April2019

U.S. manufacturing conglomerate 3M Co on Thursday said it would lay off 2,000 workers globally as it reported a widely lower-than-expected quarterly profit and cut its 2019 earnings forecast due to worsening performance in key markets....

Tesla reported a loss of $702m for the first three months of the year and predicted another loss for the three months after. The electric car and battery maker said it would return to profit in...

Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation. In a video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the “core values of the nation… our very democracy, everything that...

Devastating floods in South Africa have left 51 dead and forced more than a thousand people from their homes, according to an updated toll issued Wednesday as President Cyril Ramaphosa flew to the deluged region. Heavy...

American software firm, Red Hat is set to expand business in Bangladesh as the country is going through massive digital transformation. To this end, the multinational software company aims to strengthen the partner ecosystem and help...

The global pace of new oil and gas pipeline construction has tripled in less than two decades, a multi-billion- dollar boom in infrastructure that experts warned Thursday could torpedo hopes for limiting global warming. In the...

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of additional troops countrywide overnight to help police hunt for suspects in the Easter Sunday suicide blasts that killed nearly 360 people, a spokesman said Thursday. Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said the army...

The West Indies named star players Chris Gayle and Andre Russell in their 2019 World Cup squad on Wednesday, although allrounder Kieron Pollard was among those left out. Big-hitting opening batsman Gayle returned to the Windies...

Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraj was officially announced ‘UNICEF Child Rights Advocate’ to support the children of Bangladesh after joining forces with UNICEF today. The announcement was made at a media briefing held at the Press...

An Indian state court on Wednesday moved to lift a ban on popular video app TikTok in the country, two lawyers involved in the case said, in a boost for its developer Beijing Bytedance Technology Co....