Dhaka’s air ‘very unhealthy’ this morning
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'very unhealthy' zone on Tuesday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 211 at 8:23 am, the metropolis ranked…
Mexico’s Supreme Court elects 1st female chief justice
Mexico’s Supreme Court elected the first female chief justice in its history Monday. Justice Norma Lucía Piña was sworn in for her four-year term at the head of the…
Vermicompost production makes Faridpur woman self-reliant
Once Tania Parvin had to struggle to make ends meet. One day she saw a video on Youtube titled how to make vermicompost, a kind of organic fertilizer, at home,…
Mahbub Hossain made new Cabinet Secretary
Senior secretary to the Energy and Mineral Resources Division Md Mahbub Hossain has been appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this…
Gaibandha-5 by-election on Wednesday
The by-election to Gaibandha-5 constituency, which was suspended due to irregularities, will be held on Wednesday. On October 12 last year, the Election Commission (EC) suspended the by-election due…
Foreign Minister’s sister Ayesha Muzakkir no more
Ayesha Muzakkir, elder sister of Foreign Minister Abdul Momen and late finance minister AMA Muhit, passed away on Tuesday. She was 93. She breathed her last at around 5:30…
4 alive in ‘miracle’ after car plunges off California cliff
A 4-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and two adults survived Monday after their car plunged off a Northern California cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway near an area known as…
Tesla says it sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year
Tesla said Monday that sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year, but the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge to grow the company’s sales by 50% nearly…