Asia Bangladesh Several brick kilns, built near educational institutions, carried out their operations in Kamalganj upazila, defying the law and ignoring the protests of local residents, affecting students with their emissions
Asia Bangladesh United International University in Dhaka inaugurated the first Brain Computer Interface research lab in the country, which is instrumental in increasing research capacity and helping to improve people's quality of life through 4IR technologies
Asia Bangladesh Yesterday marked 50 years of the recognition as an independent sovereign country from India; during the Indian Prime Minister's visit to participate in Bangladesh's national holiday, it was decided to commemorate the day as Maitri Diwas (Friendship Day)
Asia Bangladesh Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will continue to allow the students to travel from its buses with half the fare, asking the staff to strictly follow this instruction without allowing non-students to take advantage of it
Asia Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged UNESCO to declare distance learning and online education as a global public good
Asia Bangladesh The government plans to form 5.500 farmer groups to promote livestock farming; the groups will be set up by the Department of Livestock Services with technical assistance from FAO
Asia Bangladesh More than 5.000 families in C'nawabganj are going to get electricity from from the national grid through submarine cables by next December, with the Rural Electrification Board implementing its project
Asia Bangladesh As a major exporter of labour, the country has suffered from the pandemic crisis with thousands of Bangladeshis unemployed; before it, 700.000 Bangladeshis were employed abroad every year and many more emigrated
Asia Bangladesh Sand mining from the Meghna River is causing massive erosion in Bhola, forcing at least 20.000 people to be displaced
Asia Bangladesh The country has officially become the first full new member of the BRICS New Development Bank
Asia Bangladesh The government distributed cash assistance to 1.879 tea workers in Moulvibazar under the tea workers' livelihood improvement program; in addition, keys to newly built houses were given to 17 families
Asia Bangladesh Bangladeshi textile producers have accepted the 2 years extension of the Agreement on Working Conditions proposed by many international brands that makes local business partially liable for non-compliance with safety standards at production sites
Asia Bangladesh A month-long exhibition of national newspapers and pictures depicting the role of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the creation of Bangladesh is underway after being launched by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha