World population about to hit 8 billion next week

Asia News Network, The Daily Star 11/10/2022

DHAKA — According to United Nations (UN) projections, the world population is going to hit 8 billion on November 15. The global population has increased sharply in the last few decades. The number reached 1 billion in…

Bangladesh court finds death row convict innocent the day he dies

Asia News Network, Inquirer.net, The Daily Star 10/09/2018

KHULNA, Bangladesh — On Sunday afternoon, Khulna jail received the copy of a High Court order that one Obaid Ali be released from death row because the court had found him innocent. There was one problem though:…

Jail inmates in Bangladesh get pillows after 230 years

Inquirer.net, The Daily Star 07/19/2018

DHAKA — After 230 years of using blankets as a substitute for pillows, inmates are going to get cotton-pillows to sleep on for the first time in the history of jails in Bangladesh. Since 1788, when a…

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