Bangladesh
Emphasis on vocational education as world needs skilled manpower: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has given utmost importance to vocational education as the world needs skilled manpower for the upcoming fourth industrial revolution.
3 including mother, daughter killed in Savar road crash
Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed after a rickshaw was hit by a passenger bus on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Nabinagar area on Sunday morning.
Freshers’ orientation at IU Monday
The orientation programme for the first year honours students of 2019-20 academic session of Islamic University will be held on the campus in Kushtia on Monday.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh suspends on arrival visa for Chinese nationals
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh suspended the visa on arrival for Chinese nationals as part of the government’s temporary policy following the outbreak of coronavirus.
Bangladesh wants amicable solution to border killings: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the government wants to see an amicable solution to killings along the Bangladesh-India border that are taking place despite promises to bring that down.
Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks 10th worst
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the 10th worst city in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning.
Coronavirus: Govt orders screening at Benapole land port
The health ministry has ordered screening of all people coming to Bangladesh from India through the Benapole land port for coronavirus.
Girl, 7, raped and murdered in Chuadanga
A first grader was raped and strangled to death at Parkrishna village in Damurhuda upazila on Saturday.
People ‘spontaneously’ observing BNP’s hartal: Rizvi
BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday claimed that people are “spontaneously observing” the dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) in protest against ‘massive vote frauds’ in Saturday’s Dhaka city elections.
Taposh wins DSCC election by big margin
Awami League mayoral candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was unofficially declared elected in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election on Saturday.