Peering into the early Universe some 12 billion years ago, scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the “cosmic web,” they said yesterday.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak yesterday said that the portrait of Bangabandhu painted for the first time using the huge canvas of green paddy field will be a unique celebration of his birth centenary.

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The first death anniversary of Jahanara Rahman, wife of late Air Commodore Ghazi Lutfur Rahman, was observed yesterday, said a press release.

Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could have ramifications for regenerative medicine.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha left reporters stunned and amused when he interrupted his own news conference to spray them with hand sanitiser in a bid to dodge tough questions.

The government has picked nine individuals and one institution for “Swadhinata Padak 2021” (Independence Award), the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for their outstanding contributions to the country.

A murder accused inmate in Chattogram Central Jail is missing since yesterday morning.

The third Dash-8 aircraft purchased from Canada arrived in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.

Noted singer Jane Alam passed away yesterday at the Bangaban-dhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital around 10:00pm.

A haven for humans craving furry feline company, a cat cafe in Dubai also doubles as an adoption centre for some of the United Arab Emirates’ many strays.

A vessel carrying 848 tonnes of coal capsized in the Passur river near Mongla port in Bagerhat on Saturday night.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers, saying Taiwan had been “ambushed” by a ban on the fruit by neighbouring long-time rival China which claims the island as its own.

A Boeing 777 airliner yesterday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States.

A Spanish chess board maker discovered by chance that its products played a cameo role in hit Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit”, and its sales have since soared.

A Tripura Lok Sabha MP wants the Indian authorities to establish a new land custom station at Raishyabari along the Indo-Bangla border to make traditional Dumboor Mela accessible to Bangladeshi visitors.

Ma Ching Rakhine, along with her family members, was forced to leave their ancestral home in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar around 10 years ago in the face of threats from Rohingya criminals.

All the Covid-19-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by minuscule viral particles.

When Judge Roy Ferguson opened up virtual proceedings of the 394th Judicial District Court in Texas on Zoom on Tuesday, he was not expecting to see two lawyers and a kitten.

Seoul to test pets for free if they come into contact with infected humans and show symptoms.