Transboundary climate adaptation with river basin orgs
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Compatriots forced Bd women domestic help into illicit work
Bahrain, Feb 01 – Two pimps who locked a woman in apartments for three months…
Chinese cos give Dhaka US$4bn 2000mw coal-based power deal
Dhaka, 18 Jan – GCM Resources plc and POWERCHINA (a People’s Republic of China Central…
Let’s do this together: Barack Obama
Hi Mostafa Kamal, Today marks what would have been Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 90th…
GW Dhaka man among 4 RU Journos given ‘Best Reporter’ Award
Rajshahi, Oct 29 – As recognition of best reporting in Campus Journalism, Four Journalists of…
Messi breaks right forearm, out for about 3 weeks
Lionel Messi broke his right forearm on Saturday and will be sidelined for about three…
Indian driver suspended to let monkey “drive” bus
An Indian bus driver has been suspended – for letting a monkey “drive” his bus.…
Han Solo jacket up for auction in London
The jacket worn by loveable Star Wars scoundrel Han Solo in “The Empire Strikes Back”…
How North Korea saw the final days of the Soviet Union
Pyongyang saw the fall of its longstanding backer with understandable trepidation Fyodor Tertitskiy In December…
Indian woman to give birth with mother’s transplanted uterus
An Indian woman will soon become the first in Asia to give birth to a…
White House releases Kim-Trump statement
• The White House has released the full text of the joint statement signed by…
Pregnant cow sentenced to death after ‘illegally’ crossing EU border
A pregnant cow has been sentenced to death after it wandered over the EU border.…
An unmarried mother’s love for her 12 children
Deng Qiong has no time for marriage or romance, because she’s busy being a “mother”…
‘World’s oldest person’ dies in Japan at 117
A 117-year-old Japanese woman, thought to be the world’s oldest person, has died, a local…
13,000-year-old footprints found off Canadian coast
Searching the shoreline sediment of British Columbia’s Calvert Island, researchers uncovered 29 footprints that are…
Malaysian poet Rokiah Hashim writes on peace: Interview
Rokiah Hashim from Malaysia writes using the name of Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim . Starting from…
Commonwealth in secret succession plans
By James Landale The Commonwealth has secretly begun considering who might succeed the Queen as…
Fighting for rights succeeds: HRW World HR Report
Principled Politicians and Popular Protest Weaken Authoritarian Populist Agenda Paris – Political leaders willing to…
Sketches of model of Obama Presidential Centre
Hello Mostafa Kamal, Over the past year, Michelle and I have been working with an…
Quality of life in EU improves: Difficulty still in making ends meet
The latest European Quality of Life Survey shows – overall, there has been progress in…
Sierra Leone’s huge ‘peace diamond’ fetches $6.5 mn
A huge so-called “peace diamond” sold by the government of Sierra Leone to discourage crime-tainted…
Got climate questions? Climate Watch has answers
By Johannes Friedrich and Andrew Pickens Washington DC, Nov 3 (IPS) – Negotiators and stakeholders…
Hiroshima survivor to accept Nobel Peace Prize for nuclear watchdog
Setsuko Thurlow was 13 years old and standing only a mile away from ground zero…
Sierra Leone to sell 709-carat diamond in NY auction
Sierra Leone said Tuesday it plans to auction off a massive 709-carat diamond at a…
Most of world’s honey contaminated by pesticides: Swiss study
Swiss researchers have revealed that nearly 75 percent of honey produced all over the world…
William, Harry lead tributes to mother Diana, 20 years on
Two decades on from the death of princess Diana, her sons Princes William and Harry…
Tapes reveals how Diana’s fell in love with bodyguard
Sensational and previously unseen tapes have revealed Princess Diana feared her close friend and protection…
Excessive praise unwelcome- King Salman: Columnist punished
Manama: Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has called for the suspension of…
Trump to Muslims at Arab-Islamic-American summit
President Donald Trump on Sunday calls for united efforts to face Terror at an Arab-Islamic-American…
Did you know that the oceans have it all?
By Baher Kamal Rome, Apr 13 (IPS) – Perhaps you are not aware enough of…