The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh at a programme in Dhaka on Wednesday signed agreements with 43 public and private universities to implement 151 selected sub-projects under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday said 100 per cent transparency and accountability were being ensured in evaluating Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
More than 1,100 deaths in Spain have been linked to a 16-day heatwave that ended Monday, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the Carlos III Health Institute.
BotTala Actors鈥� Studio premiered its children鈥檚 theatre production titled 鈥楪ulliver鈥檚 Travels鈥� at Naat Mandal of Dhaka University on Saturday...
All of Spain was on a heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at 鈥榲ery high to extreme risk鈥� from wildfires...
German playwright Bertolt Brecht鈥檚 one-act play titled 鈥楽enora Carrar鈥檚 Rifle鈥� was staged in the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to pay tribute to July martyrs on Thursday...
Human-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2C hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and indigenous Sami reindeer herders in a region ill-equipped for such events, researchers said on Thursday...
Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe...
Nordic countries are relieved after battling an exceptional heatwave which shattered the hopes of foreigners seeking to cool off in the far north 鈥� a disappointment meteorologists warn is likely to be repeated...
Iranian authorities ordered many government offices to close on Wednesday in a bid to cut power consumption as a heatwave strains generating capacity, state media reported.
PALESTINIANS and international humanitarian groups were among those who denounced Friday鈥檚 (August 1) highly orchestrated tour of a Gaza aid distribution center run by a US-backed group condemned for its role in Israeli forces鈥� massacres of desperate people seeking food and other lifesaving aid...
London鈥檚 Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a 拢49-billion ($65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building a long-awaited third runway, approved by the UK government after years of legal wrangling.
BANGLADESH has made significant progress in reducing childhood stunting over the past decade, thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and public health initiatives. However, a new and silent threat is emerging that could jeopardise these hard-won gains: climate change. Recent research has highlighted a troubling link between extreme heat and stunted...
Theatre Wave, a new theatre troupe, premiered its first play titled 鈥楳ukhomukhi鈥� at the experimental theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital Dhaka on Friday.
June鈥檚 heatwave has caused snow and glaciers in the French Alps to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing...
The interim government on Wednesday decided to procure 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat from the United States at Tk 817.57 crore in a bid to avert a high US tariff on Bangladeshi goods...
A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday...
Bangladesh has planned to purchase 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat from the United States at Tk聽817.57 crore with per kilogram costing Tk聽37.17 to appease Washington in its attempt to avert a high US tariff on Bangladeshi goods, said officials...
Bangladesh on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States to import 7 lakh tonnes of wheat annually for the next five years amid the threat of facing 35 per cent US tariff on its exports from the next month...
London鈥檚 Heathrow Airport on Friday said it plans to invest 拢10 billion ($14 billion) over the next five years in upgrades to boost passenger numbers, largely funded by higher charges to airlines...
Theatre troupe Fourth Wall Theatre premiered their play titled 404: Naam Khunje Paoya Jayni at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Friday.
London鈥檚 Heathrow Airport on Friday said it plans to invest 拢10 billion ($14 billion) over the next five years in upgrades to boost passenger numbers, largely funded by higher charges to airlines.
Some 2,300 people are likely to have died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during a severe heatwave that ended last week, with two-thirds of the deaths directly linked to climate change, according to a new study, reports Al Jazeera...
Greece鈥檚 top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers around the country during a four-day heatwave...
Indonesia鈥檚 flour mills association will sign a deal to import at least one million metric tons of US wheat annually for the next five years in a $1.25 billion deal, it told AFP Monday, as Jakarta lays the groundwork to avoid the worst of Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs...
Chittagong University-based theatre troupe Ethora on Friday premiered their play 鈥楧roher Rakta-kadam鈥� depicting a monsoon revolution at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Savar-based theatre troupe Jagaroni premiered its 21st production titled Kadamati at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of the Bangladesh Mahila Samity on Friday.
Back-to-back low pressure triggered intermittent spells of light to moderate rain last month, giving the first month of monsoon, June, its typical feel, which was missing from Junes in the past few years.
The department of agronomy at Gazipur Agricultural University has recently developed a premium-quality, high salt-tolerant, high-yielding wheat variety named 鈥楪AU gom 1鈥�...
A punishing heatwave loosened its gripped on western Europe Wednesday and rolled eastwards, with Germany expected to record some of its hottest temperatures of the year so far...