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QUIRKY SCIENCE

The new map breaks away from the old way of studying genes one at a time, showing how genes interact in groups to shed light on the genetic roots of diseases.
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Carrying On a Legacy

The words 'pride' or 'achievement' does not really cut it when you get to fill a parent's shoe. Being able to 'be' them and carry on their legacy is a feeling indescribable and unfathomable.
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM

In Conversation with Murtaja Baseer

Invincible. That is the word that came to my mind when I met Murtaza Baseer in his house.
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Dear Liesel

When you hear about the legendary film, “The Sound of Music” what is the one thing that comes to your mind? For most of us, it is Chariman Carr, as the eldest von Trapp daughter, performing the song “I am Sixteen going on Seventeen,” a playful duet with her boyfriend Rolf who sings back that he is“seventeen going on eighteen.”
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh's Lawless Roads

During the nine days from 7th to 15th September 157 people have been killed in 88 different road accidents all over the country.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

About Town

Dance Drama - Bhabna's Production
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had.”– Bill Bryson, an Anglo-American author
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Caring for Special Children

Najifa Tabassum was a premature baby and the doctor called her Einstein at her birth. First recognised to be a special child when she was 18 months old...
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

MAILBOX

Due to very limited media exposure, the profession of planning is not that familiar in Bangladesh.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Bengal's Own Private Investigator

In the year 1965, a popular children's magazine named Shandesh published a story written by Satyajit Ray.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

A Workaholic on Vacation

Growing up, I never wanted to be a 'holic' of any sort. Terms began with 'alcoholic' and then many began sprouting up- 'chocoholic', 'shopoholic' and what not. Since the first one I heard was 'alcoholic', I assumed anything that makes you a 'holic' must be bad.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

NUMBERS 17

The number of Indian soldiers killed by heavily armed militants in one of the most deadly attacks in Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Got enough iron?

If you feel exhausted all day long for no apparent reason, if your face and palms look as pale as a character in a vampire movie, if you often feel faint, lightheaded and dizzy, especially while working out or climbing stairs - you probably are anaemic.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War

One of the longest wars in the human history was actually a bloodless war where no single shot was fired from any of the warring sides.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Quirky Science

After reconstructing the colour patterns of a well-preserved dinosaur from China, researchers from the University of Bristol have found that the long-lost species Psittacosaurus (meaning "parrot lizard," a reference to its parrot-like beak) was light on its underside and darker on top.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Didi – The Torch Bearer

Manju Banerjee became the 'Didi' of an uncountable number of people. Each and every one of them shed tears out of loss and immense respect when they heard that Didi has left. The beginning of the ended started earlier this year, when the diagnosis confirmed that Didi has been attacked by cancer.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Metamorphosis: From a workaholic to a hard worker

At the young age of 19, as I fell in love with work, I would watch others take long vacations, go on beach holidays, travel here and there and I would smirk.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Star Diary

Panicking never does any good when it's an emergency- we all know this. But this knowledge seems useless when you are stuck in a lift.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Harry Houdini

Born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; Harry Houdini was an American illusionist and stunt performer, popularly known for his sensational escape acts.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Pages of Kolkata

It was a usual summer day in Kolkata. A nonchalant working day where one is bound to wake up from the rings and horns of the busy Kolkata streets.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM