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Experts focus on modernising birth, death registration law

FE REPORTThe low rates of birth and death registration in Bangladesh are significantly hindering the protection of citizens' rights, public health planning, and effective development management, experts said at a workshop on Wednesday. Currently, the birth registration rate in Bangladesh stands at only 50 per cent, while the death registration...

222 flights cancelled in five days

FE REPORTA total of 222 flights to and from the Dhaka and Chattogram airports have been cancelled in five days in the wake of the latest Middle-East (ME) conflict, causing suffering for passengers. Of these, 176 were scheduled from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka, and the remaining...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presiding over a meeting on 'planting 250 million trees

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presiding over a meeting on 'planting 250 million trees in five years' at the Cabinet Division in the capital on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla

Call for recognition of unpaid care work to address ‘time poverty’

DU CorrespondentSpeakers at a programme said women and girls in Bangladesh carry a much larger share of unpaid household and caregiving work, which leads to ‘time poverty’ - a situation where people do not have enough time for rest, education, paid work or social participation.Citing data from the Bangladesh Bureau...

SEU ranks first in innovation, second overall in BD

Southeast University (SEU) has secured the second position in the overall Ranking and the top position in the innovation category among Bangladeshi universities, according to the 2026 rankings of Spain's education and research organisation, Scimago. In its latest report, which evaluated 10,827 universities worldwide, the Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR) country-wise...

UNFPA hosts 'Open Mic' event for women, girls FE REPORT

As part of a global campaign for the upcoming Inter- national Women's Day, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Bangladesh on Wednesday hosted an "Open Mic" event.The programme, held at Shahabuddin Park in Gulshan, forms part of UNFPA's Inter- national Women's Day campaign, which aims to highlight data, personal...