Rachel Denton rises early in the morning to tend to her vegetable garden, feed her chickens, and pray.But the former British nun, who has pledged to live the rest of her life in solitude, has another…
Facebook to update Newsfeed for accommodating weak connections
Facebook Inc updated its Newsfeed feature on Tuesday so that content loads quickly even with weak Internet connections.Many of Facebook’s users are in emerging markets with weak 2G connections, such as India, Brazil and Mexico, where it is difficult to…
Cycling, a way to good health?
Regarded as a great form of aerobic exercise, cycling is an activity any one can take up. It’s also the best way to take in the countryside… When it comes to your fitness, it’s time to reinvent the wheel, pun…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
Flawless 100-carat diamond sells for $22.1 million at NY auction
An eye-popping, 100-carat diamond, the highlight of a magnificent jewels sale in New York on Tuesday, sold for $22.1 million, Sotheby’s auction house said.
Bibi Russell visits Rajasthan to support artisans and crafts
Bangladesh’s prominent fashion designer Bibi Russell is visiting India’s Rajasthan state as a ‘state guest’.
Obesity has six types not one
There are six different types of obese people and targeting them by type results in better treatment than a one-size-fits-all approach, says a study.
Apple cooperation with antitrust monitor down ‘sharply’ – report
Apple Inc’s cooperation with a court-appointed monitor has “sharply declined” as he reviews the iPad maker’s antitrust compliance policies, the monitor wrote in a report to a judge.
E-cigarette use soared, smoking rate fell among US youth in 2014: CDC
Electronic cigarette use among US middle and high school students tripled in 2014 while cigarette use fell to record lows, according to provocative new data that is likely to intensify debate over whether e-cigarettes are a boon or bane to…
Papal iPad fetches $30,500 at auction in Uruguay
An Apple iPad which belonged to Pope Francis fetched $30,500 at auction on Tuesday, with proceeds going to a school for the poor in Uruguay, the local auction house selling the item said.
German Nobel literature prize-winning author Günter Grass dead
German novelist Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of “The Tin Drum”, an epic treatment of the Nazi era, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishers said.