Match facts June 10-14, 2015 Start time 10am local (0400 GMT) Big picture Bangladesh have taken on different challenges this year and, for the most part, have produced desired results. The World Cup quarterfinal was reached and Pakistan were soundly beaten at home. Now they take on India in a one-off Test, an opponent they have often said brings the ...

“Should I shave my armpit hair?” It is a question that often bothers Xiao Meili, a prominent women’s rights activist in China. “Girls are often anxious about their armpit hair as if it’s a sign of being dirty or uncivilized,” Ms Xiao said. “But we should have the freedom to choose whether to accept what grows naturally on our bodies.” ...

Financial institutions will help EU policing agency spot suspicious transactions that could identify criminal activity. Leading financial institutions in Europe have joined an offensive to fight human trafficking by using data to spot irregular banking transactions that could identify criminal activity, organisers have said. The initiative involving banks and the European Union’s policing agency Europol aims to help financial institutions ...

There must be some truth in between, mustn’t there? Outside North Korea, Kim Jong-un is depicted as a monster. Or a buffoon who sends his goons around to a London hairdresser who dared to poke fun at his haircut. Or a portly playboy with a liking for Swiss cheese, fast cars and faster women. But inside North Korea, he is ...

Country’s PM is under investigation for corruption, but cannot be suspended from office even if found guilty. Romania’s parliament has voted to keep the immunity of the prime minister, who is a suspect in a corruption probe. Lawmakers voted 231-120 against anti-corruption prosecutors’ request to prosecute Victor Ponta. The premier is suspected of corruption charges, including being an accomplice to ...

Opposition fighters take control of a major base that was used by the regime to shell all eastern areas of the province. An umbrella group of opposition fighters have seized the largest army base in the southern province of Deraa – the birthplace of Syria’s four-year uprising – after 24 hours of fighting, a rebel spokesman and monitoring group have ...

Prosecutor wants deadly 2007 car bombing investigated after Al Jazeera airs exclusive interview of al-Qaeda informant. Spain’s top prosecutor has asked police to investigate claims by an al-Qaeda informant that he forewarned Yemeni officials of a 2007 car bomb attack at Yemen’s Balqis Temple that killed 10 people, including eight Spanish tourists. A Spanish police investigation into the claims made ...

We’ve been warned enough about the downside of too much consumption of junk food. There’s no doubt that fast foods and processed foods have increased the burden childhood obesity, heart disease and diabetes and have made these chronic diseases a common lifestyle concern. Recently, the Delhi Government demanded a crackdown on junk food that is sold in schools and within ...

The number of cases of the cancers most common in men and women have shown an upward trend since 1990 while liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Bangladesh, reports UNB.  Breast cancer accounts for the highest number of new cancer cases among women in Bangladesh, and mouth cancer has the highest number of cancer cases for ...

Opening up the possibility for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer, scientists have identified genetic material that distinguishes its cells from normal cells.   These genetic material includes six mRNA isoforms produced by ovarian cancer cells but not normal cells could be used to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer.   Ovarian cancer is very difficult to diagnose and treat, making it an ...