March 23, 2023

Study Shows Sharp Decline of Australian Shallow Reef Species

An Australian study published Thursday found that up to 138 shallow-water reef species that have suffered sharp declines in the past 10 years now qualify as endangered or critically endangered.The Reef Life Survey found that larger fish have shown a gr…

Fact check: No, Putin did not kneel before Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia made international headlines. The demonstrative display of closeness between him and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and the signed new pact between their two nations are considered to be a sign o…

Tawang: The town living in the shadow of India-China war

Thutan Chewang, 71, still remembers the day the war began.It was October 1962 and China had just launched a surprise attack on what was then known as the North East Frontier Agency (which later became Arunachal Pradesh state) in north-eastern India.”Th…

Man gets death penalty for killing woman in city

A Dhaka court today sentenced a man to deathfor killing a housewife in 2018 in city’s Namapara area under CantonmentThana.The court also fined convict Ariful Haque Shiplu Taka 20 thousand.As he was produced before the court today, Judge Sabera Sultana …

Two killed in Mymensingh road accident

Two people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Netrakona road in Charpara Madrasa area under Gouripur upazila of the district last night.The deceased are CNG run auto-rickshaw dr…

Cheques distributed among patients in Gopalganj

Cheques worth of Taka 82 lakh weredistributed among 164 patients with chronic diseases in the district today.A function was held on this occasion at the Conference Room of the DeputyCommissioner this noon. District Department of Social Services organis…