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Speakers suggest investment in women’s economic empowerment

FE ReportSpeakers at a roundtable on Tuesday stressed for investment focusing on women and girls with impact assessment to get multiple benefits and ensure their economic empowerment.Emphasising the need for economic empowerment not only to mitigate risks but also for financial security, they recommended addressing the challenges and gaps in...

Seven held over stabbing of NICRH official in city

FE REPORTLaw enforcement agencies have arrested seven individuals over the stabbing of a senior official of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) in the capital's Mohakhali area, officials said on Tuesday.The arrests were confirmed at a press briefing at the RAB Media Centre in Karwan Bazar by...

DISCRIMINATION: An Ansar member awarded punishment to a child for illegally bathing in the Crescent Lake adjacent to the Zia Udyan

DISCRIMINATION: An Ansar member awarded punishment to a child for illegally bathing in the Crescent Lake adjacent to the Zia Udyan in the capital on Tuesday, whereas two others nearby were ‘left unpunished for the same offence'. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman

DU cuts freshers' admission hassles

The admission process for the first-year undergraduate students at the University of Dhaka (DU) has become significantly smoother this year, reducing long-standing hassles faced by freshers. Previously the system was marked by multiple campus visits, complex departmental procedures, and long queues at banks. But, now it has been simplified through...

Five-day IAEA mission supports water resource management in BD

Experts visited the laboratory facilities of the Isotope Hydrology Division (IHD) at the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology in Savar as part of a five-day mission organised by IAEA to support water resource management in Bangladesh.The main objective of the mission is to support the implementation of the IAEA's...

Modern alternatives could sharply cut tobacco harm

Safer alternatives to smoking could substantially reduce the harm caused by tobacco use, subject matter experts have mentioned. They argued that products such as vaping devices, nicotine pouches, and snus have helped millions of smokers around the world to quit. Countries that adopted harm reduction strategies have seen rapid declines...