Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June. The agreement follows a meeting between the prime minister and senior Tory MPs who are demanding a date for her departure from Downing Street. If she loses the vote on her Brexit plan, already rejected ...

Bob Hawke, collected photo Former Australian prime minister and Labor Party leader Bob Hawke, who dominated the country’s politics in the 1980s, has died at the age of 89. The charismatic and beloved politician led the country from 1983 to 1991 and is credited with reforms that modernised the economy. He remains the longest-serving prime minister of Australia’s centre-left Labor ...

Beximco Communications Limited has launched a world standard Direct to Home (DTH) service in the country under the brand name- ‘AKASH’ on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, May 16 : Beximco Communications Limited has launched a world standard Direct to Home (DTH) service in the country under the brand name- ‘AKASH’ on Thursday. AKASH, is the first and ...

Ever called for an Uber after a long, tiring day and realised the driver was being too chatty? You can take a break from drivers who go on to give you a tour of the city unasked with a simple yet subtle new feature.   Uber Black and Uber Black SUV riders in the US will now be able to ...

Photo: President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. San Francisco, May 16 : On the heels of President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions claiming anti-conservative bias by tech companies, the White House has launched an online form asking people to share their experiences if they think political partisanship has ...

Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attend a meeting at the Elysee Palace, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Paris. Paris, May 16 : The White House is not endorsing a global pledge to step up efforts to keep internet platforms from being used to spread hate, organize extremist groups and broadcast attacks, citing respect ...

At least thirty one Television channels, both public and private, are going to airing programmes using Bangabandhu-1, the country’s first communication satellite. Shahjahan Mahmood, Chairman of Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Ltd (BCSCL), disclosed this information while taking to newsmen at his office on Thursday. Through this, Bangabandhu-1 satellite is going to start its commercial service after one year of its ...

Photo: An Indian paramilitary soldier fires tear gas shells on Kashmiri protesters during a clash in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Srinagar, May 16 : Three rebels, an army soldier and a civilian were killed early Thursday during a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir that triggered anti-India protests and clashes, officials and residents said. The gunbattle broke out ...

Photo: Randy Sullivan poses for a photo in Ketchikan, Alaska. Anchorage, May 16 : A newly married couple, a pilot who used his family’s savings to buy his own plane, a devoted family man from Australia and an office manager at an insurance company with a vivacious personality and a heart of gold were among the six victims in this ...

Photo: A logo of Huawei is displayed at a shop in Shenzhen, China’s Guangdong province. In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. networks and said it was subjecting the Chinese company to strict export controls. Huawei would be the largest business ever subjected ...