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Image source: collegeessay.org Back story I watched a public debate on Youtube yesterday. The debate was between Muhammad Hijab and Jay Smith. What I understood from the debate was that victory of a debater does not depend on his strong knowledge and powerful side only. There are some tricks, by following those, a weaker debater can defeat a stronger opponent. I will explain those cunning tricks in the context of the debate by Hijab and Jay, and some other religious debates I watched. The tricks 1. You decide the topic: Just like Jay did, you must throw a topic or a question to your opponent that you can attack most. You may plan the topic before the debate. In the debate between Muhammad Hijab and Jay Smith, Jay threw the topic: the emergence of Islam. 2. Keep attacking vigorously with little or no defense: You know you are on the weak side, but you keep avoiding your weakness and continue attacking the opponent's side/argument. 3. Finish last: The last speaker gets the chance to

  Image source: Youtube Back story A lot of new apps are developed every day by a lot of developers around the world. Whenever I need an app to get a specific work done, I search it and find it in almost no time. I use youtube mostly to listen to islamic lectures and sometimes nasheed. So, I usually need the youtube audio only, not video. But there is no way to turn video off and keep the audio only in the official youtube app. A lot of internet data, battery charge is consumed that way. You cannot play video in the background on your smartphone; if you shut the screen off, the video will be off. These problems were annoying and at last I found an app. The name of the android app is YMUSIC , made by XDA developers. Why is it special to me? As I was deprived of the features while using the official app, I was very happy upon finding the app. It includes all the features I dreamed of before using it. The features are: Only audio is loaded, no video. But you can turn on the video if you w

Image source: questions-1001.blogspot.com The question: Why is the sky blue? Why does it turn red at sunset? Curious mind wants to know. The answer: If you have very little knowledge of science, you have to understand some easy facts first. The facts: 1. Sunlight is a composite ray. This is why we see a rainbow. The white ray of the sun is composed of 7 visible colors (violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red) along with other rays (x-ray, infrared ray, etc.). You can test it yourself with a prism. Image source: youtube.com Image source: rookieparenting.com 2. Light spreads like a wave. So, sunlight is a wave that is composed of different waves or rays. Different waves are of different wavelengths. The shorter the wavelength of a wave is, the more it is scattered by particles (gas, dust, etc.). And the longer the wavelength of a wave is, the less it is scattered by particles. Thus, a wave with a shorter wavelength can pass a longer distance. 3. Blue light waves are shorter

Image sourece: newindianexpress.com 1st method:   Draftbook method Preparation part: Read the full chapter yourself. Note down the concept topics in your notebook & decide what you should teach and what not. In front of your student part: Teach him according to the points in your notebook. Just teach the parts you decided before. Give him math homework. Tell him to mark the questions he is unable to solve. Tell him to send the question numbers in a message on messenger or Whatsapp. Homework checking part on the next day: Check the homework. Explain the questions he was unable to solve. Teach him new topics. Experimented subject: Chemistry 2nd part Quantitative Chemistry The preparation part is shown below. This is how you can should list your the points. Watch the full video to get an understanding. https://youtu.be/OYltB9ZlOGQ 2nd method:   Joykoli guide method There are different types for each chapter in the Joykoli book. Approach type by type. Explain one type (explain the form

  Image source: developers.google.com For beginners: Open the document or article you want to translate, put the screen in front, keep a pen and a draft book with you. Start reading the article line by line. Read a whole paragraph and translate line by line in your mother tongue. Then translate it to the second language and write it in your draft book. You may translate long, hard sentences into smaller parts to keep it understandable and easy. Keep enough spacing while writing; this will let you correct your writing. Keep going until you finish the whole article. Read your draft translation and correct your mistakes. Read out loud the translated text into your transcriber app or google voice typing. Correct the mistakes in the transcribed text. Publish. Shortcut for practicers: 3. Translate it to the second language in your mind and read out loud the translation into your transcriber app or google voice typing. 4. Correct the mistakes in the transcribed text. 5. Publish.

  Image source: britannica.com কুয়ালালামপুরে শত শত অবৈধ বাংলাদেশী অভিবাসী আটক মালয়েশিয়া কর্তৃপক্ষ একজন বাংলাদেশীকে আটক করেছে, যিনি টেলিভিশনে বর্তমান করোনা পরিস্থিতিতে অবৈধ অভিবাসীদের প্রতি সরকারের আচরণের নিন্দা জ্ঞাপন করেন। আল-জাজিরার একটি ডকুমেন্টারিতে রায়হান কবির বলেন যে, সরকার গ্রেফতার ও আটকের মাধ্যমে অবৈধ বাংলাদেশী শ্রমিকদের উপর অবিচার করেছে। ২৫ বছর বয়সী এই যুবককে এখন ফেরত পাঠানো হবে। বিশ্লেষকরা শত শত অভিবাসীদের এই আটককে অমানবিক বলে অভিহিত করেন। সরকারি কর্মকর্তারা এই পদক্ষেপকে করোনা প্রতিরোধের জন্য জরুরী ছিল বলে জানান।  মানবাধিকার কর্মীদের রিপোর্ট অনুযায়ী আটক ব্যক্তিদের মধ্যে শিশু ও রোহিঙ্গা শরণার্থীরাও রয়েছেন। করোনাকালীন এই লকডাউনের ভেতরেই তাদের আটক করা হয়। 'Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown' নামক সেই ডকুমেন্টারিটির কাতারি প্রতিবেদকের তথ্যমতে, পুলিশ সেই ডকুমেন্টারি সম্পর্কে তদন্ত শুরু করেছে। কর্মকর্তা এবং স্থানীয় মিডিয়ার অভিযোগ হলো ডকুমেন্টারিটি ভুল এবং বিভ্রান্তিকর। এরই পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে তদন্ত শুরু হয়।  কবিরের বিরুদ্ধে গ্রেপ্তারি পরোয়ানা জারি হয়। তার ওয়ার্ক প

Image source: colornote.com Back story I usually forget things quickly and this is why I have to note things down. Sometimes I can’t concentrate on my work because of a lot of thoughts in my brain; I usually think, “I’m gonna forget these important tasks I have to do”; this kind of thinking interferes with my work. This is why I always keep a notepad or use a notepad app on my phone. This helps me stay free of stress and tension. Why is colornote special? I used a lot of other apps on my smartphone to keep notes, but there were problems I couldn’t tolerate. I am listing some apps with their pros and cons. Evernote: A nice app with sync, but heavy (takes much space and ram). The loading time is boring. Contains too many features that I don’t need. Google keep: Almost similar to evernote, but it's also a heavy app. Some other lightweight, small notepad apps: Fast and small, but lack sync feature. Sync feature is essential for me. If I need to restore my phone or change my smartpho