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This year has taught us a lot of things, but here is one major 2020 lesson: Tech skills are a...
‘Fortify Rights’ on Wednesday said donor governments seeking to raise one billion dollars in aid for Rohingya should acknowledge the...
On the eve of this week’s donor conference for the Rohingyas, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, today (Tuesday) stressed the...
The US Embassy in Dhaka is now accepting Concept Notes for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) of fiscal...
You can’t miss the green 1969 Volkswagen Beetle parked at the corner, orchids and ferns crowding its open bonnet, sunflowers...
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year or 1 every 16 seconds, according to a new joint report. A...
Hundreds of thousands of people with mental health conditions are shackled around the world, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in...
Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60 percent experiencing...
Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500...
When Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios last hosted a catwalk show in Paris in January, it ordered dozens of vegan-friendly...
Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra 1 million crowns ($110,000), the head of the...
At least a third of 270 whales stranded off Tasmania have died and more are feared to be dying, rescuers...
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home...
Universal Amity, a voluntary organisation, has been providing food for homeless and poor people under its ‘Food for Good’ project...
The annual holy Urs marking the 12th death anniversary of Alhaj Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Hamidullah (RA) The programme will...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for massive investment in cheaper and profitable renewable energy, saying that it is...
Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat...
Clampdown on the media increased sharply in 2020, the UN’s cultural agency said on Monday, highlighting 21 protests around the...
About 99 per cent of the vultures have become extinct across the globe while only 260 vultures remain in the...
A global study recently conducted by Educo revealed that about 40 per cent of Bangladeshi children believe life after the...
A three-year-old girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than...
Israeli researchers shed light on the survival mechanism activated in the brain in conditions of uncertainty, stressful conflict with a...
At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese...
Holy Ashura and the death anniversary of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R) will be observed tomorrow (Saturday) at the Mia Shaheb's...
Ice sheets covering three-quarters of Greenland, the world's largest island, are melting at such a pace that by the end...
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,200-year-old olive oil-soap making workshop in southern Israel, the oldest one found in the country,...
Sharks have more complex social lives than previously known, as shown by a study finding that gray reef sharks in...
An Israeli jewelry company is making what it says the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering...
British radio host Sideman has quit the BBC over the corporation’s decision to include a racial slur in a news...
An investor group managing more than $16 trillion on Wednesday launched the world’s first step-by-step plan to help pension funds...
Britain is considering minting a coin to commemorate India’s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, amid growing interest in recognising the contributions...
The Eid-ul-Azha prayer at Miya Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif will be held at 7:00 am at Luxmibazar of Old Dhaka,...
The new National Education Policy (NEP) announced by the Indian government Wednesday brings in multiple reforms, including doing away with...
India is going to allow foreign universities to open campuses in the country as part of efforts to boost education...
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, filed a lawsuit in California on Thursday against unnamed paparazzi photographers for allegedly...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive to ban the Southeast Asian country’s wildlife trade with immediate...
Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism, has been chosen as a “Thematic...
The US embassy in Dhaka has issued a fresh travel alert for its citizens amid the outbreak of coronavirus Covid-19....
Different kinds of colourful facemasks have become a part of fashion across the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic. But a...
There is ‘very little risk’ that pets can infect their owners with Covid-19, the chief scientist of the World Health...
The authorities of Rajshahi University suspended Kazi Jahidur Rahman, an assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department, after...
With no sign of the global coronavirus threat easing anytime soon, protective masks are fast becoming fashion accessories for Indonesians...
Delwar Hossain, who registered for this year’s hajj trip, believes he will not be able to make the pilgrimage to...
When everyone across the globe is terrified of the coronavirus, Khabirunnesa, a one hundred and one-year-old woman from Gopalganj, has...
Oceanic birds of four species are now on an unusual surprise visit to Padma River in this northwestern city, miles...
World's oldest man Bob Weighton, from Alton of Hampshire, has died at the age of 112. He became the oldest...
A Roman mosaic floor has been discovered under a vineyard in northern Italy after decades of searching. Surveyors in the...
A 2,000-year-old bronze pot freshly unearthed in central China's Henan Province has contained more than 3,000 ml of unknown liquid....
As with global affairs, nature has its pecking order. And in a contest between the bald eagle, America's national bird,...
A 107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the novel coronavirus has recovered, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on...
