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SRB defuses 20 bombs at fair grounds

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- The Specialised Rapid Battalion (SRB) has recovered and defused around 20 crude and petrol bombs from the old trade fair grounds in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Squadron Leader Nif... Read More


Trump offered to sell arms to Xi: US ambassador

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- US President Donald Trump asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping whether Beijing would like to purchase American weapons, the US ambassador to China has said -- a claim the White House and... Read More


Man City verdict opens football's biggest what-ifs

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- Manchester City's era-defining success has acquired a different shadow. The Premier League's verdict found City guilty on substantially all charges, opening questions far beyond pun... Read More


Pakistan airspace snag delays Rooppur fuel

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- A uranium fuel shipment for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has been delayed after Pakistan did not grant permission for the flight carrying it to use its airspace. The shipment wa... Read More


Bangladesh urges caution over Nepal travel

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- Nepal's rain-battered mountains have prompted a travel warning from Bangladesh, with the embassy in Kathmandu urging tourists to steer clear of flood- and landslide-hit areas until ... Read More


Apple hit with $5.7bn over haptics patent dispute

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- Apple has been ordered to pay $5.7 billion in damages after a US jury found the tech giant had used a smaller firm's patented vibration technology without authorisation. Audio comp... Read More


Dengue: 8 die, 2,036 hospitalised

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- Another eight people have died from dengue over the past 24 hours, while 2,036 patients have been admitted to hospitals, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGH... Read More


No secret agenda behind Boeing purchase: Kobir

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir has dismissed the notion that Bangladesh is buying additional Boeing aircraft to "appease" the United States, saying the purchases a... Read More


Tai chi walking: what it is and why it works

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- You may have seen people doing it in a park and wondered what on earth was going on. Tai chi walking -- slow, controlled, almost meditative in appearance -- is having a moment, and ... Read More


MRI scans reveal brain changes years before Alzheimer's: study

Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- MRI scans could help researchers understand how Alzheimer's disease develops years before its better-known markers appear, according to Science News. Researchers found that people ... Read More