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The fifth death anniversary of retired government official, social worker and educationist Nurul Islam On April 2, a press release said. On this occasion, a Khatme Quran and Doa Mahfil has been organized at the late’s village home in East...

With profound sorrow, the Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in Dhaka announces the passing of former President Mujahid Liamine Zeroual on 28 March 2026 at the age of 84. Zeroual served as the sixth President of...

The country’s leading tobacco control (TC) organizations express deep concern over government’s decision to remove the ban on e cigarettes and display of tobacco products at the point-of-sale from the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Ordinance 2025. Evidence shows that emerging...

Center for Migration Studies (CMS) of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University (NSU) organized a seminar titled “Caught Between War and Work: The Rights and Sufferings of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in the Gulf...

The below is attributable to U.S. Mission Spokesperson Poornima Rai: The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka announced a $235,000 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant to restore the historic Mughal-era Musa Khan Mosque at an event at Dhaka University, further...

Schools face growing online safety and peer-harm concerns; Rolling out across 207 British Council Partner Schools in Bangladesh, reaching nearly 50 thousand students  School safeguarding is increasingly shaped by fast-moving, hard-to-detect risks amplified online, including peer-on-peer harm, mental health...

In a first for a Bangladesh-based artist, a solo exhibition by Soma Surovi Jannat is being held at the Ashmolean Museum, the UK’s oldest public museum and the University of Oxford’s leading art and archaeology institution. The exhibition opened...

Advocate Zainul Abedin, Honorable Member of Parliament from Barishal-3 and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, has expressed optimism that the Tobacco Control Ordinance 2025 will be turn into law during the very first session of Parliament to protect...

In order to cope with the situation created by the instability of fuel oil in the global market, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) has decided to reduce fuel consumption by 50 percent. This decision will be applicable to all officials...

North South University (NSU) has continued to strengthen its academic reputation in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, earning recognition across several key disciplines, a press release said. This year, NSU’s most notable achievement is in Economics &...