May2019

Mexico City’s legislature voted Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers disposable plastics, a major shift for a sprawling capital that is awash in them. The ban, set to come into force...

Instagram says it will block vaccine hoax hashtags being used to spread “verifiably false” information about vaccinations. The social network already blocks hashtags that are themselves false claims, such as #vaccinescauseautism. It says it will now...

Several gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, officials say. Firing continues at the Pearl Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar, the focal point of a multi-billion-dollar Chinese...

Guns N’ Roses is showing an appetite for litigation over a beer. The rock band has sued the Colorado brewery Oskar Blues, accusing it of trademark infringement for selling an ale named Guns ‘N’ Rosé without...

After huge successes in the past three seasons of National Youth Conference focusing family planning, SRHR, and health issues of young people in 2016, 2017 and 2018, SERAC-Bangladesh is delighted to announce the Bangladesh 4th National...

Kim Kardashian on Friday announced the arrival of her fourth child, a boy born via a surrogate. “He’s here and he’s perfect!” Kardashian told her 60 million Twitter followers in a posting. “He’s also Chicago’s twin...

Islamic State (IS) claimed for the first time that it has established a “province” in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to...

Opener Tamim Iqbal showered heap of praise for his fellow opener Soumya Sarkar, stating that his audacious batting at the other end made his task easier as Bangladesh were chasing a steep target set by West...

FIFA launched the bidding process for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2021 today. An overview document containing the key information has been shared with all of FIFA’s member associations, which will have until 5 June...

Rahmat Shah hit 113 while Hashmatullah Shahidi and Mohammad Shahzad made half-centuries as Afghanistan defeated Scotland by two runs in a rain-hit ODI on Friday. Scotland made 325 for seven from their 50 overs with Calum...