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Environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and pollution. In recent years, we have...

Only unity can change the world

Purnaka L. de Silva :“Unity is the path. Our future depends on it,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as he issued an unequivocal global ‘Red...

Rohingyas’ uncertain future

Sohara Mehroze Shachi :Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugee women from Myanmar are currently living in the cramped camps along Bangladesh Myanmar border. Victims of...

Inequality still a major global problem

FORMER World Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy on Saturday said the problem of rising inequality in countries across the globe could be resolved internally....

Prepaid Gas meter project about to die

THE New Nation reported that Titas Gas Company’s target to install some 200,000 prepaid meters in Dhaka city is unlikely to be achieved within the...

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Driving school in districts Last year, more than 4,000 people were killed in road accidents, with more than 9,000 others injured. Many of these accidents...

A year of record-breaking climate events

Kelly Levin :Parts of the United States are experiencing blizzard and record low temperatures, with sharks freezing in the Atlantic and cold-snapped iguanas falling from...