SINGAPORE,(BSS/AFP) – While access to the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be tightly restricted, hundreds of Singaporeans got the next best thing on Saturday when two lookalikes showed up at…
Eunice Gayson – the actress who played the first “Bond girl” – has died at the age of 90. She played Sylvia Trench in 007’s 1962 debut, Dr No. During the filming Gayson helped calm Sean Connery’s nerves so he…
Dhaka-Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said that they will take step for treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) as per prescription of her personal physicians.
Dhaka – Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three as the well-marked low over North Bay and adjoining area lies over Northeast Bay and adjoining coastal areas…
Tom Cruise has jumped off buildings, slid off skyscrapers and clung onto the outside of a plane during take-off in his roles as action movie hero. Now he can stake a claim to being the first actor to perform a…
Entertainment Desk The film ‘Komola Rocket’ produced by Impress Telefilm, will be released on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The 2 minute and 24 second long official trailer of the movie also has been released on Youtube channel titled Channel-i…
Bella Hadid brushed off rumors about getting a lip job done. According to People.com, in an interview with In style, she spoke extensively about her plastic surgery rumors and how it sent her into depression last year.
Talks at the G7 summit in Canada have failed to resolve deep differences between US President Donald Trump and leaders of major industrial nations. The divisions were laid bare on Friday, notably over trade.
by Michael Kellner, Barbara Unmüßig Berlin – As US President Donald Trump translates his “America First” strategy into import tariffs, and the European Union prepares to adopt countermeasures moving the global economy toward a trade standoff, the real challenge facing…
Berlin, June 09 (AP/UNB) — Austria’s government said Friday that it is closing seven mosques and plans to expel imams in a crackdown on “political Islam” and foreign financing of religious groups.
Chattogram, June 9 – Two police sergeants have been withdrawn as they allegedly assaulted three people, including two journalists, in Agrabad Badamtoli intersection in the port city.
Banking sector health can be improved by strengthening governance, it says Dhaka, Jun 8 – Bangladesh will need to boost productive investment by addressing infrastructure bottlenecks and strengthening the banking sector to keep ongoing momentum unhurt, the IMF said in…
Dhaka, June 9 – Eleven buses of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) were gutted as a fire broke out at Joar Sahar BRTC bus depot in the city’s Khilkhet area early Saturday.
Lawmakers at the highest levels urgently need a “revolution in thinking” to tackle the twin problem of sustainable food production and migration. Starting with an inaugural event in Brussels, then travelling on to New York and Milan, an international team…
Sharing our new section on Water – The study of rivers requires far more attention than has generally been given by historians or social scientists.
Divisions between Donald Trump and other leaders of G7 nations were laid bare on the first day of their summit. The US leader made a surprise call for Russia to be readmitted to the group of top industrialised nations after…
Liverpool and Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The 67-year-old, who won the European Cup three times while playing for the Reds and later managed the club, said he was “humbled but gratified”.…
Quacquarelli Symonds revealed the QS World University Rankings 2019. The list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.
Restrictions on free speech and the right to protest unleash a wave of mass arrests and arbitrary detention of defenders of workers’ rights Brussels, 7 June 2018 (ITUC Online): Shrinking democratic space for working people and unchecked corporate greed are on…
Dhaka, June 8 – The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday said the proposed budget has increased taxation on the middle and lower income groups compared to rich people, which will ultimately affect the livelihoods of the general people.
Dhaka, June 8 – The BNP has termed the proposed national budget a big blue empty balloon which has been formulated keeping the next general election in mind.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the State of Colombia accountable for the ongoing impunity for murder of a journalist Miami (Washington DC), June 8, 2018 – The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights celebrate…
Dhaka – A woman was killed as a bus knocked her down in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday morning.
Dhaka – A woman was killed as a bus knocked her down in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday morning.
Dhaka – Law enforcers in separate incidents arrested three people, including an Indian national, along with 71 gold bars at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport and Benapole checkpost on Friday.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a woman along with hemp from Bhajondanga village in the upazila headquarters on Friday.
Leeds,(AP/UNB)- Marcus Rashford scored from long range as England beat Costa Rica 2-0 in its final World Cup warm-up match on Thursday.
Dhaka – Bangladesh celebrity golfer Siddikur Rahman made successful cut in the $300,000 Thailand Open placing joint 44th after the second round at Thai Country Club course on Friday.
Dhaka- The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Friday said the proposed budget of Tk 464,573 crore, which is 25 percent higher than that of revised budget of the last fiscal year, is highly challenging comparing to…
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has once again promoted rather than punished senior police officials who oversaw units implicated in extrajudicial killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous “drug war.” On Tuesday, Senior Superintendent Chito Bersaluna, the police chief of…