Mild cold wave grips Kurigram
The temperature dropped to 9 degrees Celsius in Kurigram on early Friday as a mild cold wave swept over the district. Subal Chandra Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Kurigram Agricultural Meteorological Observatory…
As Biden seeks a turn on environment, Trump rules to linger
Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations took a hit under former President Donald Trump, whose administration made it harder to prosecute industry-caused deaths — such as the 2019 destruction of…
Agartala Conspiracy Case accused Lt Comm Moazzem Hossain’s house destroyed in fire
The house of Lieutenant Commander Mozzem Hossain, the number two accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case, was destroyed in a massive fire in Pirojpur on Friday. By the time…
India’s opposition shuns Parliament, backs farmers’ demands
Major Indian opposition parties boycotted the opening day of Parliament’s budget session on Friday in solidarity with protesting farmers engaged in a 2-month standoff over new agricultural laws the government…
Treaty on Teesta should cover basinwide management: IFC
International Farakka Committee (IFC), an environmental and water rights watch group, has said that agreements on basinwide water management of the natural common rivers is now a demand of the…
UN chief calls for immediate attention to 3 global emergencies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for immediate attention to three global emergencies after listing a long string of threats and challenges the world is facing. "Among the…
Attacks on individuals fall as cybercrime shifts tactics
Cybercriminals shifted away from stealing individual consumers’ information in 2020 to focus on bigger, more profitable attacks on businesses, according to a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center. The…
Blast outside Israeli Embassy in Indian capital
A blast took place outside the Israeli Embassy in Delhi on Friday evening, barely two kilometres from a high-security area where Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra…