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Union Budget 2025: Focus on creating jobs, skill training

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Narendra Modi government on Saturday substantially increased its fund allocations for skill trainings and livelihood programmes in the Union Budget 2025-26 as part of its ambi... Read More


Cagsawa Festival highlights Albay's history, values, progress

Manila, Feb. 2 -- The Cagsawa Festival in Daraga, Albay, continues to serve as a reminder of resilience, cultural heritage, and the region's commitment to preserving its history while fostering progre... Read More


Upcoming IPO: Bengaluru-based WeWork India files DRHP with SEBI to raise funds via IPO. Details here

Upcoming IPO, Feb. 2 -- Bengaluru-based workspace operator WeWork India has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI),... Read More


In AI stimulus, budget allots rRs.r500 crore for Centre of Excellence in education

India, Feb. 2 -- The central government will set up a centre for excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for education with an outlay of Rs.500 crore, Union finance minister Niramala Sitharam... Read More


Sri Lanka loses US $ 40m annually in aquatic resources due to poaching - Expert

Srilanka, Feb. 2 -- Sri Lanka loses an estimated US $40 million annually due to the unauthorised extraction of aquatic resources by Indian fishermen, according to senior lecturer in International Huma... Read More


Experts favour written orders to prevent future blackouts

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Experts have stated that issuing written orders specifying legitimate reasons for an internet shutdown could help prevent nationwide blackouts, like those in July-August 2024, in the ... Read More


Fire Service recover bodies of 3 students gone missing in Sirajganj's Fuljore River

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Fire Service and Civil Defence have recovered the bodies of three schoolboys who went missing after going to bathe in the Fuljore River in Siarajganj's Kamarkhand Upazila. Two bo... Read More


Titumir College students dismiss govt's assurance, vow to continue Dhaka North blockade

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Protesting students have rejected the education ministry's statement that the government is giving "special consideration" to their demand for upgrading Government Titumir College to ... Read More


CA's Press Secretary describes Hasina as 'butcher of Bangladesh'

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has described former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the "butcher of Bangladesh" and said the interim government's job is to bring her ba... Read More


Hidden insight from the Energy Summit

Dar es Salaam, Feb. 2 -- DODOMA – DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Doto Biteko has opened up to fellow Members of Parliament and, of course, Tanzanians, how challenging the task of... Read More