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Mid-night cravings in hostel life

Mid-night cravings in hostel life

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-10-07 19:48:32

Students are returning to their residential dorms after 18 months of the closure of educational institutions. Now when they are leaving home after a long time, what possibly can they miss regarding t...

How to make vitamin C effective for the body

How to make vitamin C effective for the body

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-10-07 19:31:13

During the Covid 19 pandemic, the advice that everyone heard the most is - ‘Eat more vitamin C-enriched foods." Anticipating that this vitamin will enhance the immune system, many people took th...

How to avoid getting scammed while shopping online

How to avoid getting scammed while shopping online

Abriti Ahmed Duity 2021-10-07 18:12:51

Shopping online can be effortless, convenient, and time-saving. Yet, frauds, scams or even hijacks have become frequent occurrences nowadays.  Especially, after the scam of several big e-commerc...

Fest, fun, folklore in the special month of October

Fest, fun, folklore in the special month of October

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-10-06 20:18:11

Many on social media may agree that the highest number of birthdays in their friend circle is celebrated between September and October. Whether or not October owns the date of birth of yourself or yo...

7,000-year-old Indonesian woman reshapes views on early humans: Research

7,000-year-old Indonesian woman reshapes views on early humans: Research

-- 2021-10-06 12:41:58

Genetic traces in the body of a young woman who died 7,000 years ago have provided the first clue that mixing between early humans in Indonesia and those from faraway Siberia took place much earlier t...

Extra saucy or neat burger?

Extra saucy or neat burger?

Nowshaba Achal 2021-10-02 13:51:05

A basic or brioche bun, and a patty made of chicken, beef, mutton or fish and house special sauce or mayonnaise - what does this description bring to your mind? Certainly, it is a burger. Adding...

Croc bites low-flying drone!

Croc bites low-flying drone!

-- 2021-10-02 11:15:32

Add saltwater crocodiles to the list of drone hazards. A cameraman filming for an Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) documentary captured the moment a "salty" leapt from the water and snatched the dr...

British Museum keeps looted bronzes!

British Museum keeps looted bronzes!

-- 2021-10-01 09:25:33

An artist from Benin City in Nigeria said the British Museum had accepted his gift of a bronze plaque in what he felt was a possible first step towards the museum's return of the priceless Benin...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts after about a year

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts after about a year

-- 2021-10-01 08:59:19

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano, in its first eruption in nearly a year, was filling the crater at its summit with hot red lavaand clouding the skies with volcanic smog on Thursday morning, the US Geological...

Discovery of fossils of two big dinosaurs announced

Discovery of fossils of two big dinosaurs announced

-- 2021-09-30 09:45:26

Fossils found on a rocky beach show there was double trouble on England's Isle of Wight about 127 million years ago, with a pair of large previously unknown dinosaur predators living perhaps side by s...

The plight of bachelors who don't have time to cook

The plight of bachelors who don't have time to cook

Anadil Maisha 2021-09-29 19:00:16

Around nine million people walk the streets of Dhaka every day. Although most people return to the comfort of their homes after a long day at work with a warm meal to look forward to, it isn’t t...

China kills three housecats that tested positive for COVID-19

China kills three housecats that tested positive for COVID-19

-- 2021-09-29 17:52:08

A city in northern China has killed three housecats after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a local media report. The authorities in Harbin said the action was taken because there was n...

Smartphones: Connectedness or loneliness?

Smartphones: Connectedness or loneliness?

Anadil Maisha 2021-09-27 18:52:52

Unbeknownst to many, the first ever smartphone was actually invented by IBM some time in 1992. However, the term ‘smartphone’ wasn’t coined until 1995. It took years from that time...

Video of man setting his motorcycle on fire goes viral on Facebook

Video of man setting his motorcycle on fire goes viral on Facebook

-- 2021-09-27 18:24:46

A video of a man burning his own motorcycle has gone viral on social media in Bangladesh and is being publicised as an incident of protest to counter “harassment” by traffic police. The m...

Vaccination requirement: How to apply for NID

Vaccination requirement: How to apply for NID

Zahidur Rabbi 2021-09-25 19:30:20

Registration for a national identity (NID) card has been a much-talked-about issue in recent times since having the card is mandatory to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Many young people, especially studen...

