Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab said Monday it expects to raise $2.5 billion in financing, mostly from China’s Didi Chuxing and Japan’s Softbank, as it strengthens its lead over rival Uber. Didi, China’s ride-hailing leader, and mobile giant SoftBank will…
With its airborne sharks, over-the-top gore and endless cheesy cameos from fading stars it ought to have flopped — but the viral “Sharknado” franchise shows no signs of losing its bite. A fifth film in five years, “Sharknado 5: Global…
Actor Ranbir Kapoor’s father Rishi Kapoor launched a blistering attack on Anurag Basu, director of his son’s new film Jagga Jasoos, calling him ‘irresponsible’ in an interview with mid-day. Over the years in the making, endlessly delayed, repeatedly shelved –…
Friendship matters for Shah Rukh Khan. A case in point is his friendship with Juhi Chawla that continues from his first film till date. Recently, Juhi mentioned that she gets to see less of Shah Rukh due to different work…
Beijing, Jul 24 (AP/UNB) — China is warning India not to underestimate its determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign territory amid an ongoing standoff between the two neighbours over a contested region high in the Himalayas.
Dhaka, Jul 24– The High Court on Monday exempted officer-in-charge of Akhaura police station Mosharraf Hossain Taraf when he apologised appearing before it for giving a report showing an alive man, who intends to go to hajj, as dead.
Sylvania, (AP/UNB) – In-Kyung Kim rallied to win the Marathon Classic on Sunday to become the second two-time winner this season on the LPGA Tour.Two strokes behind 18-year-old Nelly Korda entering the round, Kim birdied six of the first nine…
London, (AP/UNB) – England has won the Women’s Cricket World Cup after beating India by nine runs at Lord’s.
Dhaka – Bangladesh cricket team ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza formally signed deal with Rangpur Riders for the 5th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 which will start on November 4.The signing ceremony was held at East West Media Conference Hall…
By Shamus Cooke As Venezuela’s fascist-minded oligarchy conspires with U.S. imperialism to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro, few in the U.S. seem to care.
Dhaka- Police here on Monday recovered body the of a trader hanging from a tree at Basho village of Mohammadpur in Magura.
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested five robbers from different areas of the Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Sunday.The arrestees were Ali Hossain, 42, son of Omed Ali of Bonmandar village of the upazila, Sohel Rana, 27, son of…
Dhaka – Muggers looted Tk 5 lakh from a sales officer of an agent of mobile money transfer window bKash after stabbing him at Shahebganj in Kaunia upazila in Rangpur on Sunday.The victim was identified as Shahrir Sumon.Mamunur Rashid, officer-…
By Martin Khor Penang, Malaysia, Jul 22 (IPS) – The Asian financial crisis started 20 years ago and the global financial crisis and recession 9 years back. When a new global financial crisis strikes, the developing countries will be more…
Geneva (D. Ravi Kanth) — Brazil has finally struck a death blow to the G20 coalition of developing countries that it had created in 2003 for reforming the global agriculture, after joining hands with its erstwhile foe – the European…
Two Jordanians have been killed and an Israeli wounded in an incident next to Israel’s embassy in Amman. Israel’s foreign ministry said a Jordanian attacked a security guard with a screwdriver in a residential building used by the embassy.
Dhaka – Sohel Mashfuz arrested from Chapainawabganj, a “Neo JMB” militant on Sunday made a confessional statement before a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in supplying bombs for July 1 Dhaka cafe attack.
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday again allowed the government one more week for issuing the gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules of the subordinate court judges.
Rajshahi – Demanding the Four points the students of Rajshahi University (RU) formed a human chain at the Paris road on the university campus at 112 pm on Sunday.
Mymensingh – The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Sunday observed public service day for the first time at the university campus.
Dhaka, July 23– BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday alleged that Awami League is trying to create anarchy in the country with its plan to hold the 11th parliamentary elections under a partisan government making an excuse for…
Dhaka, July 23 – Describing the sensational seven murders of Narayanganj as a planned incident, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday said people’s confidence in the law enforcement agencies should be reinstated through the verdict in the cases filed over…
The High Court on Sunday summoned three people, including the Civil Surgeon of Patuakhali, to appear before it on August 1 to explain the incident of leaving a surgical instrument inside the abdomen of a woman during a cesarian operation.…
The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has urged the government not to go for any law that appears as barriers to freedom of expression and freedom of the press. NOAB also demanded immediate annulment of the ‘controversial’ section 57…
The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations were published on Sunday, showing a pass percentage of 68.91. Of these, 66.84 percent passed the HSC examinations while 77.20 percent came out successful in Madrassah Board…
A court here on Sunday quashed the much-talked-about defamation case against UNO Gazi Tariq Salman filed for publishing a ‘distorted photo’ of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the invitation card issued on the occasion of Independence Day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh will be built in such a way where there will be no local and foreign conspiracy and no room for bad governance.”Our aim is very much clear… we want to establish Bangladesh…
The Arab League has warned Israel is “playing with fire” over the “red line” of Jerusalem and its foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday over Israeli-Palestinian violence, according to statements on Sunday.Israel sent extra troops into the…
CAIRO,(BSS/AFP) -The Arab League on Sunday accused Israel of “playing with fire” with new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site. “Jerusalem is a red line,” its chief Ahmed Abul Gheit said in a statement, adding that “no…
When President Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accords, embraced coal, and stacked his administration from people from fossil-fuel producing states, the environmental movement reacted with near-apocalyptic fear and fury. They would have been better off beginning to understand…