May2018

There was an empty chair in Cannes on Thursday for a Russian film director under house arrest back home for a fraud case his producer called “ridiculous”. “Leto” (“Summer”), a biopic about the early days of...

Spanish film royalty, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, walked the red carpet to open the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with their film “Everybody Knows”, written and directed by Iranian double-Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi. Farhadi strode...

More than 400,000 runners have entered the ballot for next year’s London Marathon, breaking the event’s own world record for registrations. The final total of 414,168 applicants from Britain and overseas represents a 7.3 percent increase...

Ansari has been charged with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged Irfan Ansari with three counts of breaching the...

Ireland prepare to play against Pakistan at Malahide in Dublin from Friday in what will be a momentous first Test match for a country with a rich tradition of the game. The European side will become...

Delivery by cesarean section increased dramatically from 12% in 2010 to 31% in 2016. Public health experts called for steps to rein in this “unacceptable” high rates of cesarean section at a meeting held on 10...

Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology, today completed 30 years of operations in Bangladesh since commencing operations in 1988. Continuing its pioneering efforts to build awareness for digital payments, Visa today unveiled Bangladesh’s first...

The Academy division in Bangladesh of TÜV SÜD, a premium quality, safety, and sustainability solutions provider that specializes in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training, and knowledge services, announced that it is broadening its offerings in their...

Grameenphone announced its intent to consolidate the digital ecosystem further by introducing two exciting new mobile games – ‘Battle Rage’ and ‘Sketch Journey’ – for customers. The two new mobile games, now available on Google Play...

JAAGO foundation’s first batch of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinees has achieved remarkable results with a 100% passing rate under NCTB’s English Version Curriculum. The result marks a huge milestone for JAAGO as 20 candidates had...