The shadow of Donald Trump looms large over the climate-rescue Paris Agreement, thrashed out by nearly 200 countries over years of painstaking, often belligerent, bartering in which the United States has a chequered history. As power has changed hands between…
Development activists and volunteers here have stressed on marginalized population access to green banking services for promotion of renewable energies in grassroots level. They advocated for making the existing bank loan conditions towards solar system, biogas plant, vermicomposting and dairy…
(Editor’s (firstpost.com) note: This is the fourth piece in a multi-part series on the nature of human excesses that have imperiled the fragile ecosystem of the Western Ghats, home to at least 325 globally threatened species of flora and fauna,…
A former FBI boss has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia’s alleged meddling in the election and any Trump campaign ties.
Dhaka, May 18 – Changed climate conditions not only make life full of uncertainties at times, but also befool plants and trees. Mostly cloudy sky with intermittant rainall of the last fortnight has made this neolamarckia cadamba tree in Dhaka…
Fullerton — A Southern California nature center has a flower that smells deathly. Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the “corpse flower,” emits a decaying flesh smell during its once-a-decade bloom. AP/UNB news reported
An IPS Correspondent
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 17 (IPS) – Sexual violence is increasingly used as a tactic of terrorism and thus must be addressed as a peace and security issue, officials said at a United Nations Security Council meeting. UN officials,…
Robert J. Burrowes One inevitable outcome of the phenomenal violence we all suffer as children is that most of us live in a state of delusion throughout our lives. This makes it extraordinarily difficult for accurate information, including vital information…
Danielle Nierenberg The Institute for Food and Development Policy, a nonprofit known as Food First, released a new book entitled Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up, edited by Groundswell International Executive Director and co-founder Steve Brescia.
New York Correspondent Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about federal immigration agents showing up last Thursday at P.S. 58 in Maspeth and seeking a fourth-grader: “As a mother, I am deeply troubled and…
New York Correspondent New York – Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered an address at the Asian Americans and Pacific Islander program 2017 last week in New York city.
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the ruling party leaders of indulging in bad argument over the party Vision 2030 which was placed last week.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling party Awami League of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) chapter activists beat up two leaders of Socialist Students Front (SSF) allegedly yesterday (Wednesday).
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 of Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman from the Special Judge Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar.
Dhaka – Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday fixed a division bench of the High Court to hear the death references and appeals in the case filed over the seven-murders of Narayanganj in 2014.
Dhaka – Defending champions Abahani Limited tasted the 8th victory in their 10th match of the Walton Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League beating Legends of Rupganj by 49 runs at BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Wednesday.Abahani Limited batted first…
Dhaka – A female readymade garment (RMG) worker was allegedly gang raped by miscreants at Hemayetpur here on Tuesday night. The girl, hailing from Chandpur village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district, used to work at Amtranet Garments in Rajashan…
Dhaka – Rahmatganj MFS and Brothers Union Club advanced to the quarterfinals of the Walton Federation Cup Football-2017 from Group D after playing goalless with each other at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.After the day’s last lone match, the…
Dhaka – League leader Swadhinata Krira Sangha tasted the first defeat in their 10th match of the Saif Power Tec Dhaka Senior Division Football League conceding 0-1 goal defeat against bottom-ranked Friends Social Welfare Organization at Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mustafa…
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 34 accused on various charges from different parts of Satkhira from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
Taj Mahal saw an unexpected guest today. A 6-foot-long snake that slithered its way to the monument in search of water and a cool place. The reptile’s presence caused panic among tourists at the 17th century monument, officials said. The…
Terming the commercial operation of vessels in the Sundarban’s rivers ‘a grave threat’, the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCRSRR) urged the government on Wednesday that it should keep the Mongla-Ghashiakhali river route operational round the year,…
Nayeem Ashraf, 30, one of the accused in a case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel in the capital, was arrested from Munshiganj on Wednesday night. Tipped off, a team of Police Headquarters…
Reiterating that Ziaur Rahman was also involved in the plot to assassinate Bangabandhu, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she cares little about conspiracies and vowed afresh to take Bangladesh to its desired goal. “I’ve been observing conspiracies since…
Two bilateral agreements – financial cooperation and technical cooperation – have been signed between Germany and Bangladesh on the ‘financing of environment and safety retrofits in the Bangladesh readymade garment sector’. The objectives of the project are to enhance the…
On a hot summer night last July, elements of the Turkish military attempted a coup. It failed, but at least 241 people were killed and about 1,400 injured during related clashes in Ankara, the capital, and Istanbul. A few days…
Filmfare is now taking the chat-show world by storm! Beginning, Editor Jitesh Pillaai will host a fun and breezy chat show – Jio Famously Filmfare. The show aired on Colors Infinity at 9pm every Sunday. Our first guest is none…
Hema Malini recently related an incident which pointed out the present generation of stars still hasn’t let go of good old fashioned values. Hema and Aishwarya both apparently attended a recent awards ceremony and Aishwarya refused to leave Hema’s side…
Entertainment Desk Popular singer Tashbiha Binte Shahid Mila has tied the knot with Parvez Sanjari, a pilot working for US-Bangla airlines, last night. Mila confirmed the news in an interview, prior to the ceremony. “Our relationship is more than 10…