HIV/AIDS had killed more than 1,300 people in Cambodia in 2018, down 48 percent from over 2,500 deaths in 2010, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said Sunday.
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2 Nobel literature prizes to be awarded after 2018 scandal
Two Nobel Prizes in literature — one for 2019 and one for last year — will be announced Thursday after the 2018 literature award was postponed following sex abuse allegations that had rocked the Swedish Academy.
29 million babies born into conflict in 2018: Unicef
Dhaka, Sept 20 (UNB) – More than 29 million children were born into conflict-affected areas last year, Unicef said on Friday.
7 named for ‘Shilpakala Padak 2018’
Culture desk Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy yesterday announced the names of seven personalities for the ‘Shilpakala Padak 2018’ in seven categories. The awardees are: Goura Gopal Halder in music, Sunil Chandra Das in instrumental music, Jayanta Chattapadhya in recitation, Shukla Sarker…
Israeli forces’ 2018 Gaza actions may constitute war crimes
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – During the large-scale demonstrations that began in Gaza on 30 March 2018, individual members of the Israeli Security Forces, in the course of their response to the demonstrations, killed and injured civilians who were neither directly…
2018 was fourth hottest year on record
The last four years have been the world’s hottest since record-keeping began, with 2018 the fourth warmest on record, according to data published Thursday by US research group Berkeley Earth. Temperatures in 2018 were around 1.16 degrees Celsius (2.09 degrees…
Celebrities who left us on journey to eternity in 2018
Bangladesh lost many illustrious figures in the cultural arena in 2018 who served the country with their creativity, talent and intellect till their death.
IBBL strongest retail bank 2018 in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Nov 22 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited achieved ‘The Strongest Retail Bank in Bangladesh 2018’ award conferred by UK-based financial intelligence house Cambridge IF Analytica.
SuRie to represent UK at Eurovision 2018
Royal Academy of Music graduate SuRie will represent the UK at Eurovision 2018 with her track Storm. SuRie – real name Susanna Cork – was announced as the winner of Eurovision You Decide after a live ceremony in Brighton, broadcast…