September2022

Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The...

As the government scrambles to shore up depleting supplies amid skyrocketing costs for the basic crop, Bangladesh will purchase 200,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar, setting aside the disagreement over the Rohingya refugee crisis. According...

At the ongoing Asia Cup 2022, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli hit his much awaited 71st international century on Thursday, leading India to a commanding 212/2 in their 20 overs against Afghanistan. The 119-run partnership between...

Approximately $7.8 billion (Tk 750 billion) in remittances are lost to Bangladesh annually as a result of money laundering by at least 5,000 Mobile Financial Service (MFS) agents working there. After apprehending 16 members of that...

The film with the biggest buzz going into the Venice Film Festival, a dark new portrait of Marilyn Monroe starring Cuban actress Ana de Armas, finally gets its world premiere on Thursday. “Blonde” is a long-awaited...

Thursday’s announcement by Buckingham Palace that her doctors were “concerned” about her health and advised that she remain under medical monitoring caused Queen Elizabeth II to experience an increase in anxiety. Since last October, the 96-year-old...

The Indian government has asked online retail giant Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable car seatbelt alarms, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters, citing potential safety risks. Though the sale of the metal clips...

Twitter Inc will expand its community fact-checking project called Birdwatch, the social media company said on Wednesday, deepening its novel approach to a new form of content moderation. Birdwatch launched last year, allowing some Twitter users...

The U.S. unemployment rate may need to reach as high as 7.5%, double its current level, to end the country’s outbreak of high inflation, according to new estimates from a team of researchers including two staff...

Walmart Inc will raise $5 billion in bond offerings, joining a host of big retailers and restaurant chains to tap the debt market ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s next potential rate move. A company filing...