August2018

When Ryan Gosling gets off the boat at Venice Lido this week, it will be one small step for the Hollywood actor, but potentially another leap for the world’s oldest film festival. Gosling’s “First Man”, in...

Pfizer Inc said on Monday that its drug tafamidis reduced the risk of death for patients with a rare and fatal heart disease by around 30 percent, boosting the prospects of what could be a billion-dollar-a-year...

Roughly 10.8 million American adults are currently using e-cigarettes, and more than half of them are under 35 years old, a U.S. study suggests. One in three e-cigarette users are vaping daily, researchers report in the...

World number one and defending US Open champion Rafael Nadal sent his close friend David Ferrer into Grand Slam retirement on Monday when his veteran compatriot was forced to quit their first round match with an...

With more and more states legalizing marijuana, whether for medical use, recreational use, or both, increasing numbers of Americans are using cannabis. A new survey finds that one in seven had used marijuana in 2017, with...

The Bangladesh national football team will take on their Sri Lankan counterpart in a FIFA friendly match scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at new look Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari. State-owned Bangladesh Television will telecast...

Uber, a ride-sharing company, today announced the launch of “Safety Toolkit” – a consolidated and comprehensive set of features in-app for riders in Bangladesh, for building on the existing safety features available to riders in the...

Nestle and Starbucks said on Tuesday they had concluded their licensing deal for the Swiss food giant to market the U.S. coffee maker’s packaged coffees and teas around the world. The $7.15 billion deal grants Nestle...

Japanese carmaker Toyota is to invest $500m (£387m) in Uber and expand a partnership to jointly develop self-driving cars. The firm said this would involve the “mass-production” of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on Uber’s...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc made an investment in India’s One97 Communications Ltd, the parent of digital payments firm Paytm, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Billionaire Warren Buffett, who runs the conglomerate, was not involved in the transaction,...