MP Liton granted bail to attend JS session

A Gaibandha court grants bail to Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed for shooting a 10-year-old boy in Sundarganj upazila in the district on October 2.
8 November 2015, 05:49 AM

Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline

US President Barack Obama rejects the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists who campaigned against the project for more than seven years.
7 November 2015, 05:08 AM

Youth gets life in abduction case

A Bogra court yesterday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment in a case for kidnapping a college girl.The convict is Abu Zafar, 32, son of
3 November 2015, 18:00 PM

15 Geckos seized in Dhanmonmdi

15 geckoes, lizard like creatures locally known as ‘Takshak’, are seized from a house in Dhanmondi of Dhaka this afternoon.
3 November 2015, 10:39 AM

Huge Amazon reserve fires contained

Brazilian officials have managed to contain several forest fires that have destroyed half of an indigenous reserve in the Amazon region.
31 October 2015, 05:26 AM

UN: Climate plans must go further to prevent dangerous warming

The UN says the current climate plans from 146 countries represent a significant advance-- but will not enough to prevent dangerous warming.
30 October 2015, 11:51 AM

4 UK bird species including puffins 'face extinction'

Puffins are among four UK bird species now at risk of extinction, according to the latest revision of a global conservation database.
29 October 2015, 14:38 PM

Robbers loot trawlers, abduct 50 fishermen in Bay

Robbers abducted at least 50 fishermen from 25 trawlers in the Bay when they were fishing near Fearboya area, about 50 km to the
27 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Three labourers die inhaling toxic gas in septic tank

Three day labourers died and another fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at Natun Bazar village in Companiganj upazila of the
26 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Florida holds hunt to kill 320 bears

Florida holds its first bear hunt in more than two decades, despite opposition from animal rights campaigners.
25 October 2015, 16:06 PM

Egypt develops low-power water desalination technique

A team of researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt have bypassed these power-hungry methods and created a simple filtration technique to remove salt from water with minimal power.
25 October 2015, 05:52 AM

Crocodiles sleep with one eye watching

Crocodiles can sleep with one eye open, according to a study from Australia.
22 October 2015, 11:37 AM

New species of giant tortoise found

Scientists say they have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.
22 October 2015, 05:49 AM

Mahmood for shared responsibility to protect disaster-hit people

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.
14 October 2015, 08:36 AM

World’s corals threatened by bleaching

Corals worldwide are at risk from a major episode of bleaching which turns reefs white, scientists have confirmed.
8 October 2015, 12:21 PM

New 'hog-nosed rat' discovered in Indonesia

A team of scientists have discovered a new species of rat in Indonesia.
7 October 2015, 05:05 AM

794 birds rescued in Gazipur, 2 traders jailed

A magistrate court sentences two people to one year imprisonment hours after 794 birds of different species were rescued from their warehouse in Gazipur this morning.
7 October 2015, 04:25 AM

Orphaned Raccoon lives like a family member

A Bahamian women keeps a raccoon as a pet and surprisingly the wild creature -- generally branded as one of the most extremely active, curious and destructive animals – becomes a part of her family.
4 October 2015, 05:28 AM

World headed for too-high 2.7 Celsius warming: experts

Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review Thursday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change.
2 October 2015, 05:00 AM

New Arctic discovery 'challenges our thought' on dinosaurs

Researchers looking further afield, have discovered remains from dinosaurs further and further from the tropics and temperate zones, into the Polar regions, reports Business Insider.
1 October 2015, 05:59 AM