August2022

Bangladesh has requested US$1.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a US$4.5 billion loan assistance package in the first round of the country’s application to address the consequences of climate change and...

Asian markets rallied on Thursday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after data showed US inflation finally easing from a four-decade high, giving the Federal Reserve some room to slow down its pace of interest...

The Disney+ streaming service saw its number of paying subscribers leap beyond expectations in the last quarter, as rival Netflix’s client count ebbed, results showed Wednesday. The number of people subscribing to Disney+ topped 152 million,...

Wednesday, Shamima Nasrin, the former chairperson of the e-commerce platform “Evaly,” submitted an appeal to a board established by the High Court requesting authorization to resume business as usual. Shamima said that they had secured investors...

US inflation is expected to have eased slightly in July, taking pressure off the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates sharply while bringing a much-needed boost to President Joe Biden just months before crucial midterm elections....

On August 9, 2022, the Russian House in Dhaka organized a reception and a farewell event for Russian government scholarship students for the 2022–2023 academic year. The decision of Bangladeshi young to choose Russia as their...

The English Access Microscholarship Program Bangladesh participants and indigenous students from Martin Luther College were invited by the U.S. Embassy this week on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to the American Center for a...

World Cup sources informed AFP on Wednesday that the World Cup’s first game, between the hosts Qatar and Ecuador, would be moved ahead one day to November 20. The decision, which must be ratified by the...

A migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday, leaving about 50 people missing. The Greek coastguard said that an air and sea rescue operation was in progress. After setting sail on Tuesday from Antalya,...

As his visa to Singapore expires, the deposed leader of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is looking for a new safe haven in Thailand, according to a source from the Thai foreign ministry on Wednesday. On July...