February2023

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said on Thursday it had earned a record 4.2 billion euros ($4.5 billion) in 2022 despite difficulties in increasing production due to supply chain issues. Airbus delivered 661 aircraft last year despite...

Sri Lanka’s electricity board hiked consumer rates by up to 275 percent, officials said Thursday, the second steep increase in months as the bankrupt island nation works to secure an IMF bailout. An unprecedented financial crisis...

The board of Australian mining firm Newcrest “unanimously” rejected a $17 billion takeover bid from US rival Newmont on Thursday, saying it did not provide “sufficient value” for shareholders. In a statement, the Melbourne-based firm indicated...

Grameenphone recently signed an MoU with popular brand Gloria Jean’s Coffees for its most loyal customers. There is hardly anything that initiates a conversation better than a freshly brewed cup of coffee. Celebrating this union between...

At the Academy’s buzzed-up annual luncheon on Monday, over 200 of this year’s Oscar candidates gathered to celebrate and assess their rivals, with Tom Cruise living up to his reputation as the “last true movie star.”...

As exhausted officials accepted aid from abroad, New Zealand on Thursday sent gunships and helicopters to bring water, food, and fuel to communities cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle. In a catastrophe that has devastated the populated...

According to a top US envoy now in Bangladesh, sanctions against an elite Bangladeshi police unit accused of arbitrary killings won’t be lifted until the force is reformatted. This week, State Department Counselor Derek Chollet traveled...

At least 39 people perished in a bus disaster in Panama early on Wednesday, most of them undocumented migrants headed for the US who had just survived a treacherous jungle crossing, according to officials. Without specifying...

Belarus would join the offensives in Ukraine, according to President Alexander Lukashenko, “only if assaulted” first by the army of Kiev, he declared on Thursday. At a rare press appearance with foreign media in Minsk, the...

After many rumors and speculation, Chandika Hathurusingha has ONCE AGAIN been appointed as the Head Coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. Prior to his abrupt leave for the Sri Lanka role, the now 54-year-old Sri...