John Robert Schrieffer (File photo, collected) John Robert Schrieffer, a physicist who shared in the 1972 Nobel Prize in physics for developing a pioneering theory of superconductivity, has died. He was 88. Family members say Schrieffer died in his sleep at a nursing facility Saturday in Tallahassee, Florida, where he had been a professor at Florida State University at one ...

  DHAKA: Bangladesh have won the toss and choose to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the three-match series at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday (July 28). The match is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm (Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh made one change. Taijul Islam replaces Rubel Hossian. Bangladesh XI Tamim Iqbal (capt), Soumya Sarkar,  Mohammad Mithun, ...

France will go ahead with a digital tax, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Friday, shortly after US President Donald Trump threatened “substantial” retaliation over Paris targeting top US tech companies. “Universal taxation of digital activities is a challenge for us all. We want to reach an agreement within the G7 and the OECD. In the meantime, France will implement ...

Mobile phone movement patterns say a lot about your personality type, say researchers who used data from phone accelerometers – the tiny sensors tracking phone movement for step-counting and other apps – to predict people’s personalities. “Activity like how quickly or how far we walk, or when we pick up our phones during the night, often follows patterns and these ...

Dhaka, Jul 28 : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is interrogating Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ general manager and three directors for irregularities in pilot recruitment. ACC Assistant Director M Saiful Islam, who served notices on Tuesday (July 23) asking them to appear before the anti-corruption watchdog has been interrogating them since 10am on Sunday. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee, ACC’s public relations officer, said ...

Bangladesh is among the first four countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve Hepatitis B control, with prevalence of the deadly disease dropping to less than one per cent among five-year-old children. “Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand have become the first countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve Hepatitis B control, with prevalence of the deadly disease dropping ...

A student of Jahangirnagar University died of dengue. Jahangirnagar University first-year student of pharmacy, U Khein Nu, died on the way of Chittagong from Cox’s Bazar on Saturday afternoon. Khein, daughter of Cox’s Bazar Zilla Parishad officer Mangba Aung Mangba, breathed her last at 5 pm on the way to Chittagong, for better treatment from Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.U Khein’s ...

Photo: This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian White Helmet civil defense workers and civilians carry an injured man on a stretcher after an airstrike hit the northern town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Beirut, July 28 : ...

Pakistan’s military says militant attacks in the country’s northwest and southwest have killed 10 soldiers. The military says both attacks took place on Saturday. The first attack targeted a military patrol near a security post in the Gurbaz area of North Waziristan. It says the shooting came from across the Afghan border and left six soldiers dead. The second attack, ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. An HC bench comprising Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman fixed Tuesday for holding hearing on the bail petition. In the petition, Khaleda said she has been suffering from different diseases including diabetes and dental problem.Khaleda said ...