Election Commission weighs EVM reuse, resale, destruction to end mounting costs

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- For the Election Commission, a technology once promoted as a modern alternative to ballot-box voting has become an expensive burden. Some 150,000 electronic voting machines (EV... Read More

UNEP says emissions must nearly halve by 2035 to limit global warming

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said the world must cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth by 2030 and by almost half by 2035 to avoid dangerously overshooting climate t... Read More

HSIA 3rd Terminal Opening: CAAB, Japanese consortium differ on inaugural flights

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Negotiations are underway to finalise the number of flights to be operated on the inaugural day of the long-awaited third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSI... Read More

Two matches, no 200: Bangladesh's batting problem a year out from the World Cup

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh have a year left before the ODI World Cup, and the tri-nation series in the UAE has shown where the work lies: in two matches, their batters did not reach 200 either ... Read More

Low-pressure area likely to form over Bay of Bengal on Oct 23

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- A new low-pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal around October 23 and may intensify, according to Bangladesh Meteorological... Read More

Probation gives hundreds of offenders a second chance at life

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- A legal facility known as probation has helped hundreds of minor offenders in Chattogram reform themselves and return to normal life without serving time in prison. Since the p... Read More

DNA sequences of seven Sundarbans aquatic species to enter GenBank

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- DNA sequences of five fish species and two shrimp species newly documented in the Sundarbans are set to be submitted to the international GenBank database, marking a significant... Read More

Mirpur-10 pedestrians walk freely as hawkers trickle back onto footpaths

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Most of the footpaths around the Mirpur-10 roundabout have stayed clear of hawkers weeks after an eviction drive. Since the drive on Sept 30, the Dhaka North City Corporation (... Read More

Bangladesh's sinking delta faces $52b climate-funding gap

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh faces a growing climate-financing challenge as sinking delta land and rising sea levels threaten coastal communities, infrastructure and economic activity. The count... Read More

Kushiyara, Padma erosions cause huge losses in Habiganj, Sunamganj, Kushtia

Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Severe erosion in the Kushiyara and Padma rivers engulfed a vast amount of homes, arable lands and public property in Habiganj's Nabiganj, Sunamganj and Kushtia's Bheramara. Me... Read More

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