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...
The Bangladesh-France joint production Invisible Stories, a body puppet theatre performance directed by French puppeteer Laurie Cannac, will be staged in seven cities across France in August, according to a press release...
Paris braced for blistering temperatures on Tuesday, with the French capital on red alert as an early summer heatwave spread into parts of northern Europe less accustomed to such extremes...
Spain and Portugal reported record temperatures Monday as Italy and France braced for several more days of a punishing heatwave that has gripped southern Europe and Britain, sparking health and wildfire warnings...
Authorities across Southern Europe urged people to seek shelter Sunday and protect the most vulnerable as punishing temperatures from Spain to Portugal, Italy and France climbed higher in the summer鈥檚 first major heatwave...
Two theatre troupes premiered their new productions as part of the event titled Remembering Monsoon Revolution at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday.
Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 degrees Celsius and beyond, prompting health warnings for residents and tourists plus fears of wildfires.
Manikganj based-theatre troupe Spandan Theatre Circle staged their first production titled 鈥楧eyal Janey Sab鈥� at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday.
Eleven theatre productions by different theatre troupes will be staged at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital marking the July uprising...
With major power plants using only half of their capacities, power cuts have surged as electricity demand has soared amidst a heatwave.
A mild heatwave swept 38 districts on Friday, engulfing the entire northern region and parts of central Bangladesh, including Dhaka.
A sweltering heatwave has thrown daily life into disarray in Kurigram, with residents struggling to cope amid soaring temperatures over the past several days.