Search engine giant Google is celebrating the leap year date  with an animated doodle. This is further illustrated with Google Doodle’s home page saying, “We HOP you have a good one—Happy Leap Day!.” February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to most years that are divisible by 4, such as 2016, 2020, ...

Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space – five times bigger than anything observed before. The huge release of energy is thought to have emanated from a supermassive black hole some 390 million light years from Earth. The eruption is said to have left a giant dent in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.Researchers reported their findings in The Astrophysical ...

Stock markets fall in Asia on Friday, after losses in the US and Europe on Thursday. First case reported in sub-Saharan Africa – in Lagos state, Nigeria, reports BBC. New Zealand confirmed its first case – someone recently returned from Iran.Belarus, the Netherlands, and Lithuania also confirmed first cases. South Korea confirmed 256 new cases, bringing the total above 2,000. ...

Dr Rupa Huq, a Bangladeshi origin lawmaker of British Parliament termed Awami League-led current Bangladesh a “rouge state” while she was sharply criticising its present human rights situation. Labour party member Rupa Huq among four Bangladeshi origins British MP was elected from the Ealing Central and Acton constituency of London. The British MP came up with such audacious observation on ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will refund to its passengers who, purchased tickets for traveling to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah or tourism purposes, as the Saudi government has imposed a temporary ban on Umrah pilgrims and tourists to stop the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom. If the passengers want to travel to Saudi Arabia after withdrawal of the ban, they ...

In this artist’s concept of NASA’s InSight lander on Mars, layers of the planet’s subsurface can be seen below and dust devils can be seen in the background. Photo: Courtesy NASA has published a set of six papers this week describing its InSight lander’s findings above and below the surface of Mars. These findings reveal a planet alive with quakes, ...

Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Mi 10 Pro Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Mi 10 Pro: Photo Credit AndroidAuthority Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro debuted on 13th February with a superb combination of versatile cameras, cutting-edge video recording technology, gaming-friendly processor and many more advanced features. On the same date Xiaomi has launched another flagship phone Mi 10. Though both smartphones look almost ...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, Co-chairman Sadat Sobhan Tanvir, Vice-chairman Shafiat Sobhan Sanvir, Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir and Walid Sobhan pose for a photograph during the launching ceremony of Bashundhara Bitumen Plant at Keraniganj on Saturday. Bashundhara Group, the country’s leading business conglomerate, ...

Bashundhara Group launched pitch bitumen plant for road carpeting in its business point at Pangaon area in the upazila on Saturday. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal inaugurated the plant as the chief guest. He said Bashundhara Group has produced pitch for road carpeting for the first time in the country. From now on, Bangladesh has no need to import pitch ...

Business in the 19-country eurozone has picked up in February from a deep slump, particularly in Germany’s big industrial sector, despite disruption from the new coronavirus, a report showed Friday. A survey of business managers by financial firm IHS Markit showed that the economy expanded in February at its fastest rate in six months as services grew and trouble in ...