Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight, with at least 35 killed in Gaza and five in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges for years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza in…

Oculus now lets you access the Windows desktop

I recently had the enviable task of reading nearly every story Richard Matheson ever wrote and selecting 33 tales to be included in Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson. This turned out to be like…

Covid deaths cross 12,000 DGHS fears rise in cases after Eid

Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded 33 more Covid deaths and 1,230 new cases, with the country’s death toll from the disease crossing the 12,000 mark. It took just 16 days to count the latest 1,000 deaths as…

Group show Dui under way at Dwip, Studio 6/6

A group art exhibition featuring artworks by young artists under the rubric Dui is under way at Dwip Gallery and Studio 6/6 in the capital. Dui is the second chapter of a series exhibition, Ek, curated…

Banks’ interest rate spread rises to 3.05pts

The overall weighted average interest rate spread in the country’s banking sector rose to 3.05 percentage points in March after remaining below 3 percentage points for several months after the implementation of 9-per cent lending rate.…