May2023

Qantas Group nominated Vanessa Hudson as its next CEO on Tuesday, succeeding cost-cutting Irish-Australian Alan Joyce, who has been in charge for over 15 years. Qantas, which celebrated a “huge turnaround” when it returned to profit...

Food inflation in the United Kingdom (UK) increased to 15.7 percent in the year to April, up from 15.0 percent in March, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported on Tuesday. Fresh food inflation rose to a...

The evacuation of Pakistanis from crisis-hit Sudan concluded on Tuesday, with more than 1,000 people transported to safety since the conflict began, according to the foreign ministry. Sudanese clashes have killed over 500 people, displaced tens...

Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian singer and performer who rose to international acclaim as a folk music icon in the 1960s and 1970s, died on Monday. He was 84. “Gordon Lightfoot passed away this evening in a...

According to BSS, the World Bank (WB) has agreed to lend Bangladesh $2.25 billion USD for five development projects involving regional commerce and connectivity, disaster preparedness, and environmental management. On Monday, the loan arrangement was inked...

As the two US allies seek closer ties, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Tuesday that he will visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol. It would be the first...

A White House source said Monday that more than 20,000 Russian troops have perished and another 80,000 have been injured in five months of battle in eastern Ukraine, notably in Bakhmut. “We estimate that Russia has...

International Business Machines Corp expects to pause hiring for roles as roughly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the coming years, CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg News on Monday. Hiring specifically in...

Zerin Tasnim tells the story of her childhood as she goes on to reflect on the recent feat of our glorious women in eSports, leaving a mark within the gaming scene of Bangladesh Back when I...

Banking giant HSBC said on Tuesday that its pre-tax profits jumped to $12.9 billion in the first quarter of 2023, a $9 billion increase from the same period last year. “Our profits were spread across our...