BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public meeting at Kanchpur Balur Math in Naryanganj Saturday. The meeting will be held at 2:00pm with district BNP president Advocate Toimur Alam Khandaker in the chair. Leaders and activists of 20-party alliance…
London airspace has been closed until 19:00 GMT after a computer failure, air traffic controllers have said.
Climate talks in Lima have entered their final day with long-running issues still dividing the parties, despite an impassioned appeal from US Secretary of State John Kerry.
The price of oil has fallen further after the International Energy Agency forecast weaker demand in 2015.
A man who sparked a hijack alert on a Virgin Australia flight to Indonesia has been cleared of charges by a Brisbane court.
A fully operational Apple 1 computer has been sold at auction for $365,000 (£230,000).
The names of characters played by John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens have been revealed in a set of trading cards.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he has no plans to sign any new players during the January transfer window.
Swiss politicians have passed a law that aims to strengthen the oversight of some 60 sports bodies based there, including Fifa and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The authorities’ plan to clean up the spilled oil of ‘OT Southern Star 7’ by local people using foam and other oil-sucking materials got poor response as the furnace oil collection has become difficult due to its continuous spread to…
CIA Director John Brennan has defended the agency’s post-9/11 interrogation methods but admitted some techniques were “harsh” and “abhorrent”. Speaking at CIA headquarters, he said some officers acted beyond their authority but most did their duty. A scathing Senate report…
Tanya Lokshina “If a rebel kills a policeman or another person, his family will be immediately expelled from Chechnya with no right to return, and their house will be razed to the ground.” These were the words that Chechnya’s leader,…
Washington, DC – The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report summary on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation program is a powerful denunciation of the agency’s extensive and systematic use of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. The 525-page…
Ronny Jumeau, Seychelles Ambassador for Climate Change and SIDS Issues For islanders, the ocean is never an afterthought. The ocean is at the core of every part of our lives; we are shaped by it and in turn the way…
Maika Müller, Global Water Partnership (GWP) Water is the common medium through which a changing climate impacts us, but it is also the bloodstream of our universal wellbeing. The impacts of climate change through water are revealed in extreme weather…
Peter McCornick, International Water Management Institute Negotiators at COP20 need to take a serious look at water. The more extreme temperatures we will now face are likely to alter the amounts and distribution of rainfall, river flows, groundwater availability, and…
Soscha de la Fuente, Dutch Youth Representative on Sustainable Development to the UN One of the big surprises for youth at this COP has been the Ministerial Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising, put forward by Peru and Poland. COP19 President…