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14 February is National Sundarbans Day. Few of us know the date, and perhaps we do not appreciate how much the day matters to protecting the forest that shields the country from every natural disaster.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulFebruary 14, 20222
47% of people in Bangladesh have been suffering mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recent research from three Jahangirnagar University students — and students are at the very top of that group.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulJanuary 20, 2022
A rumour and a misconception are spreading on social media that Facebook will be renamed Meta. That is entirely wrong. What has actually changed is the name of Facebook, Inc. — the business entity behind the Facebook service, WhatsApp and Instagram.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulOctober 29, 2021
The parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram has been Facebook, Inc. until now, but from here on it will do business as Meta, Inc., the company's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said. The announcement was made public on 28 October after long speculation.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulOctober 29, 2021
At the International Blockchain Olympiad 2021, Nimbus — a four-member team from the University of Dhaka — made the winners' list in the prototype and fintech category for the first time, for bringing land management onto a digital platform using blockchain software.
Tamrin JahanOctober 15, 2021
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2021 has gone to the German scientist Benjamin List and the United States scientist David MacMillan, for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. Each of the two receives half the prize.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulOctober 6, 20211
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to the United States scientist Syukuro Manabe and the German scientist Klaus Hasselmann, and — for separate research — the Italian scientist Giorgio Parisi.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulOctober 5, 2021
The Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2021 has gone to David Julius of the United States and Ardem Patapoutian of Lebanon, for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. Each receives half the value of the prize.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulOctober 4, 2021
Seeing that headline you must be wondering whether it is even possible. It is — well, half of it. You can indeed buy land on the Moon; in which year you will manage to build the house is another matter. The headline is written sarcastically.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulSeptember 25, 2021
The Bangladeshi doctor Tasnim Jara has been appointed as a teacher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, she announced on her personal Facebook page. She has joined as a clinical supervisor at undergraduate level.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulSeptember 8, 2021
Team Toucan, made up of students from BUET and Bangladesh Maritime University, came third in the 2021 Worldwide Ferry Safety Association design competition, with a RoPax ferry designed for the Amazon.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulSeptember 6, 2021
The Singapore-based science journal Asian Scientist publishes an annual list of Asia's 100 best scientists. Three Bangladeshi names appear on this year's list: Salma Sultana, Firdausi Qadri and Saima Sabrina.
Md. Ashraful Alam ShemulApril 29, 2021
