Descending from the air, Lady Gaga kicked off a pre-Super Bowl concert by mimicking her entrance to her Super Bowl halftime performance three years ago, which earned her raved reviews.
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Japanese warship heads to Middle East to protect tankers
A Japanese warship departed Sunday for the Middle East to ensure the safety of the country’s oil tankers in waters where tensions between the U.S. and Iran are high.
PM opens Ekushey Book Fair 2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2020, a yearly event of booklovers and publishers.
PM for more translations of Bangla literature
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for more translations of Bangla literature as her government wants to spread it across the world.
WEF: Towards sustainability with neoliberal recipes?
The World Economic Forum has recognised intellectually that Scandinavian social models offer an alternative to rising inequality. It just can’t accept this ideologically.
PM to inaugurate Ekushey Book Fair Sunday
Dhaka, Feb 1 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event of booklovers and publishers, on Sunday.
Elizabeth Banks being honored with parade, roast at Harvard
Actor and director Elizabeth Banks is being honored as Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe.
Author Mary Higgins Clark, ‘Queen of Suspense,’ dead at 92
Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning “Queen of Suspense” whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world’s most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.
BNP men clash with AL activists at Nayapaltan
Awami League and BNP activists locked into a clash in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on Saturday afternoon.
‘BCL activists’ attack BNP supporter on DU campus
A man was assaulted reportedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists near the Curzon Hall on Dhaka University campus on Saturday morning after he voted for BNP candidates in the Dhaka city election.
‘It was a farce, not election’, says BNP
Bringing various allegations of irregularities including driving out of its candidates’ polling agents from many polling stations, BNP on Saturday alleged that “a farce was staged” in the name of elections to two Dhaka city corporations.
Wildfire creates state of emergency in Australian capital
The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire burning erratically to its south.
Momen questions EC’s approval of locals as int’l observers
DHAKA, Jan 31, 2020 (BSS) – Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today questioned the Election Commission’s role as it approved 28 Bangladeshi citizens, working in different foreign missions here, as international observer for tomorrow’s city polls.
Quader admitted to BSMMU with respiratory complications
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Friday morning with respiratory complications.
Dhaka North and South city polls Saturday
DHAKA, Jan 31, 2020 (BSS) – The elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations will be held tomorrow solely through the electronic voting machine (EVM) method for the first time in this major local body polls.
‘Crossfire’ Threat: 7 DB men suspended for extortion
The Dhaka District Police yesterday suspended of its own seven detective members for their alleged involvement in taking Tk 4.5 lakh in extortion from a businessman after ‘threatening to kill him in crossfire’.
Ishraque discuses election atmosphere with US Embassy man
BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain on Friday discussed the latest election situation with US Embassy’s political counselor Brent Christensen.
Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst in world for second day
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka topped the list of cities with the worst air again for the second consecutive day in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Friday morning.
Huawei races to replace Google apps for next smartphone
If you can make smartphone apps, Chinese tech giant Huawei wants you.
Trump’s Mideast peace plan “despicable” – Iran President
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan as “despicable,” Tasnim news agency reported Thursday.
Diplomats should apply their sense of responsibility: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday expressed displeasure against foreign diplomats for what he said interference in Bangladesh’s domestic affairs saying they should follow the code of conduct and apply their sense of responsibility.
City elections: Electioneering ends – voting Saturday
The capital turned into a city of processions on Thursday as both mayoral and councillor candidates staged showdowns to demonstrate their popularity at the last moment since the curtain is set to fall on electioneering in the elections to the…
Dhaka City Election: Ban on motorcycles movement
A 54-hour ban imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the movement of motorcycles in the capital ahead of the Dhaka city election will come into effect from Thursday midnight.
Do masks offer protection from new virus? It depends
People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in South Korea have told parents to equip their children with…
370 Bangladeshis registered in China; willing to return: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said a total of 370 Bangladesh citizens from 22 institutions, mostly from Wuhan city of China, have registered their names expressing their willingness to return home.
Moving beyond coal: policy lessons from across Europe
A new report has identified good and bad practices which can inform national efforts at ‘just transition’.
President Trump’s ME peace plan fails to address Palestine
(Jerusalem) – Israel should grant Palestinians in the West Bank rights protections at least equal to those afforded Israeli citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today, citing Israel’s 52 years of occupation with no end in sight.…
‘Minari,’ a Korean immigrant drama, breaks out at Sundance
After the premiere of “Minari” at the Sundance Film Festival, while many in the audience were still drying their eyes, director Lee Isaac Chung quoted the fauthor Willa Cather to explain how he had come to write a film based…
Israel headed for clash with ICC over West Bank settlements
Emboldened by a supportive White House, Israel appears to be barreling toward a showdown with the international community over its half-century-old settlement enterprise in the West Bank.
Journalists asked to evolve to keep up with change
In the age of social media, citizens are not safe from the risks that affect journalists, and there is no alternative to developing awareness and technological skills for everyone to keep up with the changing times, speakers at a programme…