8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (512+ words) At 12, Nepali schoolgirl Ritu Maya Tamang has already learned how a close-knit family can be torn apart in a matter of minutes. Tamang is among more than 500 children separated from their parents by the catastrophic August 26 flooding that hit the…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (989+ words) The word is deceptively simple Another recent ethnographic study of women in rural Bangladesh found that tension could encompass both bodily and emotional suffering, with participants describing headaches, chest discomfort, sleeplessness, restlessness and worry about money, children, houses and the…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago   (384+ words) The government will take steps to align Bangla- and English-medium curricula and establish common minimum standards for students’ basic knowledge and skills, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said today. He said students should receive a common…...

10+ hour, 39+ min ago   (560+ words) Nearly a year later, those concerns look less like isolated rumours and more like a pattern that demands serious attention. Allegations have emerged that legitimate institutions such as marriage registration and family visas are being used to take Bangladeshi women…...

13+ hour, 7+ min ago   (487+ words) Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today called upon people from all sections of society, including businesspeople, young entrepreneurs and researchers, to work together to build a prosperous and desired Bangladesh. “Your cooperation is needed. Your coming forward is needed for the…...

13+ hour, 40+ min ago   (295+ words) Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon today said Bangladesh’s large population is its main asset and must be transformed into skilled human resources for the country’s development. He made the remarks while speaking at a plenary session, titled “Teachers at…...

13+ hour, 27+ min ago   (250+ words) The US Commerce Department on Friday finalized steep duties on imports of solar cells and panels from India, Indonesia and Laos, finding that producers in those countries dumped cheap products in the United States and benefited from unfair government subsidies....

18+ hour, 23+ min ago   (453+ words) When schooling is not education Cheating is a symptom, not the disease As Wharton psychologist Adam Grant recently argued in The New York Times, the durable defence against cheating is "moral identity"—the internalised conviction that dishonesty is incompatible with…...

16+ hour, 52+ min ago   (338+ words) A pistol, two magazines and 20 rounds of ammunition looted from Araihazar Police Station during the mass uprising in August 2024 were found in a mosque near the police station today. The weapons and ammunition were recovered from Araihazar Bazar Mosque this…...

16+ hour ago   (532+ words) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir yesterday said Bangladesh wants to “reset” its ties with India after what he described as an “uncomfortable” relationship over 15 years under an “authoritarian, corrupt and exploitative” regime. “We want to move towards a…...