Exclusive

Publication

Byline

COP30: Experts demand operational definition of climate finance to end double counting

, Nov. 20 -- The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), 350.org South Asia, and Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE APAC) jointly hosted a high-level side event at the Bangladesh Pavi... Read More


Vietnam - bright spot in Southeast Asia's IPO market in 2025

Hanoi, Nov. 20 -- Vietnam's capital market has shown impressive performance in 2025, led by two major initial public offerings (IPOs) in the financial sector that together raised roughly 1 billion USD... Read More


ASI injured as miscreants hurl crude bombs near Pallabi Police Station

, Nov. 20 -- inspector of police sustained injuries after unidentified miscreants hurled crude bombs near Pallabi Police Station in the capital on Wednesday night. The explosions occurred around 8:30... Read More


Commonwealth SG begins her first official visit Thursday in Dhaka

Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- General Shirley Botchwey begins her first official visit to Bangladesh on Thursday to discuss the areas of mutual interest, including deepening ongoing engagement to support continue... Read More


Anmol Bishnoi's arrest expected to answer several questions pertaining to NCP leader Baba Siddique murder case

Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- U.S.-deported gangster Anmol Bishnoi who has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Delhi, will help answer several key questions linked to the Baba Siddique mu... Read More


Leopard strays into residential area in Nagpur; successfully rescued

Nagpur, Nov. 20 -- Panic spread through the Bhandewadi area of Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Wednesday morning after a leopard was spotted inside a residential building, prompting the forest department... Read More


Bangladeshi infiltrators begin to return home voluntarily following SIR

Kolkata, Nov. 20 -- Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals, scores of them residing over the past ten years in the city and neighbouring districts, have started returning home across the border, apprehendi... Read More


Singapore expresses concern over indecision over adaptation measures as COP30 nears conclusion

Belem, Nov. 20 -- With the UN climate summit (COP30) nearing its conclusion, Singapore's Minister for Sustainability and Environment, Grace Fu, said that the lack of consensus by countries on how they... Read More


IAEA urges Iran to resume full cooperation & grant it access to all nuclear facilities hit in June strikes

Vienna/Tehran, Nov. 20 -- The UN nuclear watchdog today warned that it still lacks critical access to Iranian facilities damaged in the June strikes, calling verification of Tehran's enriched-uranium ... Read More


Jitendra Singh unveils India's first CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- India has announced its first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease, a severe hereditary blood disorder that disproportionately affects tribal populations.... Read More