July2020

Iran has almost finalized a huge 25-year bilateral agreement with China. Meanwhile, Tehran has pulled out of a major rail deal with India. Recently, the Iranian government said that the project will be completed on its...

Four Arab countries have lost to Qatar in the international court. More than three years ago, those countries imposed a ban on airspace with Qatar. The International Court of Justice has recently ruled in a related...

West Indies captain Jason Holder has overtaken legendary compatriot Brian Lara’s record in an international cricket match after a long 117 days due to the coronavirus. Cricket returns to the field with the Southampton Test between...

Over 2,500 mobile games were deleted from Apple’s China app store in the first week of July, four times as many in the same period last month, after Apple shut down a loophole to comply with...

Bangladeshi ride sharing venture Pathao‘s co-founder Fahim Saleh was found dead in his apartment in New York. He was brutally murdered. He was 33. New York police recovered Saleh’s deadbody from a building in the Lower...

Hyundai Motor shares increased around 8% today, a day after “green new deal” to spur use of environmentally friendly vehicles declared by South Korea. Other auto shares gained ground, with affiliate Kia Motors increasing 4.1% and...

Experts and drug regulators said today they are awaiting the results of the next trial of a possible Covid-19 vaccine from Globe Biotech Limited. The agency stated their vaccine had received encouraging results in preliminary tests...

Massachusetts sued Uber and Lyft over allegedly misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees entitled to extensive benefits. The complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court claims Uber and Lyft violate state minimum wage, hour and...

40,000 solar power home systems to be distributed in three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts to alleviate the power problems of marginalized people in remote areas. The project will be implemented by the Chittagong Hill Tracts...

Spotify Technology SA launched its music streaming service in Russia, and 12 other regions as part of its strategy of expansion after breaking into India in 2019. It will start to offer free and subscription services...