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Chinese Candidate for AIIB Presidency

DHAKA, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — China has formally nominated Jin Liqun, former vice finance minister of China, as the Chinese candidate for president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB. China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed that Jin Liqun was nominated by the Chinese government as candidate for AIIB President, based on procedures […]

Self-proclaimed Dr Frankenstein boasts that he can do first human head transplant in under AN HOUR and admits his final goal is immortality

Surgeon Sergio Canavero sees ‘no problem’ with wealthy tycoons using the procedure to get a young body in their quest for eternal life Hopes his first patient will be Russian with genetic muscle wasting disease Valery Spiridonov, 30, has volunteered to be a guinea pig, despite the risks Dr Canavero has been called ‘nuts’ by […]

First ever successful head transplant operation was performed within 19 hours

We all are probably aware of different surgeries such as heart transplant and kidney transplant, but have you ever heard of a head transplant? It sounds impossible right? I mean, who would let his head to be transferred to another body right? The world’s first ever head transplant has just been successful to a patient. […]

UNESCO names 24 new world heritage sites

BERLIN, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has concluded its annual meeting in Bonn, Germany after inscribing 24 new sites into the World Heritage List, reports Xinhua. In the past 10 days, over 2,000 delegates from around 160 countries gathered at the western German city […]

Bangladesh, Malaysia to Strike Labor Deal for 500,000 Workers

KOLKATA, July 8 (Xinhua) — Malaysia has reportedly agreed to recruit 500,000 low-skilled migrant workers from Bangladesh, a move welcomed by many in a country from where scores of people have risked their lives to go abroad in search of work. Details of the agreement, called a Business-to-Business (B2B) mechanism that will use employment agencies, […]

New York holds annual hot dog-eating contest on Independence Day

NEW YORK, July 6 (NsNewsWire) — The annual Nathan’s Hot Dog-Eating Contest was held Saturday in New York’s Coney Island with Matt ” The Megatoad” Stonie ousting an eight-time champion. Reigning men’s champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, who managed to wolf down 60 dogs in the contest this year, was out eaten by Stonie, who ate […]

Fly Thai with Huawei

DHAKA, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — Huawei, the world’s third largest Smartphone manufacturer, has launched a new facebook contest “Fly Thai with Huawei” in Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid festival, where 10 lucky people will get opportunities to visit to Thailand for 3days and 2nights in mid August. Customer can participate in this contest by […]

Alwaleed Philanthropies grants 10,000 housing units and 10,000 cars to Saudis

JEDDAH, July 5 (NsNewsWire) — As an expression of his gratitude to the Saudi nation and its people, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud has announced the resumption of the two Alwaleed philanthropic projects that consist of providing 10,000 housing units to Saudi citizens, which is part of his development housing initiative, in addition […]

Forced to marry at 14 in Bangladesh

It was 15 years ago that the United Nations set a series of targets aimed at improving the lives of those living in the world’s poorest countries. The Millennium Development Goals are due to expire this year, but just how much have people’s lives changed? One of the countries that has advanced is Bangladesh but […]