Authorities will plant 18 million trees in Mexico City and its surrounding suburbs as part of efforts to combat air pollution, the government said Monday. Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano dubbed it a “historic reforestation” to reinforce the “green belt in…
Imogen Mathers Global leaders from business, civil society and universities meet in New York, United States, in late June for the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit. They will debate what the organisers call the “tremendous market opportunity for businesses ……
Indices that seek to measure international connectivity and rank the most connected countries often fail to capture the damage caused by globalisation, a report argues. “Connectivity comes with many negative impacts often neglected in indices,” says the first chapter of…
Getting infected by two malaria species can improve conditions for the second species, making the disease more dangerous and persistent than lone infections, a mouse study shows. According to a paper made public on 5 July, being infected with both…
Sopan Joshi Erratic rainfall and unexpected humidity, a fallout of increasingly unpredictable weather due to climate change, is hurting the cultivation and harvest of India’s favourite fruit There’s no one better than Vivek Bhide for information and lore about the…
Sudhirendar Sharma The B-2 Stealth Bomber built at a whopping cost of $2 billion apiece have taken inspiration from the flying-wing design of the Javan cucumber seeds. Accomplished artists may have painted hundreds of verses on a kernel but the…
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of ‘The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) Bill, 2016’ aiming to increase the capacity of the institute alongside streamlining its research activities.
BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Monday alleged that political, economic and diplomatic processes are on to ‘grasp Bangladesh like Sikkim’.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave for Mongolia on Thursday morning to attend the 11th ASEM Summit which would issue a clear message to the international community that terrorism could never be tolerated.
By Naimul Haq BHOLA, Bangladesh, Jul 9 2016 (IPS) – Four years ago, Farzana Aktar Ruma, now 18, was almost married off without her consent. Her parents had settled on someone they considered a reasonably wealthy young man with a…
‘U.S. and South Korea may be annihilated in the blink of an eye’ – North Korea JH Ahn The North Korean military on Monday warned of “physical measures” to turn future South Korean sites for Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD),…
Theresa May promised to build a “better Britain” and to make the UK’s EU exit a “success” after she was announced as the new Tory leader and soon-to-be PM. Speaking outside Parliament, Mrs May said she was “honoured and humbled”…
An ECB spokesman hinted at a possible cancellation of the tour following a terror attack Bangladesh has ruled out playing England’s cricket team in a third country in September, an idea floated after a deadly terror attack in the capital…
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A Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the charge hearing in Niko graft case filed against 11 persons including BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia, to August 10.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the date for submission of the probe report in the case filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and three others, to September 20.
Tangail – A court here on Monday placed three detained suspected female members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a three-day remand.Senior Judicial Magistrate Syed Abdullah Al Masud passed the order after hearing a remand petition, said…
Laxmipur – A general diary was lodged with Sadar Police Station here in connection with the missing of a young man,ATM Tajuddin, whose name was on the list of missing people published by law enforcement agencies after Gulshan café attack.Tahera…
Amid its widespread criticisms, a recent research article claims that majority students at the North South University of Bangladesh are depressed due to excessive internet dependency and other factors. The article, ‘Internet Dependency and Its Association with Depression among the…
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal on Monday had a meeting with envoys from three foreign missions over Bangladesh’s current security situation. The hour-long meeting was held at the residence of US…
The Information Ministry on Monday issued a circular asking all concerned to ensure that the transmission of Peace TV is cut off as per the Cabinet’s decision. Senior Assistant Secretary of the Information Ministry Akhtaruzzaman told UNB that the Cabinet…
A Kishoreganj court has placed Zahidul Haq, an accused in a case filed for Thursday’s terrorist attack near Sholakia Eidgah, on a 10-day remand. Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdus Salam Khan passed the order on Sunday evening after the police produced…
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed on Monday said those carrying out terrorist activities in the country are homegrown criminals. He came up with the claim while talking to reporters after inaugurating a mobile app, ‘Report 2…
BNP will observe ‘mourning day’ across the country on Tuesday to condole the killings of foreigners and Bangladeshis in a terror attack on a Gulshan café. As part of the programme, the party will hold a condolence meeting at the…
North South University vice chancellor professor Atiqul Islam said NSU is not the only factor instigating recent militancy.He was speaking at a press conference at the university on Monday.He said a student spends maximum nine to twelve hours on the…
Renewing her government’s strong stance against terrorism, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday vowed to find out the root causes of recent terror attacks in Bangladesh.“Children of rich families were involved in Gulshan terror attack. We’ll find out who’re behind…
Entertainment Desk The “Bajirao” Ranveer Singh had more than one reason to celebrate last Wednesday, his birthday, when he got “unofficially” engaged to his rumoured girlfriend Deepika Padukone. The news comes from a report published on the Indian Express. It…
Showtime Desk On Thursday, David Gilmour played in Pompeii for the first time since Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film. The guitarist made his return to the Roman Amphitheatre after 45 years. It was the first-ever rock show to take…
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has called on New Zealand to take urgent action to save the world’s rarest dolphin from extinction, voicing “grave concern” about its future. Population numbers of the Maui’s dolphin, the world’s smallest and scarcest sub-species…
Japan-based messaging app Line said Monday it could raise more than $1.0 billion in one of the year’s biggest share sales, as it makes its market debut this week. The company, looking to expand on booming popularity among smartphone users…