As Android devices get more popular (today comScore reports Android phones comprise 40% of the U.S. smartphone market), they’re becoming a more attractive target for cybercriminals. If you use an Android smartphone, you are now 2.5 times more likely to encounter malware (malicious software) than you were six months ago. This isn’t just about [...]
Chicken sofrito This relatively simple Sephardic dish yields many layers of comforting flavours. The corn salad that follows it makes a perfect match. If you have a pan that’s wide enough to hold the whole chicken flat, butterfly the bird by cutting through the centre of the breast until it opens up (or ask a [...]
A thin band of antimatter particles called antiprotons enveloping the Earth has been spotted for the first time. The find, described in Astrophysical Journal Letters, confirms theoretical work that predicted the Earth’s magnetic field could trap antimatter. The team says a small number of antiprotons lie between the Van Allen belts of trapped “normal” [...]
A fleeting ambition of taking a phenomenal 1,000 Test wickets led Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan to think about postponing his retirement last year but injury concerns in an ageing body prompted him to drop the idea. Muralitharan, who retired from Test cricket after taking his 800th wicket in a match against India [...]
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) general index lost around 140 points on Sunday, sparking street protests. The protesters took to the streets in front of the DSE in the afternoon after seeing the index losing over 150 points. The angry investors carried placards that read “Stop interference in the capital market by National Board [...]
The European Central Bank is due to hold emergency talks on whether to start buying Italian debt to contain spreading turmoil on financial markets. The BBC’s Business Editor Robert Peston says the ECB is split on the move. Growing worries over debt in the eurozone and the US caused sharp falls on world stock [...]
British authorities responded to isolated cases of unrest early Sunday, hours after demonstrators in north London burned police cars and set a bus and buildings ablaze to protest the death of a local man. At least eight officers wounded in the protests were hospitalized, including one with a head injury, police said. There were [...]
When general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) expressed his worry about the country to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the iftar hosted by her on Saturday, the Prime Minister abruptly dismissed him saying she was not worried at all. Talking to the reporters after the Iftar, Selim said that he also [...]
The Awami League (AL) has asked the Election Commission (EC) to take steps to bring BNP and other political parties to its ongoing dialogue before taking decisions on EC’s proposals on crucial electoral reforms. A delegation of the ruling party made the recommendation when it sat with the EC Sunday. Deputy leader of the [...]