July2021

Nagad, Bangladesh Post Office’s mobile finance arm, has won yet another important international award, this time from Global Economics Ltd in the United Kingdom, for “Most Innovative Digital Finance Service” in 2021. The prize was granted...

A heatwave enveloped much of Spain, driving temperatures to extreme levels and sending locals and tourists scurrying for shade and cooling waters. National weather office AEMET issued heat warnings for most of the country, with the...

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced a hastily convened virtual meeting of APEC leaders this week to discuss the Asia-Pacific region’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impact. Ardern is scheduled to host...

Thousands of Cubans participated in rare anti-communist marches on Sunday, yelling “Down with the dictatorship” as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urged his followers to fight the demonstrators. Anti-government protests erupted spontaneously in numerous cities as the country...

England’s effort to end a 55-year drought for a major trophy ended in the familiar anguish of a penalty shootout defeat as Italy won the Euro 2020 title at Wembley Stadium. On a night of suspense,...

As security forces face a wave of violence prompted by a frenetic Taliban attack, Afghanistan has urged European countries to postpone forced deportations of Afghan migrants for the next three months. The country is in a...

As the two nations mark the 60th anniversary of a friendship pact, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have pledged to take their relations to a “new stage,” according to Pyongyang’s...

Onboard his Virgin Galactic rocket jet, billionaire Sir Richard Branson successfully reached the edge of space. In the vehicle that his business has been constructing for 17 years, the UK entrepreneur sailed high above New Mexico...

At least one person has died as a result of record-breaking cold winters combined with flash floods. On Thursday, Australians in the east of the country awakened to violent and icy winter conditions, with flash flooding...

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former prime minister, formally left his official Jerusalem house early on Sunday, over a month after being deposed by his successor, Naftali Bennett. “The Netanyahu family left the residence on Balfour just...