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Eminent poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah’s 64th birth anniversary observed
Shawdesh Desk: Friday marks the 64th birth anniversary of late Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah, a brilliant poet of love and protest in Bengali literature. He was born on this day inReadMore
Herbert Kretzmer, Lyricist of ‘Les Miserables,’ Dies at 95
Shawdesh desk: Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist knew for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95. His family confirmed Wednesday that Kretzmer diedReadMore
Writer and researcher Rashid Haider no more
Shawdesh Desk: Noted writer and researcher Rashid Haider passed away on Tuesday morning at his residence in the capital. He was 80. He breathed his last around 8:30 am. HeReadMore
Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson
Shawdesh desk: American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to auction theory, the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesReadMore
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Charpentier and Doudna
Shawdesh Desk: French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known as CRISPR. The recipientsReadMore
3 win physics Nobel award for black hole discoveries
Shawdesh desk: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for discoveries about black holes, with one half going to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to ReinhardReadMore
3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery
Shawdesh Desk: Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery ofReadMore
Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off
Shawdesh dEsk: While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week’s Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slowReadMore
