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Prepare yourselves to be able to solve problems
Nobel laureate Prof Lee tells students

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NOBEL laureate Prof Yuan Tseh Lee said during his recent visit to Dhaka that students should prepare themselves to be able to solve future problems. Students also must learn to communicate with the people to be a future leader of a democratic society, he said at a special lecture on 'University students in a globalised world' at the TSC auditorium on Dhaka University campus.

The world is moving towards a knowledge-based economy where computers and robots are doing many tasks in different fields. "So we need to prepare us like that and we need to depend on our adaptability, flexibility and creativity," said Professor Lee, president emeritus, the Genomic Research Centre, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Identifying environmental degradation, global warming and globalisation as big challenges, he underscored the need for a global government and global currency in order to reduce disparity between rich and poor.

“We must find out the way how we can live comfortably with minimum resources," Prof Lee said. Pointing to the education system in Asia, he said, "There might be something wrong in our education system, as we see that the

students are lacking creativity." The schools should have such an environment where students would feel encouraged to go, he added. Earlier, Prof Lee paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office. During the meeting, they discussed various matters of mutual interest, especially the possibilities of establishing linkage and joint collaborative academic and research programmes in science and technology between DU and the universities in Taiwan.

(This report was originally published in The Daily Star)

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The beverage is called Coca Coal because of the major ingredient -- Kola seeds and Coca leaves.

Coca Cola is not just a great drink; apparently it is an excellent cleaner as well. It can be used to clean dirty toilet to rusty old pans.

If someone sticks chewing gum on your hair, just rinse it with Coca Cola and the gum will come of. (Wow, now that's something I did not know.)

Coca Cola merchandises are sold in about 200 countries and the logo is written in more than 80 languages.

The trademark of Coca Cola is recognized by 94% of the world's population.

Coca Cola can be used to polish coins.

About 7,000 Coca Cola products are consumed around the globe every single second.

Now comes the fact that beats all -- Coca Cola was originally green.

For ages there have been many myths and trivia associated with world's favorite Cola beverage. Some are true some are not. But it was and still is one of the top selling drink s in the world for sure.

Contributed by Saushan . Source: Internet