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Rafiqul Islam Azad : A groundbreaking study conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) has revealed alarming findings: approximately one billion people in South Asia are currently imperiled by the escalating impacts of climate change on the region’s vital river basins.…

Staff Correspondent : A total of 300,000 tonnes of wheat is being imported officially (G2G) from the Russian government. The price of wheat has been fixed at $288 per ton. However, five days before this, it was decided to buy wheat at the rate of $279.85 per ton through international…

Mahfuja Mukul : Bangladesh’s fragile health care has been discussed at various times. However, there has been no significant progress in this sector in the last decade.Inadequate hospital beds, shortage of doctors and nurses, shortage of skilled lab technicians, all together, the health sector of the country is in shambles.A…

Staff Correspondent : Delegations from Hamas, Qatar and the United States have arrived in Egypt for “a new round of negotiations” toward a truce in the Gaza war, state-linked Al-Qahera News reported Sunday.Cairo, Doha and Washington have mediated in weeks of talks aiming to pause the fighting in the almost…

International Desk : President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine.In a defiant speech in Moscow, the Russian leader said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine and warned the West of “tragic consequences” for any country that…

International Desk : The United Nations is closely monitoring the Nobel laureate professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus issue. This was announced in the regular press briefing of the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Wednesday.In the briefing, a journalist asked, how is the UN monitoring the situation…

Zarif Mahmud : As a least developed or LDC, Bangladesh has long been exempted from compliance with the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty regulations on intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry.In 2026, if it leaves the list of Least Developed Countries (LDC), this facility should not…

Asifiqbal Thakoor, Delhi : As of the 2000s, the cost of the village has increased in line with the city. This is the first time that data on monthly household expenditure in rural and urban areas has been released under the Modi government. The two-decade calculations show that during this…

Staff Correspondent: Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe’s climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”.Storms, drought and fire have lashed the planet as climate change, supercharged by the naturally-occurring El Nino…