Washington, Sept 11 – Microsoft said Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scrambled to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote.
Dhaka, Sept 11 – The USA has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its support to bring about a peaceful resolution to the protracted Rohingya crisis. The assurance came during a phone call by US Defence Secretary Mark Esper to…
By Zama Neff “It does not make me happy that my children are no longer going to school,” the mother of two preschool-age children in North Kivu, a conflict-affected region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, told us. “Years don’t…
Two geoscientists and a philosopher from the University of Chicago (UChicago) estimated that an “ultimate cost of carbon” to humanity comes out closer to 100,000 dollars per ton, a thousand times higher than the 100 dollars or less routinely calculated…
The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in Ladakh region where the two sides had their deadliest clash in decades in June.
Amirul Islam, the officer-in-charge of Ghoraghat Police Station, was withdrawn for negligence of duty on Friday, nine days after an attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam and her father Omar Ali.
Bangladesh reported 34 deaths and 1,792 news coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours until Friday morning.
LOS ANGELES, Sept 11, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – A new study by American researchers, released on Thursday, suggests the deadly coronavirus may have already reached Los Angeles by late December, actively circulating in the area months before the first definitive cases…
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the Awami League government is trying to make enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings part of ‘national culture’.
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The publication of The New Nation remained uninterrupted and its journalists and employees worked in unbelievable safety for one full year when the proprietor and the members of his family were unable to enter the Ittefaq Bhaban,…
Beirut, AP/UNB, Sept 10 – A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, the site of last month’s catastrophic explosion that killed nearly 200 people and devastated parts of the capital.
Dhaka, Sept 10 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine from the country where it will be developed first.
Dhaka, Sept 10 – The a2i Programme has succeeded at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) awards for the 7th consecutive time.
Dhaka, Sept 10 – The High Court on Thursday stayed the decision of Copyright Office Bangladesh for one month that gave the copyright of 260 Masud Rana books and 50 books of Kuasha series to Sheikh Abdul Hakim.
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 10 – A Cox’s Bazar court has turned down a petition filed by the elder sister of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan seeking inclusion of district police chief ABM Masud in the case filed over her…
Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited received the cheque of Tk.55 lac under group life insurance policy from Md. Morshed Alam Siddiqui, Managing Director (CC) of Padma Islami Life Insurance Limited (PILIL) at Islami Bank…