The untapped potential for renewables on Dhaka rooftops
On the occasion of the International Day of Clean Energy, rooftop solar energy emerges as a beacon of hope for sustainable development in urban centres like Dhaka.
26 January 2025, 10:30 AM
Heroes and villains of the climate crisis
The “climatic” factor brings us back to the question of climate justice.
4 July 2024, 18:00 PM
PM Hasina’s earnest call for action at COP26
In the lead up to COP26, the BBC published an article highlighting five people who would be key to successful outcomes in Glasgow.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Robert Mueller is the man of my dreams in 2018
This year, 2017, has been a very eventful one. Major events of the year have included hurricanes, refugee crises, and the so-called left being beaten and battered so badly that they now have to cheer for...
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Sex Offender Registry is new cast of Ocean's Eleven
The Weinstein company announced today that the classic ensemble heist film, Ocean's Eleven, is being remade for the 14th time. While they are still searching for a spare Brad Pitt clone, some of the cast has been revealed.
23 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Xi Jinping bores party into submission, takes over world
Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has recently been bandied about by serial exaggerators like The Economist, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy as the most powerful man in the world.
2 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Will Catalunya be the first new independent country since South Sudan?
At the time of writing, October 12, Spain is celebrating the Fiesta Nacional de España—the anniversary of the day on which Christopher Columbus finally found land in a scurvy-addled state after having lied about being able to read maps.
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Qatar: Backing the wrong terrorists
On September 19, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned the ongoing diplomatic crisis and blockade by their neighbours (and the Maldives, for some reason unbeknownst to all possible rationality) in a speech almost as long as his name.
28 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Guam: The unlikely third wheel
If Eid is about those less fortunate than yourself, spare a thought this holiday for the often forgotten and even less often remembered people of Guam.
7 September 2017, 18:00 PM