Chasing JFK’s Dream: The New Era Of Peace
More than six decades ago, former US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), in a special emergency broadcast to his countrymen on October 22, 1962, […]
Ancient Bread Bearing Jesus Christ’s Image Found
In what may be seen as an astonishing archaeological discovery, researchers recently unearthed five 7th-8th Century loaves of bread, including one featuring a depiction of Jesus Christ as a farmer […]
A Bengali Émigré Who Disappeared In USSR
“দুয়ার এঁটে ঘুমিয়ে আছে পাড়াকেবল শুনি রাতের কড়ানাড়া‘অবনী বাড়ি আছো?’” – শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায় In an October night, 1937, the Soviet Secret Police knocked on the door of a residence in […]
Infectious Diseases Decimated Napoleon’s Army
Napoleon Bonaparte (also known by his regnal name Napoleon I; August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821) invaded Russia with a multinational Army of approximately 600,000 soldiers in 1812. However, […]
Study: Electricity Produced 2,000 Years Ago
There is a cylinder made of copper inside a 13-15cm-long ceramic pot. One can find an iron rod inserted into that cylinder. Archaeologists discovered such a battery near the ruins […]
Extinct Human Relative Was First To Use Weapons
Paranthropus boisei, a close relative of modern human ancestors, used to roam across Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. They can be considered an evolutionary cousin of Homo […]
The New Saviour Of Africa
The popularity of Ibrahim Traoré (born March 14, 1988), the charismatic leader of Burkina Faso, is growing enviably not only in his own country, but also in neighbouring countries. Even […]
Policing The Fall Of Empire
British Colonialism, The Boomerang Effect & A Flamboyant PolicemanBy Stuart Logie “It should never be forgotten that colonisation had a considerable boomerang effect on the mechanisms of power in the […]
Russia Releases Super-Secret KGB Files, Shakes US
Russia recently handed over a classified file on the assassination of former American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) to the US. Interestingly, the over […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 