Faultless Franco Morbidelli of (Petronas Yamaha SRT) didn’t put a foot wrong to claim his second victory of the year at the Gran Premio Liqui Moly de Teruel. It was a classy and faultless ride from the Italian on Sunday as he led Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins over the line by two seconds, with […]
Microsoft has taken further steps to end the support for its Internet Explorer as it pushes users to install the revamped Chromium-based Edge browser. Now, when you visit an incompatible site in Internet Explorer which still has 5 per cent market share globally, the browsing session will automatically be directed to Microsoft Edge. The redirection […]
The microphones of US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will be muted during segments of Thursday’s presidential debate, the last direct face-off before the November 3 election, it was announced. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) said the decision was taken on after it met on Monday to discuss changes to […]
With 14 days to go before election day, US president Donald Trump is leaning into his greatest hits playlist from 2016 — “lock him up” for Joe Biden and Co. instead of “lock her up” for Hillary Clinton, framing scientists as the bad guys coming for American freedoms, injecting the fear of illegal immigrants on […]
As the festive season begins with the coronavirus pandemic still lingering, doctors have advised people to avoid fasting during Navratri or Karwa Chauth and make necessary changes to safeguard their health, especially if they are recovering from a Covid infection or belong to the high-risk group. Doctors believe that fasting could reduce the innate defence […]
The Bangladesh Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a legal amendment to elevate the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment. Following the Cabinet’s approval of the proposed amendment, titled the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, President Abdul Hamid is likely to issue an ordinance as Parliament […]
Pushing her confrontation with the coronavirus-sticken Donald Trump to a near crisis level, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will introduce legislation to create a panel to assess his competence to continue as the US president, an early step in the constitutional removal process. Trump is in “an altered state”, she asserted on […]
In the wake of recent rape cases, the United Nations (UN) has expressed serious concerns over the growing violence against women in Bangladesh and called for justice. UN Resident Coordinator tweeted the statement both in Bangla and English. The UN has strongly recommended an urgent reform to the criminal justice system to support and protect […]
At least nine idols of Hindu goddess Durga were vandalised at a village temple in Patuakhali in Bangladesh. Unidentified miscreants attacked and vandalised the Sarbojonin Puja Mandap of Mominpur at Harlal Haldar’s house in Keshabpur Union of Baufal in Patuakhali. The incident took place in the middle of the night on Sunday, police told IANS. […]
New York City, once the worst-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in the world, has now reached a milestone on the road to recovery by opening its schools for in-person teaching and starting indoor dining in restaurants amid controversies over relaxing restrictions. After taking elaborate safety measures, the Democratic-run city opened its 1,600 schools covering 500,000 […]