July2019
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Singer R. Kelly charged in sex scheme of kidnapping and payoffs
Jul 15, 2019Singer R. Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, was indicted in federal courts in New York and Chicago on Friday with transporting women and girls across state lines for sex, forcibly keeping them under... -
Shanghai leads battle against China’s rising mountain of trash
Jul 15, 2019Nie Feng used to toss his rubbish outside his Shanghai flat without a thought while rushing to work, but saving China from a garbage crisis now requires him to consult a complex diagram each morning. On... -
Brazilian director of refugee odyssey laments far-right attack on artists
Jul 15, 2019The reality of her homeland’s lurch to the far-right has seen artists branded as leftists and criminals, laments Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy, who only wishes her theatre piece on migration were actually fiction. The documentary-style work... -
South Asian platform for robust nutritional growth launched
Jul 15, 2019The South Asian Policy Leadership for Improved Nutrition and Growth (SAPLING), a multi-stakeholder advocacy platform for healthy, affordable and accessible diets all over South Asia, was launched on 7th of July, 2019 in Dhaka. SAPLING platform... -
Khaled Mahmud set to be interim coach for Bangladesh Cricket team in SriLanka tour
Jul 15, 2019Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that Khaled Mahmud Sujon will supervise the team in interim basis in their upcoming tour in Sri Lanka as they don’t get a permanent before the series. Bangladesh will leave the... -
Bowlers and heart-stopping finale salvage rain-hit World Cup
Jul 15, 2019A tournament that appeared predictable and at the mercy of the rain god in its first half got a fresh lease of life in the second and Sunday’s heart-stopping finale was the proverbial icing on the... -
Huawei to invest $3.1 billion in Italy over the next three years
Jul 15, 2019China’s Huawei Technologies will invest $3.1 billion in Italy over the next three years, the chief executive of the telecoms giant’s Italian unit, Thomas Miao, said on Monday. Speaking at an event in Milan, Miao said... -
‘Introduction on Tax Laws of Bangladesh’ conducted by JCI in Dhaka
Jul 15, 2019With the onset of the tax season, many people turn to their lawyers to files their tax papers. Very few people do their own taxes, whereas many do not understand the terminologies or where to begin... -
Incarceration and economic hardship strongly associated with drug-related deaths in the USA
Jul 15, 2019Growing rates of incarceration in the USA since the mid-1970s may be linked with a rise in drug-related mortality and may exacerbate the harmful health effects of economic hardship, according to an observational study involving 2,640... -
Computer pioneer Alan Turing to be featured on the new design of the Bank of England’s £50 note
Jul 15, 2019Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England’s £50 note. He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two....
