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Japan's free high school policy may provoke exodus from public schools

Dhaka, June 20 -- Japan's decision to make high school tuition virtually free, even for private institutions, is raising alarm among educators and policy experts, who warn it could accelerate an exodu... Read More


BAEC gets Dr Debashish, Dr Shamshad as members

Dhaka, June 20 -- The Ministry of Science and Technology, through an official order dated 17 June 2025, has appointed Dr. Debashish Paul as the Member (Physical Sciences) of the Bangladesh Atomic Ener... Read More


Lion Milton appointed zone chairperson of Lions Clubs

Dhaka, June 20 -- In recognition of his outstanding leadership and dedicated service to the community, Lions Clubs International, District 315A1 has officially appointed Lion Millat Hossen Milton, the... Read More


Bangladesh and the Digital Silk Road: Shaping the Next Economic Era

Dhaka, June 20 -- The Digital Silk Road (DSR) is a key component of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aimed at promoting international cooperation in digital infrastructure, technology, and cyber... Read More


Depositors still anxious despite security assurances

Dhaka, June 20 -- Abdul Aziz, a middle-aged migrant worker who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, visited the Tangail branch of First Security Islami Bank (FSIB) to withdraw Tk 100,000 for his daugh... Read More


Decline in Migration: A crisis bigger than it seems?

Dhaka, June 20 -- Migration from Bangladesh of workers to elsewhere declined in 2024. It was not unexpected as the country's situation was unstable with political changes but the issue may be deeper t... Read More


No Endgame in the Middle East

Dhaka, June 20 -- Israel's pre-emptive military strike on Iran is the latest episode in a Middle Eastern conflict that began once upon a vanished time and that appears to have no end in a tangible fut... Read More


The Consensus to End Patriarchy

Dhaka, June 20 -- It is almost axiomatic, but let's start by saying that women in the Indian Subcontinent have been subjugated for millenia, since time immemorial. That holds true for other regions of... Read More


UK and Bangladesh celebrate climate partnership

Dhaka, June 20 -- In the face of a growing climate crisis, strong international partnerships are essential. The visit last week of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to the United Kingdom, includi... Read More


The Middle East at War

Dhaka, June 20 -- Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. - Sun Tzu Each morning over the breakfast table, it is customary for intelligence chie... Read More