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Cooling their way to solvency: Gaibandha villages earn their keep with hand fans

The residents of two villages in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district have found their way to economic solvency making colourful, embroidered hand fans that are very popular among villagers near

Coronavirus in DR Congo: How funds went missing – report

Shawdesh desk: Missing money, opaque pay practices and poor management hamper the coronavirus response in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers say. The Congo Research Group, based in New York

Coronavirus in DR Congo: How funds went missing – report

Missing money, opaque pay practices and poor management hamper the coronavirus response in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers say. The Congo Research Group, based in New York University, says

Covid vaccines: How fast is progress around the world?

More than six billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 196 countries worldwide. However, there are vast differences in the pace of progress in different parts

In Shoulmari, lives tangle in barbed-wire fence

A barbed-wire strung up by a private solar power company around the only road leading to Shoulmari char in Lalmonirhat has proved to be the bane of the residents of

Climate change: Stop smoke and mirrors, rich nations told

Shawdesh desk: Rich countries’ plans to curb carbon are “smoke and mirrors” and must be urgently improved, say poorer nations. Ministers meeting here in Milan at the final UN session

‘Today we feel you with the great love.’

It arrived in Bengal four decades ago. Then the country across terrible hostile situation! What a tumbledown state plagued by hunger and poverty! After independence, the new country is like

What needs to be agreed to stop climate change?

Shawdesh Desk: The UK is hosting a summit that is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. The meeting in Glasgow from October 31 to