December2017
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Lady Gaga announces two-year Las Vegas residency
Dec 27, 2017Lady Gaga has announced a massive, two-year residency in Las Vegas, starting late in 2018. “The rumours are true!” she wrote Twitter. “I will have my own residency at MGM’s Park Theater. Get ready for a... -
Alastair Cook makes century on day two at the MCG
Dec 27, 2017Alastair Cook made his first Ashes century for almost seven years to lead England’s resurgence on day two of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The 33-year-old, in his 151st Test, reached his hundred in the... -
General Electric to keep its plant running in Rochester, New York
Dec 27, 2017Boston-based GE in August was reportedly planning to close the plant by June 2018 and move the work to China. The plant, part of GE’s troubled power business, assembles electronic boards and employs about 100 people.... -
Edward Snowden’s new app “Haven” catches spies
Dec 27, 2017US whistle-blower Edward Snowden has helped create an Android app called “Haven” designed to protect the possessions of journalists and human rights defenders. The software uses sensors – including a phone’s camera, microphone, gyroscope and accelerometer... -
Grand Finale of FINWITZ 2017 held in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dec 27, 2017FINWITZ 2017 was IBACC’s novel attempt at an ‘Investment Management’ based inter-university competition, the first-of-its-kind in Bangladesh. The Grand finale of “FINWITZ 2017”, a prestigious finance-based business competition was held recently, at the Celebration Hall (Level-14)... -
Ambassadors from European countries visit BRAC in Liberia
Dec 27, 2017Ambassadors from four European countries visited BRAC’s food security and livelihood programme at Buchanan, Grand Bassa County on 28 November 2017. The honourable group of ambassadors was Ambassador of European Union, Helene Cave, German Ambassador Hubert... -
PPFA calls for healthy debate on citizenship bill in Assam
Dec 27, 2017The forum of patriotic people in a statement pointed out that those motivated elements had been claiming, as if, the concerned bill is Assam centric and once it turns into a law, millions of Bengali Hindu... -
Electricity bill for more than $284bn left a woman in Pennsylvania stunned
Dec 27, 2017The electricity provider later said the actual amount was $284.46. A company’s spokesman said it did not know how the error had occurred, stating that Ms. Horomanski had to pay $284,460,000,000 for the first payment of... -
Training aircrafts of Bangladesh Air Force crashed in a collision in Cox’s Bazar
Dec 27, 2017Two training aircrafts of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) have crashed in a collision in Moheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on Wednesday evening at around 6:30 pm, sources said. The local police have confirmed the incidence. Assistant Director... -
Israel ambassador asks to meet New Zealand pop star Lorde over canceled show
Dec 27, 2017Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand on Wednesday appealed to the pop star Lorde to meet him after she canceled a show in Tel Aviv after appeals from activists for her to shun Israel as a protest...
