Barbara Unmüßig Geoengineering technologies are not yet deployable globally, but support for them is advancing fast, thanks to backing by powerful advocates eager to start experiments. But no silver bullet for climate change exists, and we must not abandon proven…
Dhaka – A prisoner died at Sherpur Jail in Sherpur on early Thursday after he reportedly suffered chest pain.Jailer Md Ismail Hossain said Shamim Miah, 32, the prime accused of a killing case, was granted bail by a court here…
Dhaka – The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, ended peacefully with little public response in the city as elsewhere across the country on Thursday.
U.S. officials have told The Associated Press that the United States is pulling out of UNESCO, after repeated criticism of resolutions by the U.N. cultural agency that Washington sees as anti-Israel. While the U.S. stopped funding UNESCO after it voted…
Shanghai, (AP/UNB) – Rafael Nadal lost only four points on serve Wednesday in a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Jared Donaldson in the second round of the Shanghai Masters.The top-ranked Spaniard and No. 2 Roger Federer both advanced by winning their…
Stocks ended the week on Thursday downward trend with falling of major indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges. The broader DSEX of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the week with 137.90 points down at 6,064.41. The blue-chip DS30 and…
Dhaka – The 5th round of the four-day first class cricket, the Walton IoT Smart Fridge 19th National Cricket League (NCL), begins Friday at four different venues across the country.Defending champions and league leader Khulna Division will play Barisal Division…
Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal on Thursday in the presence of Egyptian intelligence officials after talks in Cairo, according to a video broadcast on Palestinian media. The two sides agreed to complete the handover of administrative…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal will leave here for Myanmar on October 23 on a 4-day visit to discuss Rohingya issue, aiming to send them back to their homeland through diplomatic efforts. The Rohingya issue will be the key agenda,…
Dhaka – Bangladesh A, riding on a century by opener Shadman Islam, took a 67-run first innings lead with four wickets remaining against touring Ireland A team after the 2nd day’s play of the four-day unofficial Test match at Sylhet…
Ghana is facing calls to update its laws on wildlife crime after fears the country has become a transit route for the illegal trade in pangolin scales. More than 31,000 kilograms (68,000 pounds) of scales from the nocturnal mammal have…
The Security Council will on Friday hold an informal meeting on Myanmar to hear former UN chief Kofi Annan provide details of a report on the plight of Rohingya Muslims, diplomats said. The UN’s top political affairs official, Jeffrey Feltman,…
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Cricket team, now touring South Africa, scored 255 runs for all in 48.1 overs against South Africa Invitational Eleven in their lone one-day preparatory tour match at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Thursday ahead of…
Dhaka – Faizal Saari hit the 2nd hat-trick of the tournament to guide Malaysia to a flying start in the eight-team Hero10th Men’s Asia Cup outplaying China by 7-1 goals in a Pool B match at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced a 14-member Bangladesh A team for the first two one-day matches against Ireland A beginning on October 17 at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar.
Dhaka – The much-talked-about polls for electing the board of directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be held at the BCB board room at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on October 31.BCB councilors will exercise their…
Dhaka- Four-time title holders and defending champions South Korea made a good start in the eight-team Hero10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey crushing Oman by 7-2 goals in a Pool B match at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium on Thursday.After a hard-fought…
Award-winning Bangladeshis baul folk singer Kiran Chandra Roy along with a musical troupe from Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy have enthralled the audience at the International Folk Dance and Music Festival organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Kiran Roy presented…
SpaceX on Wednesday launched a rocket that had already flown to space and landed it successfully on an ocean platform, as part of its ongoing effort to recycle costly rocket components. On a clear autumn evening at 6:53 pm (2253…
The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that the situation for banks in Spain remains unsettled after Catalonia’s declaration of independence from the country. With banks and companies in the economically rich northeastern region hedging their bets over the future of…
Ghana is facing calls to update its laws on wildlife crime after fears the country has become a transit route for the illegal trade in pangolin scales. More than 31,000 kilograms (68,000 pounds) of scales from the nocturnal mammal have…
The government on Wednesday appointed Anupam Kher as chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Anupam Kher will replace Gajendra Chauhan, whose turbulent tenure ended in March this year. Chauhan’s appointment was met with strident opposition from…
New fossil evidence has pushed back a key step in the evolution of bird flight by millions of years. Skeletal changes that helped birds take to the air happened 120 million years ago, during the hey day of dinosaurs, according…
Culture Desk Russian Centre of Science & Culture (RCSC) in Dhaka, in cooperation with the Bangladeshi-Russian Friendship Society, Muktijuddho Academy, the Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) and the Kanthashilon arranged a cultural event to mark the 87th anniversary of…
Geneva, 11 Oct (K M Gopakumar) – The draft decision text on the mandate and work program of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) dilutes the existing mandate given by the General…
Dhaka, Oct 12 (AP/UNB) – Argentina was in trouble until the final round of South American qualifying for the World Cup, and needed Lionel Messi to seal his country’s place at soccer’s global showcase. Now comes the really difficult part.
Dhaka, Oct 12 – Four hours after the enforcement of dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami BNP on Thursday extended its support to it.
By Rod Brooks Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct 11 (IPS) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently announced that the number of hungry people in the world has increased by 38 million in the past year due to climate change,…
Sensitive information about Australia’s defence programmes has been stolen in an “extensive” cyber hack. About 30GB of data was compromised in the hack on a government contractor, including details about new fighter planes and navy vessels. The data was commercially…
By Elwyn Grainger-Jones Montpellier, France, Oct 11 (IPS) – We are at a moment of huge opportunity in the world’s food system. We can continue on our current trajectory of consuming too little, too much, or the wrong type of…