Hossen Sohel: The news of Japan Tobacco acquiring Akij Group's tobacco business for $1.48 billion in what would be the biggest ever single foreign direct investment in Bangladesh has irked the anti-tobacco activists, reports bdnews24.com. PROGGA, which leads anti-tobacco gr ...বিস্তারিত
Wio News: Despite being a relief to recent searing hot days, Tuesday’s heavy rains sweeping across much of China have also triggered floods and mudslides in many regions. The heavy rainfall in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality developed into a rainstorm on Tuesda ...বিস্তারিত
Channel News Asia: Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed Monday (Aug 7) his country would not be threatened by a wall, in a thinly veiled rebuke to US President Donald Trump's jabs across the border. "Mexico is going to become a power - and will change ...বিস্তারিত
RT: US President Donald Trump has warned that any country trading with Iran will “not be doing business with the United States.” The threat comes as sanctions against the country came into effect at midnight. The announcement came via the president’s usual medium of c ...বিস্তারিত
Hindustan times: DMK president M Karunanidhi’s health is “extremely critical and unstable”, said Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital on Tuesday. “There has been significant decline in the clinical of Kalaignar, Dr M Karunanidhi, over the last few hours. Despite maximum med ...বিস্তারিত
Abrar Hussain: Iran yesterday criticized the United States over the reinstatement of economic sanctions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the measures, which came into effect overnight, as "psychological warfare" which aimed to "sow division among Iranians". The ...বিস্তারিত
Russia Today: New Zealand is not typically considered a major colonial power, but the country’s recent defense policy statement revealed hidden aspirations of expansion in one geostrategic area in particular: Antarctica. “It is often not known,” according to New Zeala ...বিস্তারিত
Hossen Sohel: China's film authorities have denied a release to Disney's new Winnie the Pooh film, reports BBC. Winnie the Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne. No reason has been given for the decisio ...বিস্তারিত
BBC: If Usain Bolt is going to make it as a footballer, as he is determined to do, his career will begin in Australia. Later this month the eight-time Olympic gold medalist will embark on a "indefinite training period" with the A-League's Central Coast Mariners. The 31-year ...বিস্তারিত
Hossen Sohel: Brazil re-opened its northern border with Venezuela to those fleeing economic and political turmoil there, after briefly closing it. The Supreme Court overturned an earlier order to shut the frontier until Brazil could put in place the right conditions to rece ...বিস্তারিত