After a spectacular year, precious metals are set for further gains in 2021, with silver tipped to outperform, but analysts are growing more cautious about the prospects for gold as the global economy recovers from the impact of the coronavirus.

Bangladesh Columnists’ Forum (BCF) -- a platform of senior journalists, academics, researchers and economists specialising in commentaries on contemporary issues of national and global nature -- began its journey yesterday, says a press release.

People of low income group are suffering immensely as a mild to moderate cold wave sweeping through the country’s northern region.

Din Mohammad had made up his mind to go to Malaysia in desperate want of a better life.

Taxi driver Nicolas Walteros and his beloved dog Colonel take passengers around the Colombian capital together, dressed in matching green Santa tops and hats, aviator sunglasses and a fluffy fake beard resting on the pup’s blonde snout.

Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe on Saturday set a world record for sitting immersed in ice cubes for the longest time, enduring the extreme challenge to raise money for childhood cancers.

A researcher in Thailand is seeking funding to continue his study into how best to convert the nutrient component found in the feathers into a powder that can be transformed into a lean, protein-rich source of edible food.

An ice cave which forms naturally on a high-altitude glacier in the Swiss Alps has become accessible, to the delight of visitors who come to marvel at the huge blue vault of the “ice cathedral”.

Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China said on Tuesday, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world's tallest peak that straddles their shared border.

Traditional Indian wedding finery gave way to hazmat suits and masks in a remote north Indian village, after the bride tested positive for the coronavirus just hours before her marriage, a local health official said.

COVID-19 pandemic related mental health issues are an evolving multi-layered phenomenon that warrants appropriate attention and necessary action.

A mysterious metal monolith, which recently emerged on top of a mountain in California near the town of Atascadero, has been torn down by a group of young men claiming to be Christians.

For a mask producer in Japan, the transition from US President Donald Trump to Joe Biden has been a smooth one, as it switches production to masks of the Democrat president-elect.

Bolivians have celebrated the Day of Skulls, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead.

Two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an “Aladdin’s lamp” for $93,000 -- and even conjured up a fake genie -- have been arrested in India, an official said yesterday.

One Californian neighborhood had had enough of the acrimonious atmosphere among people ahead of the November 3 US elections.

Much of the diversity seen in modern dog populations was already present around the time the last Ice Age had ended 11,000 years ago, a global study of ancient DNA revealed Thursday. The paper, published in Science, showed how our canine companions spread across the world with their masters, but also found intriguing periods when our shared history was decoupled.

A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster's blade sliced his femoral artery, an official said Tuesday.

Hit by a plunge in turnover after foreign tourists vanished, Michelin-starred Hungarian restaurant Costes has staged a skyline dining event on the Budapest Eye ferris wheel to generate sales in a coronavirus-proof environment.

As makeshift tent cities spring up across Canada to house rough sleepers who fear using shelters due to covid-19, one city is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to predict which residents risk becoming homeless. Launched in August, the AI system analyzes the personal data of participants to calculate who faces having nowhere to sleep for an extended period, said Matt Ross, an information technology (IT) expert with the city who helped build the program.