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World’s largest plane makes first test flight
Apr 14, 2019The world’s largest airplane — a Stratolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing 747 engines — made its first test flight on Saturday in California. The mega jet carried out its maiden voyage over the... -
North Korean leader open to third Trump summit
Apr 13, 2019North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing meet with US President Donald Trump a third time if Washington comes to the table with the “right attitude”, state media reported Saturday. Kim also said he would... -
Nepal bans online game PUBG citing negative impact on children
Apr 13, 2019Nepal on Thursday banned the popular online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), saying its violent content had a negative impact on children, an official said. “We have ordered the ban on PUBG because it is addictive to... -
BRAC organized Felicitation for Firefighters
Apr 13, 2019Fire after fire in Dhaka. Dhaka’s Karaul slum, Chawkbazar, Mirpur fire. Before the grief erupts, there is a fire in Banani F. Towers. Again within Two days in Gulshan-1’s DNCC market. Huge loss of life and... -
White House wanted to send migrants to Democrat cities
Apr 12, 2019The White House pushed immigration authorities to release illegal migrants onto the streets of so-called “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s political enemies, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Citing homeland security officials and... -
Islamic State recruit says many foreign fighters jailed or killed
Apr 11, 2019A Tajik man who joined Islamic State said many foreigners who enlisted in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria were jailed or killed for trying to leave. The 28-year-old, who once drove a taxi in... -
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws asylum
Apr 11, 2019WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s nearly seven-year stay at Ecuador’s embassy in London came to an abrupt end on Thursday when police entered the building and arrested him after Ecuador withdrew his asylum. Assange has been living... -
Black hole image published for the first time ever
Apr 10, 2019Astronomers have taken the first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes across... -
Rwanda honors those killed in genocide 25 years ago
Apr 8, 2019Rwanda began a week of solemn ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago, reports Reuters. President Paul... -
Armed Border Guard Bangladesh troops deployed on St Martin Island
Apr 8, 2019Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troops have been deployed on St Martin’s Island aiming to ensure the overall security of the island, reports BSS. As per the directives of the government, the deployment of BGB with heavy...