December2020

Singapore and the UK signed a free trade deal in the Southeast Asian city-state on Thursday. The deal will cover a trade relationship worth more than $22bn (£17bn). The agreement largely mirrors an existing deal between...

Japan’s Sony said it has agreed to buy US anime streaming giant Crunchyroll, which has more than three million paying subscribers, in a deal worth $1.17 billion. By purchasing the anime, games and manga distributor from...

The last span (41st span) of the long-cherished Padma Multi-Purpose Bridge was installed today, making the entire bridge visible. “The last span of the bridge was put on 12 and 13 pillars around 11:00am and with...

Last week, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to approve the corona vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. Then Bahrain walks the same path. This time, Pfizer’s vaccine was approved in Canada as the...

If people are poor or extremely poor, it is because they lack choices, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) is relentlessly working to diversify their choices and come out of extreme poverty, PKSF Chairman Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman...

The South African cricket team will tour Pakistan. After 14 years, the South African cricket team will tour Pakistan in January-February 2021 to play a two-Test and three-match T20 series. Cricket South Africa announced on Wednesday...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected Thursday to unleash more stimulus to help shore up a eurozone economy devastated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, analysts stated, in a move eagerly awaited by financial markets. The...

Italian football hero Paolo Rossi, who inspired the national side to victory in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 64, Italian media reported on Thursday. They paid tribute to ‘Pablito’, the star striker who was...