March2018
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Rihanna urges fans to delete Snapchat after ad mocking assault by Brown
Mar 17, 2018Pop star Rihanna urged fans on Thursday to delete Snapchat after the social media app ran an ad making fun of her 2009 beating at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown. Shares of Snap, the company... -
Grand finale in sight as Ireland bid for Six Nations clean sweep
Mar 17, 2018The eyes of the rugby union world will turn to Twickenham on Saturday as Ireland try to jump the “final hurdle” that will see them win just their third grand slam. Some 70 years since they... -
Research report presented on life and livelihood issues of haor dwellers
Mar 17, 2018Improved early warning system, long-term farming plan, embankment construction and repair and alternative employment stressed Establishment of manufacture plants to create alternative employment opportunity, assistance for women entrepreneurs and effective measures to prevent and control river... -
Trailer of children movie ‘Paatshala’ published on youtube
Mar 17, 2018The first trailer of the children movie “Paatshala” today released on youtube, marking the Bangladesh Children’s Day and the birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The move is directed by Asif Islam... -
Development threatens Latin America’s great Pantanal wetlands
Mar 17, 2018You can only just hear the murmur of running water through Plinia Rodrigues’ vegetable garden, but that tiny stream has a huge job: keeping alive Latin America’s mammoth wetlands, known as the Pantanal. Rodrigues, 63, shows... -
An Emirates crew member died after falling from an aircraft in Uganda
Mar 17, 2018The crew member was already dead before taking her to the hospital. An Emirates crew member has died after falling out of an emergency door of an aircraft parked at Uganda’s Entebbe airport, a hospital official... -
Japan Tobacco agreed to buy Donskoy Tabak
Mar 17, 2018The acquisition of Donskoy Tabak will be completed later this year. Japan Tobacco has agreed to buy Donskoy Tabak, Russia’s fourth-largest cigarette maker, for $1.6 billion (90 billion roubles) in a bid to reinforce its leading... -
109 year old woman reveals her secret for a long life is avoiding men
Mar 17, 2018Staying young/youthful has long been an obsession of mankind. Failing that, delaying death as much as possible would be considered the next best alternative. The proverbial Fountain of Youth may not exist in real life, but... -
Lundbeck agreed to buy Prexton Therapeutics in a deal potentially worth $1.1 billion
Mar 17, 2018Lundbeck develops and distributes drugs for the neurological and psychological disease. Lundbeck agreed to buy Prexton Therapeutics, a specialist in treatments for brain disorders, in a deal potentially worth $1.1 billion, the Danish drugmaker said on... -
Exercise training helps improve daily life for obese adults with asthma
Mar 17, 2018Exercise improves asthma in obese adults. Exercise training helps improve daily life for obese adults with asthma, a new study found. Patients who exercised had improvements in physical activity, asthma-symptom-free days, depression symptoms and sleep apnea,...