Amader Brahmanbaria.com

The two sexes are as different as chalk and cheese, especially when it comes to important things such as communication and understanding body language. And though your wife of girlfriend may be giving loud and clear signs that something you've done has either made her very happy or has absolutely ticked her off, you may be blissfully oblivious to it. ... Read More »

WORLD No Tobacco Day has been observed on May 31 every year since the member states of the World Health Organisation passed Resolution WHA42.19 in 1988. The theme for the day this year is ‘Raise taxes on tobacco’. Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year. More than five million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use ... Read More »

PERTH: Australia downgraded ties with Thailand today in the wake of this month's military coup, imposing a travel ban on the junta leaders and cutting defence cooperation in some of the toughest punitive measures taken by a foreign government. The U.S. and other foreign governments have condemned the May 22 coup, calling for a rapid return to democracy. The Australian ... Read More »

The Indian Government launched the National Pension System scheme with high hopes but it has failed to deliver as expected.One such case is Pakhandu Yadav from Patel Nagar, Munari village, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh who was denied his pension for not paying a bribe to the Village Head. The Village Head of Munari, Ms Dhani had initially demanded 800 INR from Pakhandu, ... Read More »

A man stabbed dead his wife and 13-year-old daughter at their residence in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj Sadar upazila early today. The deceased are Moyna Begum, 26, and her daughter Swapna, reports our Narayanganj correspondent. Police arrested Moyna’s husband Sumon Miah, 32, a cloth trader, from the scene, said Md Alauddin, officer-in-charge of Siddhirganj Police Station.   The killings might have ... Read More »

BANDARBAN: The body of Nayek Mizanur Rahman of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), who was abducted by the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel on Tuesday morning, was found lying on the road near Fakira Bazar adjacent to Bandula in Myanmar on Friday morning. Local union parishad chairman Rashid Ahmed said they saw Mizan's dead body lying near Fakira Bazar, adjacent ... Read More »

The Myanmar envoy in Dhaka, U Myo Myint Than, was summoned again to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday. More to follow..         Observer Read More »

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama says Hillary Clinton would be a very effective president if she decides to run. Obama says in a television interview that he and Clinton are "buddies" and he's long admired her. They fought in the long-running 2008 primary for the Democratic presidential nomination.    Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and President Barack Obama. (AP file photo) ... Read More »

Women's faces become more attractive if a pleasant smell is present, researchers have found. They say that odours can change the way we look at attractiveness and perceive each other. However, they found the effect does not extend to making people appear younger – simply prettier. The research from the Monell Chemical Senses Centre reveals that women's faces are rated ... Read More »

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) had a gun battle for five hours at Painchhari of Naikkhangchhari in Bandarban yesterday. The BGB suffered no casualties but the situation in the BGP camp could not be known. The gunfight erupted when BGB personnel had gone near the border to see if a body which Myanmar troops claimed ... Read More »

TEHRAN: Iran said Friday that next week’s presidential election in Syria, branded a farce by Western governments, will boost the legitimacy of its ally Bashar Assad. “God willing, the elections in Syria will be carried out without a hitch,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior foreign policy adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.   (FILES) – In this ... Read More »

LUCKNOW, India: Police say three men have been arrested in northern India for brutally attacking the mother of a rape victim after she refused to withdraw her police complaint. Superintendent Dinesh Kumar said Friday the men, including the father of the man accused in the May 11 rape, followed the mother into a field and beat her severely. She was ... Read More »

There is outrage over police inaction in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where two teenage girls were gang raped and hanged from a tree.   The father of one victim said he was ridiculed by policemen when he sought help in finding his missing daughter. He said when the policemen found out he was from a ... Read More »

Despite what you may believe, heart attacks rarely happen “out of the blue.” In fact, your body may be trying to warn you of an impending heart attack for days, weeks, perhaps even a month or two before it occurs. Unfortunately, by the time you actually recognize you’re suffering a heart attack, it could be too late to prevent death ... Read More »

The 33rd anniversary of death of late President Ziaur Rahman is being observed on Friday in a befitting manner. Leaders and activists of the party, led by party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, placed wreaths at the grave of Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at around 11:15am. Later, Khaleda Zia distributed cooked food among the destitute poeple at different points in the ... Read More »