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Scientists puzzled by really big planet orbiting really little star

Scientists are expressing surprise after discovering a solar system 30 light-years away from Earth that defies current understanding about planet formation, with a large Jupiter-like planet orbiting a diminutive star known as a red dwarf. Stars generally are much bigger than even the largest planets that orbit them. But in this case, the star and the planet are not much ...

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University of East London students celebrate New Beginnings

  Unique access to education at University of East London Mum of two Marianne Gibb has won the University of East London’s Pre-Entry Programmes Student of the Year award for excelling in the University’s unique New Beginnings course. Marianne, from Palmers Green, was one of 160 students, among them carers, builders, teachers and actors, who have just graduated from the ...

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Amber Rudd accuses Number 10 of language that ‘incites violence’

Former cabinet minister Amber Rudd has accused Downing Street of using language that could “incite violence”. The MP, who quit the Conservative parliamentary party earlier this month, told the Evening Standard No 10’s recent words were seen to encourage a “more aggressive approach”. It follows a stormy week, in which several MPs criticised the PM’s use of language during Commons ...

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Hong Kong stocks down 0.75% in opening trade

Hong Kong stocks fell in opening trade Friday following declines on Wall Street as the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump weighed on sentiment. The Hang Seng Index was down 0.75 percent, or 195.99 points, at 25,845.94, reports AFP.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was flat, slipping 0.40 points to open at 2,929.49 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks ...

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Finnish Bengali writer draws on Bangladeshi success stories in a new book on Career Success

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   A Finland based Bengali writer has penned a book on career success by drawing on Finnish and other international success stories which has been published from the United Kingdom this week. Mojibur Doftori, a graduate of public administration department from Dhaka University and a PhD from Helsinki University, has published his book, Massive Career Success: How to ...

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UK’s Princess Beatrice engaged to real estate entrepreneur

Photo: Courtesy London, Sep 27 : Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have announced the engagement of their elder daughter, Princess Beatrice. They said Thursday that Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, a real estate entrepreneur. The 31-year-old princess is a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace says the couple became engaged in Italy earlier this ...

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NASA says Chandrayaan’s Vikram had “hard landing”

The Chandrayaan 2 lander had a “hard landing” when it lost contact with the ground station during a historic attempt to soft land on the lunar surface, NASA said today, adding that a team of scientists at the US space agency has not been able to locate it, reports NDTV. “The Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram, attempted a landing September 7 (September ...

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New aircraft added to US-Bangla fleet

Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, Sept 26 : A new aircraft was added to the fleet of US-Bangla Airlines on Thursday, raising their number to 10. The airline operates a fleet of twin-engine turboprop airplanes. Their latest addition is a brand new ATR 72-600, which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport  at 3:20 this afternoon. Chief advisor of the airlines Captain Ahmed ...

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Wall Street Alchemists – World’s Savvies Favour a Muslim Term

By Shofi Ahmed: On the way the money moves, the big world follows. And the folks who are ahead of the league, smartest savvies and technical nerds deemed as the aces making the world richer are dubbed as Wall Street Alchemists – a Muslim designation! In today’s almost completely digitised world of financial markets Alchemists, quants are the math wizards ...

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The Mughal empire reenergized and reached to Bengal  

  Fatema Miah: Passion for empire running and Mughal eventually reached to Bengal.  The Mughal emperor what at the time of  Jalal Uddin Akbar under Beyram Khans direction reached up to the highest pick point and  marked  The Hindustan, from Kabul to Agra and Conquered Delhi. The knowledge, education and more importantly the  respect of diversity what keeps the wheel ...

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