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World Euronews Wellcome Photography Prize 2025: When photography meets science, health and the human experience
Yahoo News
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The Wellcome Photography Prize, which offers image-makers a platform to showcase the impact of science and health on lives around the world, has unveiled this year's winners. 2025’s laureates are UK-based artist Sujata Setia; Bangladeshi...
Banking sector sees revolution in IT-based services, employment: BIBM
United News of Bangladesh
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A new report shows how Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, has become the cornerstone of Bangladesh's banking industry, driving efficiency, enhancing operations, and bolstering competition in a rapidly evolving global financial...
How can cat bonds plan for a natural disaster? | Explained
The Hindu
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July 10, 2025
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: While life insurance is a ubiquitous term in India, disaster risk insurance is not. A low penetration of disaster risk insurance for individual property and livelihoods...
Bangladeshi expat caught fishing illegally off Asir coast
Saudi Gazette
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July 11, 2025
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Saudi Border Guard coastal patrols in Al-Qahmah, Asir region, have arrested a Bangladeshi resident for violating the Kingdom’s maritime safety regulations by fishing without a permit. The individual was found in...
Nepali, Bangladeshi, Myanmar Nationals Found In Bihar Voter Rolls, Names To Be Dropped: ECI Sources
ABP Live
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July 13, 2025
A sweeping door-to-door voter verification drive in Bihar has uncovered a “large number of people” from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar residing in the state — many of whom, officials say, may have illegally entered the electoral system. As part of...
5 Indian artists driving the climate conversation
Conde Nast Traveller
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July 13, 2025
Based between London and Delhi, Himali Singh Soin works across poetry, performance, film, and installation. Her practice draws on science, myth, and personal memory to explore how climate collapse is entangled with histories of empire,...
Dhaka’s air turns ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ after long time
United News of Bangladesh
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Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked ninth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 10 at 9:15 am this morning (July 11, 2025). Today Dhaka’s air was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive...
Dhaka’s rooftops could feed the city, but law keeps getting in the way
Daily Star
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July 10, 2025
Deep in the heart of Dhaka, where multistorey complexes rise like concrete forests and parks are a luxury, a quiet revolution is taking root: rooftop farming. This is more than just an attractive concept or a design feature—it is a green,...
BIMSTEC report underscores urgent need to harmonise regional efforts against natural disasters
Bangladesh Post
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The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), in partnership with the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), on Tuesday officially launched a...
Bold, urgent reforms can accelerate inclusive growth, create jobs: WB
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Bold, urgent reforms can accelerate inclusive growth, create jobs: WB DHAKA, July 16, 2025 (BSS) - World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Johannes Zutt, concluded his first official visit to Bangladesh today, reaffirming the World Bank's...
Dhaka’s drains, dengue, and denial
Daily Star
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July 10, 2025
What is the capital of Bangladesh known for? Ask this question on a dry winter morning, and you will hear a chorus: "Biryani!" "Traffic!" "Overpopulation!"—with someone perhaps adding "resilience" as a compliment or a curse. But ask the same...
Bangladesh tribunal indicts ousted PM Sheikh Hasina for ‘crimes against humanity’
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Climate change makes South Asia's monsoon more prone to floods and landslides
Naharnet
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Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country's farms and replenishing its rivers. However, as global heat increases, the rain...
Climate Change in HKH | New Fact: Glatial Lake Growing in Size
Ukhrul Times
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July 10, 2025
IN THE WAKE of climate change impact on natural environment across the globe, a glacial lake at the Purepu Glacier, North of the Langtang Himal in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, has been undergoing a significant change in its size, according to...
Bangladesh’s development model is failing its people
Daily Star
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July 10, 2025
On June 2, 2025, the Finance Division, in its Medium-Term Macroeconomic Policy Statement, forecast that Bangladesh's economy would surpass the $500 billion mark in FY2026-27. This optimistic outlook from the government comes at a time when several...
Bangladesh Bank Unleashes Landmark Reforms to Power Startup Ecosystem
Silicon India
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Bangladesh Bank increases startup loan cap from Tk2 crore to Tk8 crore, categorized by the startup’s operational stage. A new venture capital company will be formed to channel equity investments into startups, using banks’ startup funds. Interest...
Tesla's India Entry Set To Transform Domestic EV Landscape: Experts
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The official launch of Tesla in India has created a buzz in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, with experts on Wednesday calling it a major turning point for the country's clean mobility future.Industry...
Mourning Day observed on July Martyrs’ Day
Bangladesh Post
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Mourning Day was observed across the country in a befitting manner on Wednesday on the occasion of July Martyrs’ Day. Marking the day, the national flag was flown at half-mast in all government, semi-government, autonomous establishments and...
How schools are being built for extreme heat - without aircon
Context
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What’s the context? As climate change brings record heatwaves, architects are innovating to keep temperatures down in the classroom. Heat threatens children's education Aircon fuels global warming Architects turn to passive cooling LONDON - When...
June cargo dropped sharply, but Long Beach Port expects a rebound as more tariffs loom
Long Beach Business Journal
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July 16, 2025
Cargo volumes at the Port of Long Beach fell 16.4% in June compared to the same month last year, port officials said today, though a pause on new tariffs could fuel a rebound in the coming weeks. Dockworkers and terminal operators processed...