India says it now has almost a third more tigers than it did four years ago. Presenting the findings of the latest tiger census, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tiger population had risen from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014. He said a number of government initiatives to streamline tiger conservation were behind the increase. India is estimated ...

A ban on Indian mango imports into the European Union is to be lifted, clearing the way for them to return to the UK and other member states. However, other foodstuffs such as Indian aubergines, two types of squash, and a type of leaf used in cooking will remain restricted. Indian mango shipments to the EU were suspended in May ...

“When I bid goodbye to him, tears brimming in my eyes, I thought it would be a matter of months before we saw each other,” Fatima told Al Jazeera. “Now, more than two years later, I have learned how to cope with the indefinite wait.” Fatima, who did not provide a last name, was married for less than a year ...

The AirAsia flight that crashed in the Java Sea, killing 162 people, climbed too fast before stalling, Indonesia’s transport minister has said. Ignasius Jonan told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta that flight QZ8501 had ascended at a speed of 6,000ft (1,828m) per minute. No passenger or fighter jet would attempt to climb so fast, he said. There were no survivors ...

Recently, SD ASIA published a list of 20 people, who Bangladeshis should follow in 2015. The list was based on the the start up-entersprises and Entrepreneurship scene in Dhaka, and it highlights individuals who boost attention to the concerned environment. SD ASIA, an innovative regional online content site for businesses supported by the community and entrepreneurs about startups, entrepreneurs and ...

Saudi Arabia will soon resume the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers, according to an Arab News report. Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakeih said on Monday that the Kingdom will soon resume the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to the Kingdom, read the report. The decision comes after a 2008 ban on Bangladeshi manpower export to Saudi Arabia. During a one-hour meeting on ...

Tk 1 lakh will be given as reward for anyone who can help in arrest of those involved in subversive activities, a minister said today in wake of violence caused during the BNP- led 20-party alliance’s countrywide nonstop blockade. “We will give Tk 1 lakh as reward if anyone can help the law enforcement agencies to arrest the anarchists red ...

BNP-led 20-party alliance today issued strong warning against the government’s conspiracy to kill opposition men by giving “license to killing” to law enforcement agencies and party cadres. The opposition alliance also said the ruling high-ups are provoking its party criminals to take law in their hands through advocating in favour of shoot on sight and extrajudicial killings. In a statement, ...

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday told parliament that law enforcing agencies would investigate the link of Khaleda Zia with the recent subversive activities and take step whether she would be charged in this connection. Replying to a supplementary question from treasury bench member ABM Tajul Islam during the prime minister question hour in the house, Sheikh Hasina said ...

Habibul Bashar Shumon, former Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team, inaugurated the Annual Cricket tournament, 2015, in Dhakhin field of Katalkhair village of Asharkandi Union in Jagannathpur Upozila.  The Cricket tournament is being organised by New Star Cricket Club. A meeting was held to discuss the inauguration of the tournament.  Miah Mohammod Ahbab, President of UK Sechcha Shebok League, presided over ...