Google said today that it will disable its search function in Australia if the government proceeds with a media code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay local media companies for sharing their content.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered a case against UK-based political consulting company Cambridge Analytica for alleged "illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Facebook users in India."

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take the Covid-19 vaccine first to dispel apprehension among people over vaccination.

At least two people were killed and three others injured as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Pabna-Sujanagar road in Pabna Sadar upazila this morning.

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions.

One person was killed and at least 50 others fell ill as a gas cylinder of an ice factory in Barguna’s Patharghat upazila exploded early today.

Google and a French publishers' lobby said on Thursday they had agreed to a copyright framework for the US tech giant to pay news publishers for content online, in a first for Europe.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has restored academic atmosphere in all the educational institutions and now it is the responsibility of teachers and students to perform their respective responsibilities.

The government has started thinking about resumption of classes at schools on a limited scale in February.

The government has undertaken a project involving the general people to reduce noise pollution to a tolerable level, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin said.

A court in Natore today released 10 drug users on eight conditions instead of sentencing them to jail.

Two men blew themselves up in a crowded Baghdad market today, killing at least 32 people in Iraq’s first big suicide bombing for three years, authorities said, describing it as a possible sign of the reactivation of Islamic State.

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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has asked city dwellers to inform local police stations before hiring house help, guards and gardeners to prevent incidents of robbery and theft.

Each year the people of Bishwanath in Sylhet take part in the traditional Polo Bawa, a centuries old festival that managed to live on to this day.

Various platforms including indigenous groups, literary and recitation organisations demanded justice for Lakingme Chakma and said her killers should be brought to book without any delay.

Bangladesh has welcomed new US President Joe Biden’s announcement yesterday to re-enter the Paris Climate Agreement.

The High Court today summoned 280 loan defaulters from Peoples Leasing and Financial Services (PLFS), a non-banking financial institution, directing them to appear before it on February 23 to place their explanations on defaulting and repayment.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, one of the leading drug makers, today said it is going to acquire 54.6 percent stake of Sanofi Bangladesh in its bid to further strengthen its position in the drug market.

Two treasury bench lawmakers proposed in parliament today that the under-construction Padma bridge be named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but the PM gestured her unwillingness.