November2017

The earthquake was felt in several western provinces of Iran, but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah, which announced three days of mourning. More than 300 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake...

Sterling tumbled on Monday after reports that dozens of MPs in the ruling Conservative Party were backing a move to oust May, whose leadership has been battered by a string of scandals and crises. The pound...

Shareholders appear resigned to a cut in dividends, the first since 2009, as GE had only $7 billion in cash flow at the end of September, but was due to pay out $8 billion. Iconic American...

Canadian teen singer Shawn Mendes on Sunday won best artist and best song at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) in London, pipping heavyweight competitors such as Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Ed Sheeran. The awards...

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Sunday that he had become a father for the fourth time after girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to a baby girl, Alana Martina. “Alana Martina has just been born!...

Roger Federer has dismissed Rafael Nadal’s claim that it would be fairer if the ATP Tour Finals were played on clay courts. As the world’s most formidable player on clay, Nadal has in the past suggested...

In the emergency ward of a Delhi hospital, men and women gasp for breath as they wait to be treated for symptoms triggered by the choking blanket of smog that descended on the Indian capital this...

Jyoti Prakash Dutta and Mozaffar Hossain will receive Exim Bank-Anyadin Humayun Ahmed Literary Award this year. The award will be presented at an award giving ceremony on Sunday at the Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad Auditorium of...

Humayun Ahmed would have turned 69 today. The world’s most-used web search engine Google has created a doodle marking the birthday of Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed. The Doodle imagines Humayun Ahmed at his estate, meeting with...

Comilla Victorians recorded their second win in the AKS Bangladesh Premier League T20 when they registered an overwhelming nine-wicket victory over Rajshahi Kings in the 12th match of the tournament held on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National...