2023

With the holiday season and colder winter months looming in the northern hemisphere, 'tis the season for Covid. But then again, Covid never really left us. "The holiday season, marked by significant volumes of travel, is likely to be…

A gunman killed 10 people and seriously wounded 11 others at a Prague university on Thursday before being "eliminated", according to police and Prague emergency services. Czech police said shortly after 3:00pm (1400 GMT) that they…

Bangladesh Awami League uses a highly-coordinated network of social media handles – profiles, groups and pages -- to disseminate information on Facebook, but over 80 percent of those do not declare their political affiliation. Only…

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh wants peace and stability instead of conflict to keep the wheel of development turning. He said this while talking to journalists in Sylhet. Momen's attention was drawn to the…

Speculations are rife about Bollywood luminary Deepika Padukone venturing into the digital space yet again, this time with an action-packed web series centred around the drug mafia culture prevailing in India. Following her successful OTT…

The esteemed director of "Barbie", Greta Gerwig, 40, and her long-term partner Noah Baumbach, renowned director of "Marriage Story", have officially tied the knot, marking a joyous milestone in their enduring relationship, as confirmed by a…

A US computer scientist on yesterday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights. Stephen Thaler wanted to be granted…

Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado's supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake that could upend next year's election. The…

Israel ordered the evacuation Wednesday of large areas of Gaza's main southern city, the United Nations said. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Israel had released maps showing new areas…

Sylhet city wore a festive look, and the ambiance all around was one of joy and fervour, as Awami League President Sheikh Hasina kicked off her party's election campaign at the Government Alia Madrasah ground yesterday. Addressing a…