BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday feared that their chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to be arrested anytime as per the government’s ‘evil plan’. “The way government is making a blueprint, Deshnetri (Khaleda) may be arrested at…
Alastair Cook will captain England at the 2015 Cricket World Cup, after the ECB announced a provisional 30-man squad.
When a man was fitted with a new heart, his mind changed in unusual ways. Why? The answer reveals a surprising truth about all our bodies, says David Robson.
Bangladesh urged Bhutan to consider it as a partner in its future hydro-power projects as Dhaka and Thimpu on Saturday agreed to bridge the existing trade gap between two countries through the expansion of trade and commerce. The request came…
Capetonian Sam Laing sounds like a brand ambassador when she talks about her favourite local mobile payments application. But she isn’t.
By recording from the brains of bats as they flew and landed, scientists have found that the animals have a “neural compass” – allowing them to keep track of exactly where and even which way up they are.
Every year 80 tonnes of venomous sea snakes are harvested in the Gulf of Thailand, but it’s a dangerous business and the snakes might be threatened.
A senior al-Qaeda militant, accused of planning to bomb trains in New York and London, has been killed in Pakistan, the country’s military says.
UK-born US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid.
The 12th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Water Partnership held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium on Saturday decided to highlight in detail in its secretary general’s report the activities of the local area water partnerships,…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement over the called meeting of party chairperson Khaleda Zia with serving government officials “confusing” and “untrue”. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this…
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning on a three-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. An aircraft of Royal Bhutan Airlines “Drukair” carried the Bhutanese Premier and the…
New Zealand won the second and final T20 series by 17 runs to draw the T20 series after they drew the test series with Pakistan. Pakistan won the toss second time in a row and fielded first. New Zealand was…
by Sanjib Baruah Chinese and Indian policies on river systems are more alike than different. On November 23, the first power-generating unit of the Zangmu hydropower complex on the Yarlung Tsangpo or the Brahmaputra in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region became…
A senior al-Qaeda militant, accused of planning to bomb trains in New York and London, has been killed in Pakistan, the country’s military says. Adnan el Shukrijumah was killed in a raid in north-western Pakistan, near the Afghan border, the…
Michael Davidson Growing populations, greater frequency of extreme weather events, increasing temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns and increasing water scarcity will increase uncertainty and risk in agricultural production. Between 2011 and 2100 the population of high-fertility countries is projected to…
Susan Rosemary Fenton The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is committed to addressing both the consequences and the root causes of climate change, as stated in its Strategy 2020, and outlined in its 2013-2016 Plan…
Francesco Martone Deforestation and climate change are human rights issues. Indigenous peoples must be at the forefront of future mitigation and adaptation actions. Forests have been at the centre of climate change negotiations for many years now, in particular in…
Claudia Ringler As smallholder farmers in many parts of the world, women play a crucial role in food production. Yet they are the least equipped to adapt their farming practices to climate change. The reason? They have less access and…
Developing countries may need up to $500 billion per year by 2050 to adapt to the ravages of climate change, dwarfing previous estimates, a UN report said Friday. The figure was about 20 times today’s public spending on climate adaptation,…
Strongly criticising Awami League leaders for accusing BNP chairperson of conspiring at her Gulshan office with government officials, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said they now find conspiracy in everything as it suffers from the nightmare of…