UNB: A 163-member contingent including 117 athletes will represent Bangladesh in the 45-nation 18th Asian Games to be held in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang from 18 August to 2 September. Indonesia is hosting the Asian Games for the 2nd times after Jakarta Games 1962 under President Soekarno. Some 15,000 athletes and officials…
WION: All set for release on August 31, makers of Stree have now released a new song featuring Nora Fatehi to woo the audience. Called Kamariya, the song has music, notes, a brilliant dancer but a missing element that makes the song fall flat. Stree stars Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor in important roles. Set in…
Readers Digest: Take a moment to consider how old you feel. Not your actual, biological age – but your own subjective feelings. Abundant research during the past few decades have shown that this “subjective age” can be a powerful predictor of your health, including the risk of depression, diabetes and hypertension, dementia, and hospitalisation for…
BBC: Chelsea have signed Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao for £71m – the highest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper, and a club record transfer. Kepa, 23, arrives at Stamford Bridge after a release clause in his contract was met, with the deal surpassing Alisson’s £66.8m move to Liverpool. He has signed a seven-year contract at…
Reuters: People who have fatty liver disease that wasn’t caused by heavy drinking may still need to avoid alcohol if they want to prevent their liver damage from getting worse, a Korean study suggests. Most people have a little bit of fat in their liver, but fatty liver disease can be diagnosed when more than…
Straits Times, Singapore: Google released the latest version of its operating system, called Android Pie, on Tuesday (Aug 7) – boasting new artificial intelligence features that promise to extend battery life. According to Google, a new operating system – named after a dessert just like its predecessors – will learn apps users use most often…
Desk Report: Thanks to apps like Tinder and Truly Madly, dating has become way more easier than what it was before. Although some of these dating apps have the reputation of being primarily for hook ups, you still keep hearing of many couples who found their soulmate through them and finally also got married. However,…
AFP: Tributes flowed for Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle Thursday after he lost his battle with cancer, dying aged 36 after halting treatment for leukaemia last week. “It breaks my heart to tell everyone that Jarrod is no longer with us,” his wife Briony said in a statement. The former US PGA Tour player, who had…
Hindustan Times, India: The blue light transmitted by smartphones and digital devices can accelerate blindness by transforming vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers, a study has found. Blue lightemitted from smartphones and other digital devices can accelerate blindness by transforming vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers, a study has…
Desk Report: The day that Soviet-led armies rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to put an end to a pro-democracy movement changed Milan Tesar’s life. “I saw tanks coming down this road here. I threw a stone in their direction and then I heard the bullets whizz by,” he told AFP in the small town of Hostivice…