January2018

After making a strong statement in black dresses at the Golden Globes to protest sexual harassment, actresses brought a burst of color back to the red carpet last week but said the message of the Time’s...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today stressed the importance of returns of Rohingya refugees meeting international standard and willing to be part of these discussions. “To ensure that the refugees are heard and their protection guaranteed...

World Bank (WB) Vice President for the South Asia Region Annette Dixon today praised Bangladesh of increasing its capacity in project implement and fund disbursement. “Bangladesh is absorbing the supports from the World Bank with very...

Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews said there is no scope of self complacency against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh as all the three teams are equal in strength in the tournament. “There is no scope of self complacency...

An 11-year-old Israeli boy who survived the Mumbai terror attacks almost a decade ago returned for the first time Tuesday to the house where his parents were killed. Moshe Holtzberg was two years old when Pakistani...

Making its world debut at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the six-passenger, three-row Nissan Xmotion (pronounced “cross-motion”) concept fuses Japanese culture and traditional craftsmanship with American-style utility and new-generation Nissan Intelligent Mobility technology. Nissan...

Tropical cyclones generally strike Bangladesh in two seasons, March through July and September through December, with the greatest number of storms arriving in May and October. The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children...

While there were few leads from Wall Street owing to a holiday, investors continued to push into equity markets in Asia to maintain a healthy start to 2018, with Hong Kong skirting its all-time high Asian...

Shammi Akhtar debuted as a playback singer in the 1970s with the movie ‘Ashikkhito’. In 1977, Akhtar married folksinger Islam. The couple has a son and a daughter. Noted singer Shammi Akhtar passed away on the...

This year is expected to see another fall in sales, so carmakers are focusing on the American stalwarts of pickups and SUVs. Pickup trucks tend to enjoy more robust sales and have higher profit margins. Carmakers...