Dhaka’s air quality turns unhealthy for sensitive groups
Dhaka’s air quality turns `unhealthy for sensitive groups’ on Saturday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 141 at 9:43am, Dhaka ranked 13th on the list of cities…
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72% Women in Khulna use saline water for menstrual cleaning, health risks soar
In the salt-soaked air of Bangladesh’s southern coast, an alarming practice has quietly taken root: teenage girls are using birth control pills not to prevent pregnancy, but to suspend menstruation…
Bangladesh among beneficiaries as Germany makes record €11.8 b climate contribution
Germany set a new record in global climate finance in 2024, contributing €11.8 billion to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, including assistance to vulnerable countries like Bangladesh, according to…
Over 700 prison escapees are still at large a year after prison break
Over a year after coordinated attacks on multiple prisons across Bangladesh, more than 700 inmates who escaped custody remain at large, including convicts in some of the country’s most high-profile…
Two fishermen jailed for illegal ilish fishing in Patuakhali
A mobile court has sentenced two fishermen to 16 days’ imprisonment each for catching ilish with electric nets in the Payra River in Dumki upazila, violating the government’s official ban. The sentence…
Macron to name French PM to end political gridlock
French President Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government to lift the country out of political crisis, with allies irritated he could rename the same…
A genuine election will be held this time after a long gap
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that the nation was now gearing up for elections and that an electoral spirit could be sensed everywhere. He mentioned that all the…
Why Japan’s coalition collapsed, and what next
Japan’s ruling coalition collapsed yesterday after its junior partner Komeito quit, raising doubts about whether conservative Sanae Takaichi will become the country’s first woman prime minister. The announcement came less…
India set to reopen embassy in Afghanistan
India on Friday announced that it was reopening its embassy in Kabul, four years after it was shut following the 2021 return of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Indian Foreign…
Is Kim Jong Un stronger than ever?
North Korea is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party on Friday by organizing a huge parade in the capital Pyongyang with tens of thousands of troops to…