Prof Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud wrote a Facebook post on April 25, touching upon the memories of his student life and the clashes between the shopkeepers of New Market area and Dhaka College students.

The clash in the New Market area began around 11:30pm on April 18 following an argument between staffers of two fast food shops. It ended around 3:45am the next day after hours of massive police intervention that left a student badly injured.  

Heated arguments and brawls between the shopkeepers of New Market area and Dhaka College students are nothing new. Over the years, the city dwellers suffered their share when both the parties locked into running battles and violent clashes -- most of the time over trivial matters.

Not only do we have the tools to slash emissions and curb global warming by 2030, but half of available carbon-cutting options are cost-free or very cheap, UN climate experts say.

The world on Friday observed Earth Day celebrating environmental diversity of Earth and highlighting ways of protecting our habitat, the only place in the known universe where life can survive.

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing, boisterous speeches, mysterious helicopter rides, and a clandestine meeting between now-ex prime minister Imran Khan and the military and intelligence chiefs -- nothing fundamentally important shifted in Pakistan.

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing,

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947. The shortest

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947.

Madhupur has a history of conflict and tension between the foresters and forest dwellers, especially the indigenous people.

Environmentalist Asit Ranjan Paul, who served as the divisional forest officer in Tangail from 2010 to 2013, says waterbodies are blessings for all. But before digging any new waterbody near or in the localities, locals should be discussed.

 Bipin Nokrek, a Mandi man from Pirgachha village, said his family members cultivate two paddies and mustard on seven bighas on the low-lying land inside the forest.

The Forest Department is set to excavate an artificial lake at Amtali in Madhupur National Park to attract tourists, despite objections from the local ethnic minorities who fear this would damage their livelihoods and culture.

Despite repeated warnings from economists, Bangladesh so far hasn’t taken any major stride toward diversification of its export basket. It still depends heavily on the garment sector.

An unprecedented economic crisis is disrupting life across Sri Lanka. The government is running out of dollars to buy essentials.

The Digital Security Act (DSA) has been proven repeatedly to criminalise the online activity of citizens, using flimsy criteria.

Naim Ahmed, a father of two, has been struggling to get the new digital 17-digit birth registration (BR) certificates for himself, his wife and children. All of them already have the old 16-digit BR certificates, and passports which were issued against them.

In January 1990, more than 400,000 people join hands in a human chain stretching some 400 miles from the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk to Kyiv in an anti-communist protest. The Rada, the new Ukrainian parliament, votes to declare independence from the Soviet Union on July 16, 1990.

Kyivan Rus, the first Slavic state, is considered the birthplace of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. In the 11th century, the vast territory of Kyivan

The Russian president is facing an unexpected level of resistance but remains determined to continue on a belligerent path.