July2018
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World’s biggest king penguin colony shrinks 90 percent
Jul 31, 2018The planet’s largest colony of king penguins has declined by nearly 90 percent in three decades, alarmed researchers said Monday. The last time scientists set foot on France’s remote Ile aux Cochons — roughly half way... -
Utmost use of land must amid changing climate
Jul 31, 2018On the wake of climate change, experts have stressed on ensuring utmost use of cultivable as well as fallow lands to increase crop production adopting the latest conservation agriculture technologies for food security. Rice scientist Dr... -
UN calls on Dhaka to stop industrialisation in Sundarbans
Jul 31, 2018Bangladesh must halt the industrialisation of the Sundarbans reserved forest, the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, a UN expert said on Tuesday, reports UNB. Stretching along the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans is considered one of... -
ADB regional event starts in Dhaka
Jul 31, 2018A three-day regional event organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) kicked off in the city today to further enhance project design and implementation capacity of ADB-funded projects’ executing and implementing agencies. State Minister for Finance... -
Vietnam graft crackdown claims first military scalp with ‘Little Baldy’
Jul 31, 2018A Vietnamese military court on Tuesday sentenced the first military official to go on trial in the communist-ruled country’s ongoing crackdown against corruption to 12 years in jail. Former colonel Dinh Ngoc He, known by his... -
Turkish court rejects U.S. pastor’s appeal for house arrest to be lifted
Jul 31, 2018A Turkish court has rejected an appeal for U.S. Christian pastor Andrew Brunson to be released from house arrest during his trial on terrorism charges, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Tuesday. Relations between Turkey and... -
‘There’s going to be a raid’: A Chilean prosecutor forces Catholic Church to give up secrets
Jul 31, 2018Two special envoys sent by Pope Francis to investigate a child sex abuse scandal in Chile were meeting priests and Church workers at a university in the Chilean capital last month when aides rushed into the... -
Indian state’s controversial citizens’ list unites Modi critics
Jul 31, 2018One of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biggest critics is rallying opposition parties against his government after a new list of citizens excluded 4 million people from a border state in a drive against illegal immigrants.... -
Two Koreas discuss reducing military tension amid reports of North Korea missile activity
Jul 31, 2018North and South Korea discussed reducing tension but didn’t announce any detailed agreements after military talks on Tuesday, while the United States detected renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory, casting more suspicion over the... -
Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as ‘humiliation’, without value
Jul 31, 2018Senior Iranian officials on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks without preconditions as worthless and “a humiliation” after he acted to reimpose sanctions on Tehran following his withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal....
