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Extreme heat severely limits daily activity for more people in India than anywhere else: Study

India, March 13 -- A study highlights that India faces severe limitations on daily activities due to extreme heat, affecting both younger and older adults. The Indo-Gangetic Plain and eastern lowland... Read More


Dhaka decides to strengthen cultural diplomacy, boost country's image abroad

Dhaka, March 13 -- The government has decided to strengthen cultural diplomacy as an important tool of soft power to enhance people-to-people contacts, promote the Bangladesh brand, and improve the co... Read More


Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong to visit Bangladesh Apr 2-3

Dhaka, March 13 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong will pay an official visit to Bangladesh on April 2-3 and will lead the Chinese delegation to the 14th Bangladesh-China Diplomatic Consulta... Read More


When a Gulf Tycoon Warns Washington about a War of Choice

Dhaka, March 13 -- Historians distinguish between two kinds of war: wars of necessity and wars of choice. The former are fought because survival demands it; the latter because leaders believe they hav... Read More


The People's House Returns

Dhaka, March 13 -- And so exactly a month after having held a by-and-large acceptable, free-and-fair election for the first time in at least 18 years, the country witnessed the 300 (overwhelmingly) me... Read More


Enhancing the Capacity of Elected Women Representatives of Union Parishad

Dhaka, March 13 -- The Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Cumilla, in partnership with WaterAid Bangladesh, successfully hosted the National Dissemination Workshop on "Orientation on the... Read More


Saleh Shibly quietly performing as PM's press secretary

Dhaka, March 13 -- Journalist AAM Saleh, widely known as Saleh Shibly, has been fulfilling duties as Press Secretary to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. His appointment to the coveted post was announce... Read More


PTA negotiations feature in Dhaka-Jakarta discussions

Dhaka, March 13 -- Bangladesh and Indonesia on Wednesday discussed ways to expand cooperation in areas including trade and investment, energy, connectivity, and people-to-people exchanges. Both sides... Read More


Holding On to March 7

Dhaka, March 13 -- The 7th of March is a seminal date in Bangladesh's road to independence. In 1971, it was the day that a crowd estimated at several lakhs to a million gathered at the then-Racecourse... Read More


Subodh returns to Agargaon wall with strong anti-war message

Dhaka, March 13 -- The latest intervention in the "Subodh" series from the anonymous guerilla artist HOBEKI? has appeared on a wall in the Old Airport area of Agargaon in the capital. This time it is ... Read More