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8 DU students receive Ali Riaz postgraduate research awards, scholarships

Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Eight students of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka have received the Ali Riaz Postgraduate Research Awards and Scholarships for their res... Read More


EcoMen training in Dhaka calls for recognising care in climate action

Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Twenty grassroots youth leaders completed the three-day EcoMen training in Dhaka on Wednesday. The programme focused on gender-transformative environmental stewardship and inclusive c... Read More


Ophthalmologists urged to promote women's leadership in eye health

Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday urged ophthalmologists to promote women leadership in eye health to make them contribute more to health care. The call came at the discussion ti... Read More


Student spending nights in mosque gets SUST VC's help

Sylhet, Oct. 8 -- Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Vice-Chancellor Dr Md Khairul Islam has stepped in to help a first-year student who had been spending nights in a mosque or the ... Read More


Standing committee on non-concessional loans to study loan proposals totaling $3.3 billion

Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Concessional Loans (SCNCL) is set to consider proposals for obtaining $3.3 billion in non-concessional loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Islamic Trade ... Read More


Not to please its friends, Bangladesh makes deals based on country's needs, interests: Kobir

Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Wednesday said Bangladesh does not sign any agreement to please its friends, but makes deals based on the country's needs and inter... Read More


Ashfaque Nipun raises questions over 'one-minute' sellout of Cox's Bazar train tickets

Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Popular fiction maker Ashfaque Nipun has questioned how tickets for two trains on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route could sell out within just "one minute" of online sales opening, raising ... Read More


Indonesian vice foreign minister meets Amit

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Indonesian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhammad Anis Matta paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit at his office on Wedne... Read More


Avg life expectancy in Bangladesh saw steepest gains worldwide in last 25 years: Social Welfare Minister

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- The number of senior citizens (aged 60 and above) in Bangladesh is projected to rise to 50 million, covering about app00over 20 percent of the country's population, by 2050, Social We... Read More


Tearful Scaloni says Argentina cannot replace Messi

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Argentina's coach, Lionel Scaloni, said that no one could take the place of Lionel Messi, speaking through tears after a 3-0 victory over Benin that marked Messi's departure from the ... Read More