August2019

Nearly half of British houses subscribe to a streaming service such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV or Disney Life, as traditional TV viewing remains to decline, according to media regulator Ofcom. Some 13.3 million...

Egypt displayed on Sunday the gilded coffin of Tutankhamun, following restoration for the first time since the boy king’s grave was found in 1922. The restoration process began in mid-July after the three-tiered coffin was transferred...

GM Ziaur Rahman Zia of SAIF Sporting Club still maintained his solo lead in the points table with 7.5 points after the eighth round games of International rating Chess tournament now being held at Bangladesh Chess...

In a bid to make themselves part of the next year’s World T20 in Australia in 2020, Bangladesh Women’s team chalked out a roadmap as they have to qualify for the tournament first. The qualifying round...

UNESCO has certified Bangladeshi Dance Artist and Director Ms Pooja Sengupta and Turongomi School of Dance as registered member and organization of their International Dance Council (CID). On January 31, 2014, Pooja Sengupta founded Turongomi Repertory...

“The Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) is committed to advance the government’s development agenda. So DGFP is working to ensure friendly services to all young people for developing youth’s health need” – said the Director-General...

As part of its commitment to the society, LankaBangla Finance has distributed wheelchairs among the marginalized paralyzed people in Dinajpur. The act of handing over wheelchairs to 100 financially challenged paralyzed people will help them get...

July this year was the warmest month ever recorded worldwide, satellite data has confirmed. The assessment was carried out by researchers at the EU‘s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Scientists say it’s the latest sign that...

Hyundai has released a version of its Sonata hybrid that has solar panels to help charge its battery. The Korean carmaker said up to 60% of the power for the car’s battery could be supplied if...

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC, announced his retirement as chairperson of BRAC Bangladesh and BRAC International yesterday. He will now work as the chair emeritus, effective August 2019, said a press release by...