Former Olympic medallist Paul Schockemoehle has brought 80 Ukrainian refugees to Germany to help them escape Russia’s invasion. The 76-year-old won equestrian team jumping silver at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in
One of the world’s most storied shipwrecks, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after its sinking, explorers announced Wednesday. Endurance was
The government is yet to preserve the microphones and amplifiers used for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic March 7 speech though 51 years have elapsed since the delivery of the
The murals, plaques and memorials built at Banani-Airport road’s Kurmitola to honour the nation’s seven Bir Shreshthas, who received the highest gallantry awards for their supreme sacrifices during the Great
The stingrays of the Bay of Bengal, locally known as Shaplapata, are vital for conserving its biodiversity and the marine ecosystem, but it is now endangered due to its lucrative
Seventy-three varieties of rice were developed in the country in the last 13 years, according to the information placed at the meeting of a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. The 21st
“We don’t know the long-term side effects of Covid vaccines.” That’s a claim that’s still common to see shared online. But a year is actually considered relatively “long term” when
Every day at the family grocery stall in a Tunis market, Bilel Jani sees the reality of a biting economic crisis, which for many has overshadowed Tunisia’s latest political turmoil.
After talking to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone on Monday, the confidence of Tamanna Akter Noora, who secured GPA-5 in this year’s HSC examination writing on one foot, has
Images of Canada’s paralysed capital and of pandemic-rules protests have thrust the country’s Covid response under the spotlight. What started as a trucker-led movement to demand the end of a