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Abul Mansur Ahmad Smriti Parishad holds creative writing and research workshop
The Abul Mansur Ahmad Smriti Parishad held the award giving ceremony for its fourth annual essay competition, commemorating journalist, author, historian, and politician Abul Mansur Ahmad,...
Kids care about their reputations from age 5
Newly published research finds that, like adults, children also care about their reputation, and are taking measures to manage it by the time they start elementary school.
How NRBs can help boost research
Winter is a great time for the replenishment of academia in Bangladesh when many Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) academics alight on our shores for both personal and professional reasons.
Building research universities
In an editorial I wrote in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies in 2003, I had noted a perplexing and worrisome situation in Bangladesh's academic institutions, both public and private – lack of...
Horses recognise human emotions
Horses are able to discriminate between happy and angry human facial expressions, according to research.
France returns statue head taken 130 years ago
France returns the head of a Hindu deity's statue from the 7th century more than 130 years after it was taken away in the name of research.
Google's ‘Chatbot’ thinks the purpose of living is 'to live eternally'
In a research published recently, Google narrates one of its latest forays into artificial intelligence.
Getting closer to implanting new memories into the brain
A memory prosthesis being trialled next year could not only restore long-term recall but may eventually be used to upload new skills directly to the brain – just like in the film The Matrix.
Hidden portrait 'found under Mona Lisa'
An image of a portrait underneath the Mona Lisa is found beneath the existing painting using reflective light technology, according to a French scientist.
Virtual reality ‘predicts Alzheimer’s’
Alzheimer's disease can be detected decades before onset, using a virtual reality test, a study suggests.
Largest elephant in Africa shot by hunter
A hunter has shot dead the largest elephant killed in Africa for almost three decades.