Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission, just days after he was sworn in to run an interim government following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina. A special court in Dhaka acquitted the Nobel Prize-winning economist along with 13 other people, The Daily Star reported on Sunday, citing an official with the anti-graft commission. If he was found guilty of money laundering in that case, Yunus faced the risk of life imprisonment.

Whoever has gone through the “not-so-attractive” phase, raise your hand. The truth is that the vast majority of people have had an unpleasant period in their life. However, it is a passing phase that almost everyone manages to overcome. Then, there is a day that comes when the “swan” comes out of its hiding place to present itself to the world. And this is exactly what happened to these Reddit users who displayed their “before and after” photos in a thread. At Bright Side we were left speechless as we saw the changes these people experienced in just a few short years.

Have you ever thought about the top advantages of social media to the society? Modern Nigeria and millions of its citizens should pay attention to the growing number of social networks that can harm or contribute to the development of communities. Since every year more and more Nigerians get online and become addicted to different social media, it is necessary to understand what are the positive effects of such a situation.

OSCAR WILDE AND THE YELLOW ‘NINETIES—Frances Winwar—Harper ($3.50). “To love oneself,” said Oscar Wilde, “is the beginning of a life-long romance.” Few have had such queerly spectacular romances with themselves as Oscar Wilde had. And none has been more queerly written about. Belligerently broadminded, owlishly psychiatric, sermonizing or smirking, Wilde’s biographies for 40 years have been only slightly less perverted than Wilde himself. A really good Wilde biography—i.e., candid, sensitive, objective—is Frances Winwar’s Oscar Wilde and the Yellow ‘Nineties.

Slick and sexy, Guess?, Inc.’s long-cultivated image began turning seedy last summer. First, five contractors for the $500 million clothing empire were cited by California inspectors for illegal home-sewing operations. Then a class-action suit accused Guess and 16 subcontractors of paying their mostly immigrant workers less than minimum wage. Ornery picket lines spread from Guess’s shop on Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive to its 66 other retail outlets across the country. And in a final one-two punch, the National Labor Relations Board forced the firm to rehire employees it had fired for union sympathizing, while the U.