Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Shahjalal International Airport yesterday upon attending the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) in Spain. The world’s 12-day annual climate summit, COP25, kicked off in Madrid, the Spain’s central capital, on Monday under the UN framework…

This decade is set to be the hottest in history, the United Nations said yesterday in an annual assessment outlining the ways in which climate change…

The High Court (HC) yesterday observed that it is a disgrace for the state if the freedom fighters (FF) remain needy in financial terms. “It is shame for us to see the freedom fighters financially needy. Getting allowances is their rights,” the HC bench comprising Justice Zubayer Rahman…

Supreme Court administration yesterday transferred 31 of its staff from the filing and affidavit sections of the Supreme Court in a bid to reduce irregularities and corruption in the judiciary. The Supreme Court administration took the decision after the chief justice expressed his dissatisfaction over…

The BNP yesterday held a syndicate of ruling party-backed businesspersons responsible for the current rise in the prices of essentials. “A ruling party-backed businesspersons' syndicate is responsible for the rise in the prices of essentials. The prices can't be reduced and the economic…

US President Donald Trump launched a two-day NATO meeting yesterday with a blistering attack on France’s criticism of the alliance and on “delinquent”…

Scientists have been on a global search for the wild relatives of our food crops, hoping to bolster their defences against disease and climate change,…

Teenagers from four big Chinese regions outshone their contemporaries in Western nations in a keenly watched survey of education capabilities published yesterday, which also showed no improvement trend in developed countries over the past two decades. The PISA survey is carried out every three years…