Kolkata Girl Raped In Sikkim

bdmetronews desk ॥ A minor girl from Kolkata was raped by the driver of a taxi she hired for sightseeing in North Sikkim, police said on Tuesday. Prem Raj Rai,… Read more

Brazil’s Impeach President Rousseff

bdmetronews desk ॥ Brazil’s Senate voted this morning to begin an impeachment trial for the country’s first woman president. The vote comes amid the country’s worst economic crisis since the… Read more

Pregnant teen’s ‘heartbreaking’ Zika news

bdmetronews desk ॥ A pregnant 17-year-old from Connecticut has tested positive for the Zika virus, telling ABC News the news is “heartbreaking,” as scientists continue to study the link between… Read more

35 tons of dead fish wash up in China lake

bdmetronews desk ॥ Thirty-five tons of dead fish washed up in a lake in China this week. Residents of Haikou city on China’s southern Hainan island began noticing the dead… Read more

India is Losing Kashmir

bdmetronews desk ॥ Kashmir has been simmering in decades of conflict since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The violence reached its peak in the 1980s and ‘90s,… Read more

BNNRC wins UN World Summit Prize 2016

bdmetronews desk ॥ Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication’s (BNNRC) received the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize 2016. The World Summit on the Information Society… Read more

Princess Kate is on the cover of Vogue

bdmetronews desk ॥ While the Duchess of Cambridge has appeared in countless tabloids with stock photos around the world, the royal poses for her first official magazine cover shoot in British Vogue’s June… Read more

Erosion chomps on Bangladesh’s watermelon industry

bdmetronews desk॥ Farmers on island on the front line of climate change see their fruit rot as trucks cannot reach the mainland. Bangladesh’s disappearing island of Bhola is on the… Read more

Has it been 5 years since the royal wedding

bdmetronews desk॥ In a beautifully executed wedding, William and Kate’s April 29, 2011, balcony kiss was the one wildcard, and it did not disappoint. The heir to the British throne… Read more

Potential for ‘marked increase’ in Zika cases

bdmetronews desk॥ The World Health Organization warned Monday of the potential for a “marked increase” in the number of Zika infections in the coming months, and its spread to new… Read more