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 A Malaysian court today charged two local immigration officers in connection with murdering a Bangladeshi detainee, reports native media house The Star. Md Aminnudin Yasin and Zuhairul Effendy Zualkafli, immigration officers at Kangar in a provincial capital Perlis, allegedly killed Abu Bakar Siddiqe, 45, in custody. The Star quoted another news agency Bernama to state that Abu Bakar Siddique was murdered in the pantry at level 2 of the immigration premises at Kompleks KDN between 10:00pm and 11:00pm on October 29. The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read with Section 34, carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. Malaysian Magistrate Nik Mohd Tarmizi Nik Mohd Shukri set December 12 for re-mention. Deputy Public Prosecutor Badius Zaman Ahmad appeared for the...

Huffington Post UK © Provided by Huffington Post woman awake in bedThe majority of Brits are troubled by sleep deprivation, but it seems women are suffering more than men.According to a new survey, women need at least at 15 days more sleep each year than they get. Men are 10 days short of sleep on average. In the survey of 2,000 adults, on average people said they needed seven and a half hours sleep per night. Women said they usually get six hours 21 minutes per night, but want seven hours 23 minutes. They have an average sleep deficit of one hour two minutes, which adds up to 15 days 17 hours annually. Men said they get six hours three mins sleep on average, but believe they need six hours 40 mins to feel rested. Their sleep deficit is 40 minutes per night, adding up to a shortfall o...

The students and teachers of Rajshahi University are continuing their classes and examinations boycott programme  on Monday to protest the killing of Professor AKM Shafiul Islam of Sociology Department. Hundreds of teachers and students wore black badges and formed a human chain for half an hour at the gate of the RU senate building. Rajshahi University Teachers’ Association (RUTA) joint general secretary Moshihur Rahman announced the boycott programme for two more days on Sunday after an emergency meeting. Earlier, unidentified assailants hacked Shafiul Islam, a professor of the sociology department at RU, to death near the Bihas residential area when he was returning to his residence on motorbike.

The folding bicycle concept There are currently quite a number of manufacturers and startups developing folding bicycles, and it's an idea that makes a lot of sense: a bike that you can fold up and stow away under your desk means you don't have to look for an outside parking rack or worry about your cycle getting stolen while you're busy inside. It also means you can make journeys using multiple modes of transport more easily — car and bike, train and bike, and so on. Few folding bicycles are quite as compact as the Impossible bike though, which has just appeared on Kickstarter and can fit in a standard-sized backpack.

Stunning metro stations around the world      Stunning metro stations around the world The newly-opened Fulton Center transit hub in New York is getting rave reviews from subway riders. On November 10th, the station officially opened after a decade of work. Built at a cost of over US $1 billion, the station is already getting rave reviews from the public. Featuring a giant rooftop skylight and digital information screens, the transit hub has been called a ‘modern gem’. Click through to find other stunning metro stations from around the world.

Ayan Qureshi surrounded by computers.Photo taken from The Telegraph website. Ayan Qureshi from Birmingham is Microsoft’s youngest-ever certified computer specialist, reports a UK-based daily. A schoolboy has become the world's youngest qualified computer specialist after passing a Microsoft Windows examination at the age of just five, The Telegraph reports. Ayan Qureshi has only just started primary school, but passed the test at Birmingham City University to become a Microsoft Certified Professional. He has set a new world record for the youngest person ever to pass a Microsoft exam - at the age of five years and 11 months, beating the previous record held by six-year-old Mehroz Yawar from Pakistan. Ayan was first introduced to computers when he was just three, by his father Asim,...

Breakthrough Keratin Technology Conceals Thinning Hair in Seconds If you suffer from thinning hair, you're not alone. By age 35, two-thirds of British men will experience some degree of appreciable hair loss, and by 50 approximately 85 percent have significantly thinning hair. Even more startling, women actually make up forty percent of British hair loss sufferers. Needless to say, thinning hair can be horrible for a person's self-esteem — making you feel old and unattractive. It can also have a negative impact on your career. A recent Yale study found that men who were perceived as having a thick set of hair were 65 percent more likely to be promoted to senior positions and were seen as "having greater competence" in the work environment than those with thinning hair. Fortunately, the...

Drive against unfit vehicles Make it a regular phenomenon On November 10, the BRTA with police assistance cracked down on unfit vehicles plying Dhaka city roads. According to BRTA data, some 350,000 vehicles are operating in the country without fitness certificates, 93,000 in Dhaka city alone. While we wholeheartedly welcome this crackdown against vehicles, including public transports, that have not bothered to take fitness certificates, we remain sceptical as to whether a summary drive will achieve desired results. With many buses staying off the road altogether, all the drive managed to do was add to the woes of some 15 million residents of the capital. The crux of the problem is that the laxity with which police treats the issue of enforcing regulations with regard to vehicles carr...

  Microsoft, as expected, on Tuesday finally launched the first Lumia smartphone with its own branding, called the Microsoft Lumia 535, reports NDTV. The new Lumia smartphone from Microsoft will be available in two variants - single SIM (with the same name) and dual-SIM, called the Lumia 535 Dual SIM. The handset will be available starting November at an estimated recommended retail price of EUR 110 (roughly Rs. 8,400) before taxes and subsidies. The Microsoft Lumia 535 will first be available in countries such as China, Hong Kong and Bangladesh, with other countries to follow. Announcing the news via the Lumia Conversations blog, Microsoft said, "Today sees the launch of the new Microsoft Lumia 535, our "5x5x5" smartphone package bringing a 5-inch screen, 5-megapixel front- and...