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An Eid devoid of joy for laid-off jute mill workers

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While the whole country is celebrating Eid-ul-Azha, Khalishpur industrial area of ​​Khulna is in dismal state.

Tens of thousands of jute mill worker families of the area are enduring extreme poverty resulting from sudden job loss. In fear of eviction from the labour quarters, these poor families are passing days in total uncertainty.

Md Shamsul Alam worked at Platinum Jubilee Jute Mills Limited for more than two decades. He is one of the 25,000 jute mill workers who lost jobs due to the government’s decision of shutting down all the state run jute mills effective from July 1.

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The Daily Star
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Travel

Study solves mystery origin of Stonehenge’s iconic boulders

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Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from?

That last question may finally have an answer after a study published Wednesday found that most of the giant stones — known as sarsens — seem to share a common origin 25 kilometres (16 miles) away in West Woods, an area that teemed with prehistoric activity.

The finding boosts the theory that the megaliths were brought to Stonehenge about the same time: around 2,500 BCE, the monument’s second phase of construction, ……….

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The Daily Star
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Science Tech Technology

Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from deep under seafloor

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Scientists have succeeded in reviving microbes retrieved from sediment deep under the seafloor in the heart of the South Pacific that had survived in a dormant state for 101.5 million years in research illustrating the resiliency of life on Earth.

The microbes, spanning 10 major and numerous minor groups of bacteria, maybe the planet’s oldest-known organisms. The scientists said on Tuesday the microbes were present in clay samples drilled from the research vessel JOIDES Resolution about 245 feet (74.5 meters) under the seafloor, below 3.5 miles (5.7 km) of water.

Up to 99 per cent of the microbes, dating back to the age of dinosaurs, that were found encased in the sediment survived despite having essentially……..

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The Daily Star
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National

Flood engulfs over a third of Bangladesh

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Around 37 percent of the country’s total area has been flooded, said Prof AKM Saiful Islam, of Buet’s Institute of Water and Flood Management, after analysing satellite images.

People of low-lying areas are the worst affected victims of this natural disaster. Some of them have been waterlogged for over a month, he told The Daily Star yesterday.

In 1998, around 68 percent of the country was inundated, 61 percent in 1988, 42 percent in 2007 and 2017, and 38 percent in 2004, Prof Saiful mentioned.

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The Daily Star
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International World

1,000 pilgrims arrive in Mina to perform hajj

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About 1,000 pilgrims arrived on the Mina Valley outside Makkah on Wednesday to participate in this year’s hajj amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This time, the Saudi government has imposed restrictions to curb the spread of the virus which brought the global economy to its knees and force closure of businesses and places of worships across the world.

Hajj rituals begin with the Day of Tarwiyah (fetching water) and there are no major rituals, so the pilgrims will spend their time praying and reflecting until sunrise on Thursday, reports Arab News.

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World

More than 40 countries accuse N Korea of breaching UN sanctions

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The 15-member UN Security Council imposed an annual cap of 500,000 barrels in December 2017 in a bid to cut off fuel for North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

But in a complaint to the UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee, 43 countries – including the United States, Britain and France – said they estimated that in the first five months of this year Pyongyang had imported more than 1.6 million barrels of refined petroleum via 56 illicit tanker deliveries.

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When masks are dangerous to health, new guidelines from the World Health Organization

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bdnews24

Many people have become accustomed to wearing regular masks to avoid coronavirus infections. However, in some special cases, wearing a mask can be more dangerous to health!

Just as wearing a mask is important to prevent coronavirus infection, the use of masks can be dangerous in some cases, according to the World Health Organization!

Let’s find out in which cases wearing a mask can be more dangerous to health …
According to the World Health Organization,
Exercise, after the mask
Morning walk
Or jogging can reduce the oxygen in the body and vice versa it can be dangerous for health!
So it is better not to wear a mask at this time.

Wearing a masks during heavy work, which involves a lot of physical exertion, causes a lack of oxygen in the body. The normal rhythm of blood circulation to the brain may be disrupted. Multiple sudden health problems can occur. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that you do not wear a mask during work that involves too much physical activity.

According to the World Health Organization, wearing a mask during exercise, morning walks, jogging, heavy physical activity can lead to abnormal fatigue, muscle cramps or nausea, nausea, dizziness and even brain stroke. So in all these cases it is better not to wear a masks.

Source: Zee news

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