Due to different barriers to free movement of tigers in the Sundarbans, inbreeding occurs among a small population – compromising the genetic diversity of these big cats which eventually results in diseased and weak cubs. Chief conservator of Forest D…
Reductive though it may be, the most commonly-used indicator of a country’s ‘reserve adequacy’ is reserves in months of imports, aka the reserve import cover (RIC). It measures the number of months of imports that can be paid for with the foreign excha…
Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country on August 9 as the Muharram moon was not sighted in the Bangladesh sky on Friday.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Com…
Uzbekistan has agreed to set up its embassy in Bangladesh and restart the Dhaka-Tashkent direct flights, and ease the visa procedure for Bangladeshis.Foreign Dr AK Abdul Momen had a meeting with visiting Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev at …
When a 10-year-old Ohio girl traveled to Indiana last month to end a pregnancy forced onto her by a rapist, several conservative politicians and TV pundits called the report a hoax.After horrific details confirmed the case was real, some tried a new ta…
At least four people were wounded in an explosion at a sport stadium during a cricket match in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Friday, according to an eyewitness.Four people were wounded in the blast, Nasib Khan Zadran, an organizer of the match, tol…
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