July2018

Emma Thompson is suddenly feeling her age. The change sweeping Hollywood in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement has left the British actress and director musing on the...

Ookla®, the global leader in internet testing and analysis, has named Grameenphone the Fastest Mobile Network in Bangladesh for Q1–Q2 2018. To determine this award, Ookla analyzed consumer-initiated tests taken on Speedtest® using...

Investing in next generation and eliminating extreme poverty are at the heart of Bangladesh’s pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and BRAC, the biggest development organisation in the world, has been a...

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube is creating scripted series and other original programing for international markets including France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and India to try to draw new customers to its paid subscription service, a...

A U.S. jury on Friday awarded International Business Machines Corp $83 million in a patent dispute with e-commerce company Groupon Inc. A jury in Delaware said Groupon used IBM’s patented e-commerce technology without...

British oil and gas giant BP is buying $10.5bn (£8bn) of US shale assets as the higher oil price makes new extraction techniques more attractive again. BP’s purchase is its largest acquisition since...

Twitter shares have closed down more than 20% after the messaging platform reported a fall in active users. User numbers fell to 335 million in the second quarter of the year, down one...

Carrie Fisher will be featured in the next “Star Wars” movie, using previously unseen footage she recorded before her death, Walt Disney Co. studio said on Friday. Actor Mark Hamill, whose Luke Skywalker...

Asian stocks were mixed Friday as investors digested results from American tech titans and waited for the release of US data expected to show a surge in economic growth. US markets were dragged...

Gunmen stormed a midwife training center in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, fighting security forces for several hours and killing three staff. One of the attackers died early in the...