Gree Global assistant president to visit Bangladesh
Kevin Bai, assistant President of Gree Global, will visit Bangladesh on November 22 with other delegates from Gree HQ, China, said a press release...
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Towards land degradation-neutral world
LAND acts as the primary source of food. More than eight billion people still draw 99.9 per cent of food from land. Out of agriculture, the first human intervention in the nature, emerged communities, which ultimately brought in pollution. Records show that civilisation has spoilt most of the land people lived on. Neolithic revolution caused changes in the...
Italy and security-tight France lock up Nations League quarter-final spots
Italy ensured qualification for the Nations League quarter-finals with a victory over Belgium on Thursday that also guaranteed France a place in the last-eight despite a lacklustre display in a scoreless draw with Israel under tight security in Paris.
Kane disappointed by England Nations League withdrawals
Harry Kane says he is disappointed by the high number of withdrawals from the England squad this week, insisting the national team must come first.
Research plays significant role in advancing a nation: conference
Speakers at an international conference in Dhaka have emphasised that research plays a significant role in advancing a nation, and the stronger the research, the greater the progress a nation will make.
GU鈥檚 int鈥檒 conference on ITD-2024 begins on Saturday
Green University of Bangladesh is set to hold a two-day international conference titled Innovation and Transformation for Development on its campus at Purbachal American City in Dhaka on Saturday.
Green Party candidate Stein fires back at 鈥榮poiler鈥� accusations
US Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she鈥檚 riding a wave of support unlike anything she鈥檚 experienced in past campaigns 鈥� and is unfazed by warnings that her run could tip the...
Net zero banking with special focus on apparel financing
NET ZERO carbon emissions by 2050, following the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement in 2015, is an undoubted imperative in the 21st century. It is a must-attainable concept to be adopted from all aspects to achieve sustainable global economic growth. All sectors, especially manufacturing concerns, are highly associated with the challenge...
Greece earn late win against England in Nations League, Italy-Belgium stalemate
A 94th-minute winner by Vangelis Pavlidis gave Greece a 2-1 victory on Thursday against England in a Nations League clash overshadowed by the death of Greek player George Baldock on the eve of the game, while Italy were held to a draw by Belgium.
Bangladesh ambassador to Greece presents credentials
Ambassador Nahida Rahman Shumona presented her credentials to the Greek president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, at the Presidential Palace in Athens on September 27.
Chevron begins tree planting drive in Habiganj
Chevron Bangladesh and Green Savers, an environmental organisation, jointly inaugurated a tree planting programme in the vicinity of Chevron Bangladesh鈥檚 Bibiyana Gas Plant in Habiganj as part of the comprehensive tree planting initiative across the country to protect biodiversity...
Number of green apparel factories now stands at 229
The total number of LEED-certified green factories in Bangladesh has now reached 229, following the recent certification of three more apparel and textile factories by the US Green Building Council under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design programme...
Environmental politics: a localised perspective
AS THE world grapples with the intensifying effects of climate change, countries like Bangladesh stand at the forefront of both vulnerability and leadership in the global environmental struggle. Bangladesh, while contributing only 0.56 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is disproportionately affected by climate-induced disasters such as...
Greek PM announces plans to boost tackle crises
Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a new set of policies aimed at boosting citizens鈥� purchasing power and tackling the country鈥檚 housing crisis...
Implementation of Phulbari agreement demanded
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports observed the 18th anniversary of Phulbari Day, placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital...
Full implementation of Phulbari agreement a must
ON AUGUST 26, the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Port commemorated the lives lost in the movement against an open-pit coal mine in Phulbari, Dinajpur, and expressed their sheer frustration at successive governments鈥� indifference towards the full implementation of the Phulbari Agreement...
ICCB terms 鈥楤BIN agreement鈥� as catalyst for economic growth
The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh has termed the BBIN or Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal agreement as a catalyst for economic growth and development...
Green TV鈥檚 broadcasting suspended for dues
The Green Multimedia Limited鈥檚 satellite broadcasting services have been suspended due to repeated failure to pay broadcasting service dues and repeated breach of terms of notices sent for payment of arrears...
Workers at world鈥檚 biggest copper mine in Chile call off strike
Workers at the world鈥檚 largest copper mine, in Chile, called off a strike Friday after reaching a pay agreement with Australian mining giant BHP...
Two more RMG units get LEED certification
Bangladesh is now the home of 60 out of the top 100 highest rated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified factories around the world-a testament to the...
Greece battles deadly wildfire for third day
Greek emergency services battled a massive wildfire threatening Athens for a third day on Tuesday after finding the first victim and thousands of people were kept away from their homes by the flames.
Greeks try tropical crops in climate change experiment
Stirring the leaves of a shrub on his farm in Kyparissia, western Greece, Panos Adamopoulos spied the first soon-to-be-ripe mangoes 鈥� his share of a state experiment against climate change...
75 migrants rescued off Greece
The Greek coastguard on Tuesday said it had rescued 75 migrants in an area where one of the Mediterranean鈥檚 worst migrant shipwrecks occurred last year.
Looming war between NATO allies
THE relations between Turkey and Greece have never been normal. The legacy of Mongol Turkish conquest of Greece in the fifteenth century poisons all connections between Turks and Greeks. The Greeks remember their Turkish oppressors like other barbarians who invaded their country. They fought hard and long to free themselves from the...
Prices of vegetables, eggs shoot up
The prices of essential commodities, including vegetables and eggs, skyrocketed on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka on Sunday...
Initiatives to sign FTA with Thailand underway: Ahsanul
State minister for commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Sunday said that initiatives to sign a free trade agreement between Bangladesh and Thailand were underway...
Trump shooting symptom of 鈥榯roubled鈥� US system, says Green Party chief
Like most Americans, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said she was shocked to learn of a would-be assassin鈥檚 attempt to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally...
Art unites divided Cyprus
The vocalist and guitarist for the band Island Seeds, Alexis Sunder, prepares for a concert in Nicosia鈥檚 old town with six other young Greek and Turkish Cypriot members of the band that aims to connect the residents of the divided island....
75 years of NATO equals 75 years of denial
JUST in time for its 75th anniversary, NATO has dropped its mask. And the NATO summit beginning Tuesday in Washington is one particularly illuminating moment in this revelation...
Green telecom network for sustainable future
BUILDING a sustainable future is not optional but, rather, a deliberate choice we have to make for a safe future. To reach these decarbonisation goals, telecom operators are trying to have a leadership position in sustainability and the use of renewable energy sources. The Green Telecom Network is now explored as a potential application of green solutions...