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Normal birth and Caesarean: Differences in babies’ bacteria

Shawdesh Desk: Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally, according to the largest study in the field. The UK scientists say these early

Family ties, extra-curricular activities can prevent teens’ ‘gang culture’

Shawdesh Desk: Speakers at a programme on Saturday stressed the need for strengthening family ties and engaging children and adolescents more in extra-curricular activities to prevent ‘gang culture’ of teenagers.

Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps

Shawdesh Desk: Facebook says it has suspended tens of thousands of apps as part of an investigation it launched in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. The

Losing hair? Here’s why it could be happening

Shawdesh Desk: Losing a few strands every day is normal. But if you start losing clumps of hair, you should be alarmed. More often than not, loss of volume has

US to send more military reinforcements to Gulf region

Shawdesh Desk: The United States announced Friday that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to Iran, just hours

BSMRSTU authorities announce to close campus till Oct 3

Shawdesh Desk: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University authorities on Saturday decided to shut down the campus till October 3, in the face of the ongoing student protests

UN chief wants ‘good news’ in upcoming climate summit

Shawdesh Desk: Next week dozens of countries will gather in New York for an emergency United Nations summit to help curb the rim prospect of rising greenhouse gas emissions, however

Conflict with Iran portends WW III

The importance of this cannot be overemphasised. It is, quite possibly, life-and-death for the planet. MARK Twain once commented, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.’ The US conflict