After a powerful earthquake struck outside Bangladesh's crowded capital Dhaka on November 21, images were shared in posts ...

Five years after the revised Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) was gazetted, the government has yet to establish the dedicated national authority meant to enforce it, leaving much of the ...

Unless Dhaka’s uncontrolled and unplanned urbanisation is stopped, there will be no effective way to protect the city from earthquakes, fires, and other disasters, speakers said at a virtual programme ...

Under Operation Sagar Bandhu, the teams—comprising 80 rescuers and four canine units—took off from Hindon Air Base at 4.06am aboard an Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft ...

Experts said the city’s rapid, unplanned expansion has increased the risks posed by earthquakes, fires and other disasters ...

With the conclusion of COP30 in Brazil, the message emerging from global negotiations is unmistakable: The world has now ...

Russian Presidential Spokesperson Dmitri Peskov has issued a sharp warning about the political turmoil unfolding in Kyiv, ...

Six Israeli soldiers were wounded during a high-risk IDF arrest operation near Beit Jinn, southern Syria, with three reported ...

New UN rankings have redefined how city populations are measured—and it's shaken up the rankings. Here are the ten most populous cities in the world.