4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (41+ words) thedailystar.net Md Zafar Alam Bhuiyan is senior research fellow at Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research at Brac University. He’s a doctoral fellow in climate change at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (976+ words) The Daily Star Bangladesh’s renewable policy: Still too little but not too late Bangladesh’s future hangs in the balance as we find ourselves at an energy crossroads; what we do at this critical juncture will determine our trajectory. The current…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (483+ words) At 7:43 on Tuesday evening, Runi’s fan stopped moving. She stared at it. The fan stared back. “Again?” From the drawing room came Aunty Farzana’s voice. “Load shedding is good for you.” Of course it was. Aunty Farzana had an IPS,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (181+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at 25: Can China, India and Russia really speak with one voice? Star Interactive / Rivers erase land 5 times the size of…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (663+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at 25: Can China, India and Russia really speak with one voice? Energy crisis forces businesses to cut output, seek alternatives…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (355+ words) Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week's deadly Himalayan flood was "not an ordinary" event but driven by climate change, as he demanded international action. The huge wave of freezing water and debris, sparked by a glacial collapse on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (852+ words) Days after devastating floods swept through Nepal's Bhotekoshi-Trisuli river basin, the true scale of the disaster is still emerging. More than 1,250 people have been confirmed dead and almost 4,000 are still missing. Buildings, bridges, roads and more than a dozen hydropower…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (537+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes From the Carter Doctrine to the Mecca Pact: A changing Gulf security order Bhotekoshi flood: Another warning from the Himalayas. Are we listening?...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (231+ words) Instagram will reduce the visibility of accounts featuring AI-generated people when those profiles fail to identify themselves as artificial, as the social network tries to make synthetic online personalities easier to recognise. The Meta-owned platform is replacing its existing “AI…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (226+ words) India’s Uttarakhand has intensified surveillance of its Himalayan terrain after a glacial collapse near the Nepal-China border triggered deadly floods and mudflows, with 13 glacial lakes in the Indian state identified as highly sensitive. At a high-level review meeting in Dehradun…...