June2018

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has awarded its annual development award of 2018 to BRAC for its continued humanitarian support programme for the Rohingya people who have taken shelter in Bangladesh. OFID, the development...

Iceland will retain their renowned sense of optimism as they take on already-qualified Croatia on Tuesday in a bid to claw their way out of World Cup Group D, coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said. To reach the...

A giant sculpture made of pink and black flowers set the tone at Christian Dior’s catwalk show in Paris on Saturday as new menswear designer Kim Jones stamped his style on the storied French label with...

A gun used by Han Solo in “The Return of the Jedi” sold for $550,000 at auction to the museum chain Ripley’s Believe it or Not! on Saturday, Julien’s Auctions said. The hero prop blaster gun...

Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor was honoured for her final role at India’s movie awards in Bangkok, winning the best actress prize at the colourful celebration of dance, music and film just months after her shock death....

Xiaomi, a Beijing-based smart phone maker, on Saturday announced its plan to raise 48 billion HK dollars (about 6.12 billion U.S. dollars) in the initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong next month. Xiaomi will offer...

Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday with worries over a US-China trade war partly offset by optimism about the US economy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged up just 0.20 points to 22,517.03 in early trade,...

PayPal Holdings Inc said on Monday it is launching a debit card for users of its mobile app Venmo in a bid to broaden its reach with younger users. Venmo, which has been part of PayPal...

Xerox Corp said on Monday it would start sourcing products from new vendors to lower its dependency on Fujifilm Holdings Corp and may not renew its technology agreement with the 56-year-old joint venture Fuji Xerox. Fujifilm...

Grameenphone has appointed Syed Tanvir Husain as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective from 12 June 2018. Tanvir joined Grameenphone in mid-2013 and since then has very successfully led Center of Expertise (CoE) and then the Shared...