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Interactive VR film directed by Bangladeshi artist makes way to Venice Biennale

Dhaka, Aug. 6 -- An interactive Virtual Reality film named Mirage, directed by Bangladeshi origin Naima Karim, will be screened at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in the Lido di Venezia fr... Read More


Heathrow presents proposal for privately financed third runway within 10 years

Dhaka, Aug. 6 -- On August 1, Heathrow submitted its proposals for a 100 percent privately financed third runway, capable of flights taking off within a decade. An expanded Heathrow would give passen... Read More


Cold and Hot functional tests completed at Unit 1 of Rooppur NPP

Dhaka, Aug. 6 -- One of the key stages of cold and hot functional tests has been completed during a set of commissioning activities, such as blowdown of the fresh steam pipelines in the turbine compar... Read More


Airtel Africa and Xtelify strike major AI partnership across 14 markets

Dar es Salaam, Aug. 6 -- Airtel Africa has entered into a multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership with Xtelify, a fully owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, in a strategic move aimed at transformin... Read More


Indias $200 Billion Electric Vehicle Boom as NITI Aayog Proposes Bold Regulatory Shift

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- In a game-changing development for India's green mobility push, NITI Aayog has launched a new report unveiling a $200 billion economic opportunity tied to electric vehicle (EV) ad... Read More


A haven of recovery and support for fistula patients in Nigeria

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- At Jahun General Hospital in northern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams are providing reconstructive surgery, mental health care, and rehabilitat... Read More


The Last Stand Of Sergeant Bala

The chant rose again, Aug. 6 -- The sun over Abuja didn't just burn - it punished. Sergeant Bala wiped a line of sweat off his brow with a trembling hand. His uniform, what was left of it, clung to hi... Read More


Nigerian Armed Forces : Didn't Just Protect Us-They Gave Us Back Our Breath

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- In a country where voices of outrage often drown the quiet acts of bravery, where failures are magnified and sacrifices forgotten, the Armed Forces of Nigeria have once again remind... Read More


Charly Boy or Baddo Bus Stop: Two Sides to an Argument.

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- " A fruit, as they say, does not fall far from its tree. And when we develop the habit, and savour the taste, of throwing ourselves into a fray, we run the risk of becoming what a j... Read More


Adjusting the Temperature: Climate Change and International Law

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Before the clenching constipation of reluctant and cloddish policy makers, climate change advocates have found courts surprisingly amenable to their concerns. Bodies of environmenta... Read More