December2018

Bangladesh, in a bid to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 12 by 2030, is aiming to develop a 10-year sustainable consumption and production framework by 2020. The framework will help promote green growth and sustainable development and...

Spain’s public prosecutor has filed an accusation of tax fraud against Colombian singer Shakira, the prosecutor’s spokesman said. The prosecutor alleges she avoided more than 14.5 million euros ($16.34 million) in payments over a three-year period...

Renowned Bangladeshi film director and actor Amjad Hossain passed away at a Bangkok hospital on Friday afternoon. He was 76. He breathed his last at Bumrungrad International Hospital around 3 pm, said his son Sazzad Hossain...

Barcelona will head to Levante on Sunday night top of La Liga and with a score to settle. Seven months ago, they were two games away from becoming the first team to finish a Spanish top-flight...

The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries across war-scarred Syria. The move came despite reluctance from Russia, which called to amend the period to six months. The United States...

BRAC Bank Limited took part in an open loan distribution program to Tk 10 accountholders under the refinancing scheme of Bangladesh Bank. SME & Special Programs Department, Bangladesh Bank organized the program in Faridpur on October...

Janet Jackson finally won her place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday when the pop singer was named as one of seven music acts to be getting a place in music history....

Keith Richards, the hard-partying lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, has quit drinking – almost – saying he “just got fed up with it.” “It’s been about a year now,” Richards told Rolling Stone magazine in...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of increased conflict and hunger if climate change is left unabated. “When climate change promotes conflict, such as over access to increasingly-scarce land and water resources,...

Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured after a high-speed train crashed into a locomotive in the Turkish capital on Thursday, officials said. Transport Minister Cahit Turhan told reporters in televised remarks that three of...