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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...

 Condemned war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman will not seek presidential mercy until the Supreme Court disposes of his review petition to be filed with the apex court, a defence lawyer said today. “Kamaruzzaman will decide about the presidential mercy after the Supreme Court disposed of his review petition,” Mohammad Shishir Manir, one of the counsels of the death row convict, said at a press conference at Supreme Court Bar Association this afternoon. The Jamaat-e-Islami leader will file the review within 30 days after receiving the certified copy of the Appellate Division judgment that upheld his death penalty for wartime offences, Manir told reporters. On November 3, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for Kamaruzzaman, a key organiser of the infamous Al-Badr Bahini responsi...

The lighter vessel workers called an indefinite strike across the country since this morning demanding their security on waterways. Loading and unloading activities remain suspended at all the sea ports following the strike. Earlier, a gang of pirates swooped on a Sirajganj-bound fertiliser-laden lighterage vessel when it reached Batirkhal in Laxmipur district on Friday and looted the fertiliser.

  Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the Bangladesh government to stay the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman who has been handed death penalty for crimes committed against humanity during Liberation War in 1971. UN special rapporteurs on summary executions, Christof Heyns, and on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, expressed serious concern on reports that Kamaruzzaman could be executed as early as November 6 midnight. In a press release issued today, Heyns and Knaul said that capital punishment “may be imposed only following a trial that complied with the most stringent guarantees of fair trial and due process.” On Monday, the apex court upheld the death penalty for Kamaruzzaman, a key organiser of the infamous Al-Badr Bahin...

Tigers seal Test series win: Shakib makes history    Bangladesh 433,248/9d; Zimbabwe 368, 151 DAY- 5 Bangladesh 433 (158.5 overs) & 248/9d (83.5 overs) Zimbabwe 368 (135.1 overs) & 151/10 (51.1 overs) Bangladesh win by 162 runs. Bangladesh sealed the three-match Test series 2-0 beating Zimbabwe by a massive 162 runs at Khulna’s Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium today. Shakib Al Hasan clipped five wickets, including the prize wicket of Masakadza, for the second time in this match helping Bangladesh pack Zimbabwe at 151 shortly after play resumed following tea. This was the first ever series win in Khulna, their sixth Test win, what is expected to raise the Test ranking of Bangladesh one place to ninth position. Shakib Al Hasan celebrates after Zimbabwean opener Sikandar on...

The Week © MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty How old is your brain? Take the dementia testPublic Health England has announced that it's working on a tool to help calculate people's "brain age" by looking at lifestyle factors such as how much they drink, smoke and do exercise.Doctors believe that the computer-based test could help identify the risk of dementia in later life.Charles Alessi, Public Health England's lead on dementia, told The Guardian that the test was designed to be educational. "We are offering people an opportunity to know exactly how risk factors can influence the rate of decline of their cognitive functions," he said. "Dementia is a whole group of conditions and we can manage some of the risks. We know, for example, smoking can accelerate cognitive decline." A similar test has ...