Mongabay on MSN2d
New tourism restrictions to protect Bangladesh’s unique wetlands and coral-rich island
In a bid to protect biodiversity hotspots in the country, Bangladesh plans to restrict tourism and introduce ...
Mongabay on MSN1d
The disappearing red ghost crabs of Cox’s Bazar, a conservation crisis in Bangladesh
Once lively inhabitants of the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf coastline in southeast Bangladesh, the red ghost crabs (Ocypode macrocera) ...
Opinion
Kicked around
The past is riddled with hole-in-the-corner deals. France ceded Mauritius to Britain in 1814 and Britain followed with a complex series of manoeuvres of dubious morality ...
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Monsoon recedes from Bangladesh, low forms in Bay of Bengal
The south-westerly monsoon wind has cleared Chattogram and the rest of Bangladesh while a low pressure system has formed in the Bay of Bengal, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
The Hindu6d
Fresh cyclonic circulation likely to form over Bay of Bengal to prolong wet spell over Tamil Nadu
A fresh cyclonic circulation that is likely to form over Bay of Bengal around October 12 would prolong the wet spell over the State that may be intense in various districts till October 16.
The tragic history of the largest uninhabited island on Earth
Explore the relics of failed settlements, doomed expeditions, and ancient Inuit history on Devon Island, one of the Arctic’s ...
The Daily Star6d
Robberies rising in the Bay
While fishermen in the Bay of Bengal have started to slowly prosper, in spite of frequent depression in the sea, the number of robberies on fishing trawlers has also started rising at an alarming ...
The Hindu3d
Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters ninth day, others on ‘symbolic fast’
The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the R.G. Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday (October 13, 2024), when people are holding a ...
Indiana Gazette1d
In Indonesia, French poet Rimbaud's voyage still a mystery
In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial Dutch army before deserting after just two weeks, an escape still shrouded ...
The Telegraph1d
West Bengal
Agitating junior doctors launched their 'Droher Carnival' (carnival of protest) from Rani Rashmoni Road in the city's Esplanade area on Tuesday, shortly after the Calcutta High Court set aside ...
Island1d
The Island
Indo-Lanka road and rail link: In the wake of Foreign Minister and Cabinet Spokesperson Vijitha Herath’s declaration that decision on... Slowly, slowly…, and then with the snap of resolve that ...
Island3d
The Island
Monday 14th October, 2024 The Ministry of Public Security has reportedly asked the police to pull their socks up. It... Friday 11th October, 2024 Daisy Achchi’s bag of gems or menik malla has been ...