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Stephen Hawking, who was dubbed one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein, died on what would have been Einstein's 139th birthday

The famed physicist contracted motor neurone disease - a form of motor neurone disease that attacks the nerves controlling voluntary movement - in 1963 and was given two years to live.

Remarkably, the then-21-year-old defied predictions overcoming its debilitating effects on his mobility and speech that left him paralysed and able to communicate only via a computer speech synthesiser.

Hawking shot to international fame after the 1988 publication of A Brief History of Time, one of the most complex books ever to achieve mass appeal. He said he wrote the book to convey his own excitement over recent discoveries about the universe.

In the late 1970s, Hawking declared that a black hole could only ever get bigger. The maths behind the claim was strikingly similar to the equation that underpins one of the fundamental laws of nature – which entropy, a measure of disorder, can also only increase.

Bangladseh ethnic minority Migrant makes history in higher education 

Adelaide-based refugee support worker Rupananda Roy has made history by becoming the first woman from one of Bangladesh’s 50 ethnic minority communities to earn a doctorate. 

She recently gained her PhD in Development Studies from the University of Adelaide. 

Ms Roy, an ethnic Chakma, who is part of settlement agency AMES Australia’s Humanitarian Settlement program (HSP) team in South Australia, says she is in two minds about her historic achievement. 

United States president Donald Trump has given hope to the Australian government that Australia may yet get exemptions from the steel and aluminium tariffs he announcedon Friday

The President has praised the alliance with Australia but did not specifically commit to an exemption in his announcement in Washington.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expressing confidence, though, that he can change Mr Trump's mind before the tariffs begin.

In a cabinet roundtable discussion before he announced new tariffs. United States president Donald Trump raised the subject of Australia in regard to the tariffs.

Bangladesh government accepts more than  half million Rohingya refugees from neighboring  Rakhayen state of Myanmar. Nevertheless, India still keep a safe distance on Rohinga issue. But very recent 69 Rohinga refugees taken shelter in Baruipur near Kolkata.In last few months they were in Haryana, another state of India near Delhi. They have the Identity Card from UNHCR.

As the world marks International Women's Day, there is debate over the best way to increase female participation in the nation's parliament.

Australia ranks 49th in the world when it comes to female representation in federal parliament and sits behind countries like Angola and Cameroon.

And like other nations, Australia's women face an entrenched gender pay gap, and more than one-third say they have been sexually harassed or discriminated against at work.

So getting more women in politics is regarded as crucial to overcome such overt discrimination.

Each year International Women's Day gathers momentum. Because women are becoming more empowered than ever before to stand up for their rights and be heard. For many women, there was a keen awareness of a major shift in the firmament when it came to gender parity, the treatment of women in the workplace and sexual dynamics.

INTERNATIONAL Women's Day celebrates the achievements of women, as well as acting as a catalyst for change when it comes to gender equality.

In South and West Asia, Australia Awards are offered in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Applications for Australia Awards Scholarships commencing in January 2019 are now open, closing 30 April 2018.

দক্ষিণ এবং পশ্চিম এশিয়ার ৬টি দেশের সরকারি, বেসরকারি এবং উন্নয়ন সংস্থাগুলোর কর্মকর্তাদেরকে শিক্ষা বৃত্তি দিচ্ছে অস্ট্রেলিয়া সরকার। বাংলাদেশও এই তালিকায় রয়েছে। ২০১৯ সালের অস্ট্রেলিয়া অ্যাওয়ার্ডস স্কলারশিপের জন্য আবেদন গ্রহণ শুরু হয়েছে ১ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে। শেষ তারিখ ৩০ এপ্রিল ২০১৮।

North South University (NSU), the first private university in Bangladesh, was established in 1992. The Aussie NSUers Association has been formed in January, 2011 aims to deliver the most effective NSUers relationship anywhere in Australia.

Sibram Chakraborty was a popular Bangla writer, humorist, and revolutionary, who are best known for his humorous stories written for adolescents.  He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, and non-fiction novels for mature audiences.  In the span of his long career of sixty years he published over 150 books.

Bangladesh police claim Momena Shoma had a forbidden romance with a now missing Islamic State extremist before she allegedly stabbed a Melbourne man last month.

Ms Shoma was engaged to Najibullah Ansari, a former Bangladeshi marine engineer who has allegedly gone to fight with ISIS in Iraq.

Ms Shoma, who is now in custody for allegedly stabbed her billeting host in his suburban Melbourne home in an allegedly IS-inspired attack, did not marry Ansari because of parental disapproval.

From an upper middle-class family in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Ms Shoma has been charged by the Victorian Joint Counter-Terrorism Team with engaging in a terrorist attack.