Despite some misgivings, there is a recognition in India, as elsewhere in the developing world, that compromise was inevitable to get the Paris deal.

James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist, considered the father of global awareness of climate change, says the Paris climate talks is 'a fraud'.

It's clear at this point that even if the international climate accord being negotiated in suburban Paris becomes legally binding, it won't include punitive measures like trade sanctions or embargoes on straggler countries that fail to meet their commitments.

Environmentalists say the UK government is talking impressively on climate change to its international audience, but down-grading energy policy at home.

Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.

India will urge rich nations to deliver "climate justice" for developing countries at a major environmental conference in Paris later this month, the environment minister of the country says in an interview with AFP.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the government to halt the execution of death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Pollution of underground water affecting tube-wells at Munshipara of Saidpur municipality under the district poses serious health

A major glacier in northeastern Greenland is rapidly crumbling into the Atlantic Ocean and experts warned on Thursday the breakup will likely raise global sea level by 18 inches (a half meter).

A Gaibandha court yesterday sentenced a stalker to life imprisonment for throwing acid on two sisters.

A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case filed against Oishee Rahman for killing her parents – Mahfuzur Rahman, an inspector of police’s special branch, and Swapna Rahman – in 2013.

A mobile court sentenced two people to one month's imprisonment for arranging marriage of an underage girl at Munshi Khanpur in

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson condemns the double attacks on publishers that killed one and injured three others.

The UN says the current climate plans from 146 countries represent a significant advance-- but will not enough to prevent dangerous warming.

The Supreme Court stays process for holding Tangail-4 by-polls till November 2.

A suspected extortionist demands toll from 15 Election Commission officials and threatens to kill them or kidnap their children if his demand goes unheeded.

The 250-bed Kushtia General Hospital cannot provide healthcare to the patients due to shortage of doctors and other staff, including technical ones.

Classmates saved a schoolgirl from child marriage in Bhandaria upazila town of the district on Tuesday.

People of Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat district have demanded stoppage of intercity trains at Panchbibi station.

A court here on Tuesday sentenced five people to jail for attacking a house in Sadar upazila in 2010.