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NASA has successfully launched its new Orion spacecraft into orbit at the second attempt, after high winds and rocket problems delayed the first launch bid. The unmanned four-hour flight will test crucial systems, like the heat shield and parachute splashdown, on a spacecraft that could one day take humans to an asteroid, the Moon or Mars. It is the first launch in more than 40 years of a US spacecraft intended to carry humans beyond the Moon. Orion blasted off aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at just after 7am local time (12pm UK time) from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Things you need to know about NASA's Orion spacecraft The 24-storey-tall rocket soared out over the Atlantic Ocean, punching through partly cloudy skies as it headed into orbit. Cars packed roads...

  Bangladesh beat Oman 7-0 in the Islami Bank Men’s Junior AHF Cup at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium today. Bangladesh took the lead with their very first penalty as Khorsedur Rahman drifted a low hit into the board after Milon’s push and Sarwar’s stop (1-0). Forward Koushik scored the second in the 20th minute with a brilliant flick on free hit of Belal Hossain (2-0), according to a report uploaded on the official website of Bangladesh Hockey Federation. Forward Milon scored in the 23rd minute with a diving hit after skipper Sarwar’s hit defelcted off the pad of Omani goalie Ahned Shaganah (3-0). The fourth and the fifth goals were both scored by Khoeshedur Rahman in the 30th (4-0) and 35th minute (5-0) and both of them were scored off penalty corners. Fourtee...

shirshobindu.com The leaders of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) today urged the government to immediately stop human trafficking from the country through the Bay of Bengal. They also called for arresting the traffickers. The Baira leaders came up with the demand at a press conference at its Eskaton Garden office this afternoon following recent incidents of rescuing people who were being trafficked to other countries through the Bay of Bengal. “The members of Bangladesh Navy, Border Guard Bangladesh and Coast Guard should patrol the adjacent areas to the territorial sea to nab them,” Baira President Md Abul Bashar told the reporters. They also urged the government to instruct the lawmen to conduct joint raids at Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar to arres...

Professors at Harvard University say people's ability to make "good financial decisions" declines after mid-50s For most people in their 60s and 70s, the idea that they are too old to manage their own money seems entirely ridiculous. However, a set of controversial scientific findings by university professors in America have made their way to Britain and are expected to ruffle feathers among older generations. The research, from Harvard University, suggests people’s ability to make good financial decisions peaks at age 53 and then starts to decline. Nest, the government-run occupational pension scheme for British workers, is so concerned by the findings that it has called upon the industry to develop financial products which let people plan their pensions in their 50s, saying th...

 US advocates strong and inclusive democracy in Bangladesh, United States’ Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal said today. "We do believe Bangladesh’s strength is democracy and for that we are partnering with Bangladesh on that aspect," she said in a pre-departure press conference at American Club in Dhaka this afternoon. Asked about the US’s latest position on January 5 elections, Biswal said it is the people of Bangladesh who determine the timetable of the polls. "We support political dialogue... we expect responsibilities from all political parties to face political events with responsibly and peacefully,” she added. Biswal arrived in Dhaka on November 27 for a three-day visit to Bangladesh. During her visit, she met with governmen...

Agence France-Presse (AFP) © Muhammed Giginyu/AP Photo People gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Kano, Nigeria on Friday.At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria's top Islamic leaders.The attack at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north of the country, came just as Friday prayers had started. The mosque is attached to the palace of the Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who last week urged civilians to take up arms against Boko Haram. The blasts came after a bomb attack was foiled against a mosque in the northeastern city of Maiduguri earlier on Friday, five days a...

A Dhaka court today sent sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique to prison on surrender before a police station in a case filed for his comments demeaning hajj. Latif Siddique surrendered at Dhanmondi Model Police Station around 1:30pm, Mohammad Jahangir, a sub-inspector of the police station, told The Daily Star Online. He was produced before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman’s court around 2:30pm, reports our correspondent from the spot. Latif Siddique told the magistrate that he did not appoint a lawyer to defend him. After a short hearing of the case filed by pro-BNP lawyer Abed Raza over hurting Muslims’ religious sentiments, the magistrate ordered police to lock up Latif Siddique in jail. Lawyer Abed Raza claimed Latif Siddique hurt the religious sentiment of all Muslim...

Jubo Dal leader ‘masterminded’ RU teacher killing: Rab 8 others, including Jamaat activists, held in Rajshahi, Gazipur, Bogra File photo of Rajshahi University Sociology teacher Shafiul Islam Elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today claimed to have arrested six including a former Jubo Dal leader of Rajshahi who allegedly masterminded the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Shafiul Islam. Four of the six were arrested form different areas in Rajshahi and Gazipur, according to Rab. The alleged mastermind, Ariful Islam Manik, was a former organising secretary Katakhali municipality unit of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the you wing of BNP, Maksudul Alam deputy director of Rab media wing told The Daily Star Online. Further detail in this regard was expected to be made public at a press...