My recent open letter to Hindu brothers and sisters published in this newspaper was accompanied by a photograph that is seared in my memory.

Addressing global warming requires cutting carbon emissions by almost half by 2030! For the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), emissions must fall by 45 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, instead of the 2.7 degrees Celsius now expected.

The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2009 is made of interlocking parts.

I am delighted to be returning to Bangladesh in its Golden Jubilee year, and I look forward to celebrating the tremendous achievements of the past half century with friends old and new.

In October, India reached the important milestone of administering one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses, accomplished in 278 days since the inoculation drive was launched on January 16 this year.

Anyone who has recently started exercising in a public space has probably heard this question, or seen people ask it to their acquaintances. There is no need to specify the “it”—everyone knows that a diagnosis of diabetes is the most common spur for people to begin exercising.

Zila parishad or district council, the highest tier in rural local government, is the oldest local government agency in Bangladesh.

The first displacement happened in the 1950s. The Pakistani government acquired about 1,842 acres in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha in northern Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan), promising both the local Santal and Bengali communities employment as labourers in the sugarcane farm that would be set up on that land.

Our country is facing an unprecedented challenge in dealing with the post-Covid unemployment problem, despite steady economic growth over the past few years.

A diverse diet is the key to good nutrition. However, in South Asia, diets have been traditionally cereal-heavy; in Bangladesh, about 70 percent of daily energy intake per person comes from cereals.

We are not really aware of how much we use plastic materials in our day-to-day lives.

Bangladesh ranks third in the world among the countries most hit by natural disasters. Its low elevation and high population density make it particularly vulnerable to these climate hazards, including cyclones, flooding and rising sea levels.

In the lead up to COP26, the BBC published an article highlighting five people who would be key to successful outcomes in Glasgow.

On the evening of November 3, the government increased the per litre price of diesel and kerosene oil by Tk 15.

This world is home to some 7.6 billion people, and not every person lives as well as the next.

Shorolika Parveen from Kurigram dreamt of playing in the national football team someday and had even received a best player award from the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

That Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a penchant for springing off surprise when it comes to India’s engagement with the world has once again been proven at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.

Currently, the world is going through a major energy crisis. In the last couple of months, natural gas, coal, crude oil, and electricity prices increased manyfold, jeopardising the post-Covid economic recovery across the continents.

The remnants of the spate of communal attacks that shook the country nearly four weeks ago is still prevalent.

The character of Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep, from the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada”—albeit exaggerated for dramatic effect—was the boss of all our nightmares.