March2021

Akbar Hossain Pathan, a veteran actor and Member of Parliament, has fallen seriously ill again. He was taken to the ICU on an emergency basis. The actor’s niece, actress-host Asma Pathan Rumpa, confirmed the matter on...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson corona vaccine for emergency use. This approval was given on Friday. The WHO’s approval paved the way for Johnson & Johnson’s...

Without the effective involvement of the youth, the adverse effects of climate change cannot be tackled sustainably. There is no alternative to the involvement of the youth in the formulation and implementation of climate crisis mitigation...

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. Minister for public security...

YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months, it said. A YouTube spokeswoman said the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World Health Organization (WHO) or health authorities such...

A games developer who founded one of the studios which made titles in the hugely successful Grand Theft Auto series has died aged 51. Gordon Hall launched Möbius Entertainment, which became Rockstar Leeds and created versions...

Learjet, once synonymous with private jet travel for the super-rich and famous, will stop production this year. Its owner Bombardier has seen sales decline among its wealthy customers who are now demanding bigger, more comfortable private...

UK goods exports to the European Union fell 40.7% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), while imports tumbled 28.8%. The figures show the biggest drop since records began in 1997, and are...

Shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across most of Italy on Monday, with PM Mario Draghi warning of a “new wave” of the coronavirus outbreak. For three days over Easter, 3-5 April, there will be...

At least 24,000 children under five across 14 of the Central African Republic’s 35 health districts are at risk of severe acute malnutrition following the recent spike in violence across the country – UNICEF and the...