March2018

An 89-year-old Roman Catholic nun who has battled pop star Katy Perry for years over the sale of a Los Angeles convent collapsed and died during a court appearance, according to media reports and supporters. Sister...

A longtime U.S. figure skating coach who trained Tara Lipinski to an Olympic gold medal in 1998 has been suspended and will be investigated by an organization formed to prevent sexual abuse of athletes, the sport’s...

This year, the US Federal Reserve will shred an estimated 5.6 billion damaged, out-of-date or just a plain grotty banknotes worth a combined $175 billion and send them to be incinerated. Money gets trashed regularly and...

Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics Saturday in women’s vision impaired downhill skiing, while the USA got off to good start with victories in the biathlon. Farkasova and her...

Ninety-four per cent (94%) women commuting in public transport in Bangladesh have experienced sexual harassment in verbal, physical and other forms, a study by development organisation BRAC has revealed. A somewhat surprising revelation of the study...

According to media reports, the UK and Saudi Arabia agreed on a goal of 65 billion pounds ($90 billion) of mutual trade and investment in the coming years, with the Prime Minister Theresa May’s office calling...

Quality education and gender equity are the most important of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). To make our mother earth more habitat, we all have responsibilities. I am amazed to hear from a kiddie scientist, 11 years...

Mushfiqur Rahim has put up a magnificent show in scoring 72 runs off 35 balls in Bangladesh’s record successful chase of 215 to win over Sri Lanka in the third T20 match of the Tri-Nation NIDAHAS...

Paying no heed to bemused onlookers, a group of women in the Saudi city of Jeddah marked International Women’s Day on Thursday by exercising one of their newly acquired freedoms: the right to go for a...

Tight England bowling restricted New Zealand to 223 in their deciding one-day international with the innings propped up by half centuries from Mitchell Santner and Henry Nicholls. New Zealand, playing without batting rock Ross Taylor who...