The Eid-ul-Fitr prayer at Miya Saheb’s Maidan Khanka Sharif will be held at 7:00am at Luxmibazar of Old Dhaka, said...
The pandemic has disrupted conservation work and funding, with potential repercussions for years to come, according to conservation groups. But...
There's a lot of bleak news in the world right now. From the outbreak to massive unemployment to vulnerable people...
Fishermen in the Gulf of Thailand filmed a rare encounter with pink dolphins, which scientists say are becoming bolder in...
From the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, conspiracy theories about the origin and scale of the disease were spread...
When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalised on April 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would...
Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable, according to a study published...
Lisa Neuburger was caring for a patient with the coronavirus when the person’s ventilator tube became detached. As she worked...
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the...
Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings...
An international team of researchers led by Australia's La Trobe University have unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus...
A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong after its owner was confirmed with having the...
JoAnn Gregoli, a 30-year veteran of wedding and event planning, has advice for couples with weddings on the horizon: don’t...
A woman who made more than 1,200 nuisance calls to the Met Police in attempts to get herself arrested has...
Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74. Mr Tesler started working in Silicon...
In 2019 global defence spending rose by some 4 per cent over 2018 - the highest year-on-year increase in a...
Bangalis love sweets. In fact, the love is so intense that one cannot imagine celebrating any occasion without ‘rashogollas’ or...
After making sure everyone’s face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand, the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan...
Weddings don't always go exactly to plan, but as coronavirus infections continue to rise, one celebration went ahead without the...
A Japanese billionaire who was looking for a female "life partner" to accompany him on Space X's maiden tourist flight...
Nearly one in three adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to...
Sikder Group signed a sponsorship agreement of Tk 50 million to make a full-length film titled ‘Chironjib Mujib’, based on...
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for a female "life partner" to accompany him on Space X's maiden tourist voyage...
Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home...
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said at least 3,916 babies were born in Uganda on New Year's Day. The...
The Women’s Empowerment Organization (WEO), a non-profitable fraternity for women’s welfare in Bangladesh, has celebrated its second anniversary of emergence....
A rare fishing cat, locally known as ‘mechho bagh’, was trapped and captured at Shialjuri village of Sadar upazila of...
A rhino thought to be the oldest in the world has died in Tanzania, aged 57. Fausta, an eastern black...
A man with a white beard was being held on $10,000 bond for allegedly robbing a Colorado bank and throwing...
Mexico’s ambassador to Argentina resigned on Sunday (local time) citing health problems following new allegations of shoplifting after video from...
Archaeologists have discovered two royal tombs in Greece containing jewellery and artefacts dating back more than 3,000 years. The finds...
November 2019 was the second-hottest November in the 140-year global climate record, according to scientists at the US National Oceanic...
Thai Cultural Minister Itthiphol Kunplome on Friday announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has formally...
Archaeologists in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Monday they had found a jar of rice and unbroken eggs that date...
The annual Urs marking the Holy 880th Fateha-e-Yazdaham (death anniversary) of Bara Pir Hazrat Gawsul Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Kader...
There are many legitimate complaints about work in the "gig economy." But, in time, many of the gigs will be...
Lil Bub, one of the internet's most famous cats, has died aged eight. The cat's owner, Mike Bridavsky, announced her...
Amazon has withdrawn a range of "Christmas ornaments" displaying images of a former concentration camp that sellers had posted on...
A pair of boots thought to belong to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is expected to fetch up to 80,000 euros...
Indian doctors have removed a kidney weighing 7.4kg (16.3lbs) - as much as two newborn babies - from a patient....
A couple got married on a plane 37,000 feet in the air— eight years after meeting while playing an online...
Oxford Dictionaries, part of Oxford University Press, has declared "climate emergency" the word of the year for 2019. According to...
The birthplace of Adolf Hitler in Austria will be used by the police, Austria's interior ministry said on Tuesday, putting...
A total of 60 captive panda cubs were born, 57 of which survived this year, leading to a captive panda...
A book titled ‘Rasulullah Sallallhu Aalihi Wassllam-er Shikkha O Adhunik Biggan’ (Teaching of Rasulullah Sallallhu Aalihi Wassllam and Modern Science)...
South Africans have been offering to help a couple have the wedding of their dreams after a video of the...
A South Korean service is offering free funerals - but only to the living. More than 25,000 people have participated...
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