For bail, Indian man has to wash clothes of all women in his village

For bail, Indian man has to wash clothes of all women in his village

-- 2021-09-23 18:47:35

An Indian man accused of attempted rape has been given bail on the condition to wash and iron the clothes of all women in his village for six months free of cost. Avinash Kumar, Additional district j...

How your hobbies can matter to people

How your hobbies can matter to people

Mirza Josfique Arefin 2021-09-20 18:04:39

“What is your hobby?” One of the most common questions that almost all of us had to face from our childhood, be it by our relatives at our home or by our teachers and friends at school. As...

Bat researchers on mission to track origin of Covid-19

Bat researchers on mission to track origin of Covid-19

-- 2021-09-20 12:57:20

Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ag...

Hangout places: Campus shadows to rooftop restaurants

Hangout places: Campus shadows to rooftop restaurants

Tahseen Nower 2021-09-19 18:27:20

There is a place at almost every university campuses in Bangladesh that holds an undebatable five-star rating by its peers for most soulful hangouts. Some are not even specific to individuals as well....

Over 1,400 dolphins killed in Faroe Islands

Over 1,400 dolphins killed in Faroe Islands

-- 2021-09-16 16:34:24

More than 1,400 dolphins have been killed off the coast of the Faroe Islands in a single day, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said, as part of the Danish territory's century-old traditional Grin...

Lab-grown fish fingers anyone?

Lab-grown fish fingers anyone?

-- 2021-09-14 10:10:01

Europe's largest frozen food group and the maker of Birds Eye fish fingers has teamed up with US company BlueNalu to develop seafood products grown from cells in a laboratory rather than harvested fro...

How to not pay the whole bill alone

How to not pay the whole bill alone

Kaniz Fatema 2021-09-07 19:07:00

If you are a social butterfly and you love hanging out with groups, but don’t know how to contribute a fair share when it comes to the bill, it means your pocket remains at constant threat of be...

Murumuru butter: A healthy skin-care ingredient

Murumuru butter: A healthy skin-care ingredient

MORIUM KULSUM 2021-09-06 14:48:02

When it comes to buying body butter (skin moisturiser), consumers often opt for the current top sellers — shea butter and cocoa butter. However, recent trends show a popular new alternative call...

Rising sea levels endangering Komodo dragon

Rising sea levels endangering Komodo dragon

-- 2021-09-04 23:06:38

The populations of four of the most commercially fished tuna species are showing signs of recovery but rising sea levels mean the Komodo dragon is now classed as endangered on the latest Red List of s...

Tsundoku: Your neglected books

Tsundoku: Your neglected books

MEHENAZ SULTANA   2021-09-04 16:31:36

A collection of fancy silverware, stuck inside the cabinet because mother decides to use only one set for the rest of her life, while the poor plates and saucers live a purposeless existence. The youn...

Bangladeshi homemakers and their association with catering businesses

Bangladeshi homemakers and their association with catering businesses

ZEBA FAREHA HOSSAIN   2021-09-03 16:30:59

Bangladeshi homemakers are often labelled as people limited to household chores and similar activities, is it not? Well, just like a lot of other glass ceilings and stereotypes, they are breaking it b...

Twin elephants born in Sri Lanka for first time in 80 years

Twin elephants born in Sri Lanka for first time in 80 years

-- 2021-09-03 12:49:24

An elephant in Sri Lanka gave birth to twins on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 80 years, wildlife authorities said. The twins, both males, were born to 25-year-old Surangi at Pinnawala Elephant...

Face filters: Societal acceptance vs. personal acceptance

Face filters: Societal acceptance vs. personal acceptance

AFRA IBNAT 2021-09-02 14:09:30

“Just a little touch-up, contouring, fuller lips, jawline as sharp as a knife and I am good to go.”- the reason you are likely to do this is to hear your notification bell ringing with con...

30pc of global tree species at risk of extinction

30pc of global tree species at risk of extinction

-- 2021-09-02 11:35:56

Almost a third of the world's tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out, according to a landmark report published by Botanic Gardens Conservation Inter...

A lost opportunity to speed energy transition!

A lost opportunity to speed energy transition!

-- 2021-09-01 10:51:54

The world has missed an opportunity to speed up the transition from fossil fuel to renewables as economic recovery packages aimed at mitigating the impact of COVID-19 have entrenched the existing syst...