The government has been relentlessly working to free rivers from encroachment after ensuring their navigability by dredging them round the year. But all the efforts will be futile if the country’s rivers and other waterbodies could not be protected. State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury…

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar. The budget represents a slight increase from 2019's figure of $2.9 billion. The increase is due to additional…

The capital city of Dhaka has ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI).   Dhaka had a score of 289 at 8:06am yesterday, indicating that the air quality was very unhealthy. India's Delhi and Kabul of Afghanistan occupied the first and third spots respectively.   When the AQI value…

In a move that might irk India, Saudi Arabia will be calling for a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers to discuss the situation in Kashmir. While the dates are not confirmed, Pakistani media reports say that the same was conveyed by the Saudi foreign minister Prince…

US President Donald Trump is facing staunch criticism for retweeting a post that included the alleged name of the whistlebower whose complaint led to the president’s impeachment. Mr Trump shared a post from a user named @surfermom77, who described themselves as a “100% Trump supporter”.…