August2019

Fifty years ago, Nick and Bobbi Ercoline were just another young couple camped out at the Woodstock festival. But when a photographer snapped their picture early on that Sunday morning as they stood hugging each other...

As floodwater recedes from most parts of Bangladesh and tough challenges such as scarcity of drinking water and sanitation, and risks of spreading of water-borne and other diseases emerge, BRAC allocates BDT 3.5 crore to fund...

Utpal Kaul, a Hindu, has dreamt of returning to his lakeside property and peach orchard in Kashmir ever since he fled the Muslim-dominated valley three decades ago in fear of his life. It seemed like an...

Dozens of people clutching bags full of plastic bottles and disposable cups line at a busy bus terminal in the Indonesian city of Surabaya — where passengers can swap trash for travel tickets. The nation is...

Shares in Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific plunged more than four percent on Monday after Beijing banned airline staff supporting Hong Kong protesters from flights going through the mainland. Cathay shares lost 4.37 percent to...

Conservative Alejandro Giammattei was elected as Guatemala’s president on Sunday, defeating former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off, the central American country’s electoral court said. With the results being updated in real time on the...

In El Paso, Texas, there are books for third-grade students, many of whom have none at home. Disabled students in Dayton, Ohio, will get bouncy chairs to help calm them for learning. Science kits will go...

K-pop superstars BTS will take a ‘long-term break’ from the music scene, their agency said Monday, after the boy band topped charts in the US and Britain earlier this year. But the pause may only last...

Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters for the second year in a row after polishing off his US Open preparation with a Montreal title on Sunday. The announcement came a few hours after Nadal won...

The holy Eid-ul-Adha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated across the country today with due solemnity and religious fervor and amid tight security. On the occasion, the Muslims across the country...