Why Africa loves China

    Dr Mehari Taddele Maru, Scholar of peace and security, law and governance, and human rights and migration issues/Aljazeera Contrary to what the West believes, Africans do not see themselves as victims of Chinese economic exploitation. At the September 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, African Union Chairperson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame lauded…

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      Here’s how Jair Bolsonaro wants to transform Brazil

      Shannon Sims Freelance journalist writing for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and CityLab/ The Atlantic Land rights, education, the economy, and public security lie at the nexus of the Brazilian president’s priorities and critics’ concerns. If you’re shocked by the transformations that Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new president, is planning for his…

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        Legend of Squire’s Castle

        Farhin Mim The Squires Castle in Willoughby Hills in United States is said to be haunted by the woman who once used to own it. The owner used to roam the castle at nights with her lantern with her. It was believed that she used to sleepwalk. However, one fateful day, she walked into the…

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          Bangladesh will soon be a middle-income country: Nasim

          Sofian Khan According to a statement made by Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Wednesday, Bangladesh would be a middle-income country very soon. He believes that under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh within the year 2041 will be a middle-income and developed country. At two separate meetings with Vice…

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            Pope arrives in transformed Ireland as abuse crises rage

            Reuters: Pope Francis arrived in Ireland on Saturday for a highly charged visit to a society transformed since the last papal trip 39 years ago and beset by the kind of abuse scandals that have mired the Catholic Church in crisis. More than three-quarters of the Irish population flocked to see Pope John Paul II…

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              Super Glove by NASA

                  NASA wants to make its astronauts as strong as Iron man. They’re placing robotics into gloves to make them super-strong. Researchers at NASA are working with General Motors on the project. The Robo-Globe grasps objects, reducing sprain on the hand. The glove can hold 15-20-lb objects but it only feels like you’re lifting…

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                Firearms, ammo seized in Lakshmipur

                BSS Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive seized firearms and ammunition and arrested four armed terrorists from a house at East Aladadpur village in Sadar upazila on Sunday. The arrestees are Monir Hossain son of Abul Kalam Azad and Saiful Islam ,son of Shahab Uddin of East Aladadpur village, Fahad Bin Abdul…

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                  Bomb hurled at AL candidate’s house

                  UNB, Brahmanbaria Miscreants hurled a crude bomb at the house of an Awami League rebel candidate at Araishidha village in Ashuganj upazila early Saturday, ahead of the upcoming Union Parishad election. Local people said 2/3 miscreants on a motorcycle arrived and hurled a crude bomb targeting the house of Quamrul Islam Mobarak, candidate of Araishidha…

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                    Two held for strangling children after attempted rape

                      Hossen Sohel of DOT Police have arrested two suspects over the murder of two children in Dhaka’s Demra, reports bdnews24.com. Golam Mostofa, 31, and his cousin Azizul Baowani, 32, allegedly strangled the two girls to death after attempting rape, police said yesterday. The ceramics workers were caught during raids at Jatrabari’s Bhanga Press and…

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