PARIS, Dec 14 (AFP): Apps infused with AI are being marketed to schools across the world and governments are rushing to embrace the technology, despite experts raising serious doubts.The sector known as Ed Tech exploded during the Covid pandemic as...
RIYADH, Dec 14 (AFP): Saudi-hosted UN talks failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought, participants said on Saturday, falling short of hopes for a binding protocol addressing the growing scourge.The 12-day meeting of parties to the...
ROUNAK MARIUM | 2024-12-15 00:00:00
Alisha Ahmed, a recent graduate from a private university, got a job at a local marketing agency after applying for more than 100 jobs and staying unemployed for more than a year. She is happy about the fact that she...
FE EDUCATION DESK | 2024-12-15 00:00:00
BRAC University Marketing Association (BUMA) recently hosted an evocative photography marketing competition titled "Frames of Freedom." This initiative commemorated the student movement of July 2024, aiming to honour its memory while giving amateur photographers a chance to shine. The competition,...
ABDULLAH-AAT-TAHMIDUS SIDDIQUEE | 2024-12-15 00:00:00
Moot court competitions are where legal theory meets real-world action, giving law students a stage to challenge their skills and put their academic prowess to the test. These competitions are a fast track to mastering the art of advocacy, gathering...
The nation observes the Martyred Intellectuals Day today (Saturday) to commemorate the intellectuals killed by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the Liberation War in 1971.This day in 1971, the country's renowned academics, doctors, engineers,...
Chandpur, Dec 13 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a 25-year-old man on Thursday, four days after he disappeared from a fish project in Ghogra Beel of Sachar Union at Kachua Upazila in Chandpur.Kachua Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) M Abdul...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued instructions asking motor vehicles plying in Dhaka city areas not to use high-pitched horns.A notification in this regard was issued by DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Thursday night, reports BSS.The notification...
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has asked banks to remain open beyond regular hours on Sunday, the last day for completing the primary registration for next year's Hajj, reports bdnews24.com.In a letter addressed to the central bank on Thursday, Mamun...
Panchagarh, Dec 13 (UNB) - Panchagarh experienced the country's lowest temperature on Friday morning, with the mercury dropping to 8.4 degrees Celsius.At 6 am, the temperature stood at nine degrees Celsius and fell further to 8.4 degrees by 9 am....
Helal Hafiz, a celebrated poet of rebellion and love, has passed away. He was 76, reports UNB.He was declared dead by doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on Friday afternoon.According to BSMMU authorities, the poet suffered...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday protested Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam's accusation that political parties were trying to undermine the interim government and demanded the statement be withdrawn, reports UNB."I don't know why or in...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
Access restriction has badly affected the economy of Saint Martin's, the only coral island and one of the most popular tourist spots of the country.This downturn during the peak season of tourism is causing frustration among Saint Martin-centric businessmen as...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
Prices of different categories of mild steel or MS rod, one of the key construction materials, have decreased over the recent months mainly on the back of lower demand in both public and private sectors, industry insiders said.Ongoing sluggish trend...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
The market unrest over edible oils continues unabated, even last week, despite the government fixing prices. The government increased the price of soybean oil by Tk 8.0 and palm oil by Tk 14 per litre last Monday, but suppliers have...
A group of workers are repairing an old cargo ship before painting it with an eye to giving it a facelift at a dockyard in south Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka city, on Friday. Hundreds of people eke out...
A total of 53 noted citizens, including academics, journalists and artists, denounced on Friday anti Bangladesh campaign by a section of Indian media outlets that are actually serving the interests of Indian right-leaning extremist ruling party BJP."We are concerned about...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
Violating a law and a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the crisis-ridden state-owned Janata Bank is considering lending to Beximco Group to help it pay the salaries of workers employed in the units under the Beximco Industrial Park, sources say. On...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
Buyer's-credit use for overseas procurement by Bangladesh has plummeted over the years, stoking concern about smooth import operations crucial to rolling industries and keeping export-shipment lead times.Buyer's credit accounted for 23.9 per cent of Bangladesh's total imports in the fiscal...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
A big factory blaze has blanked out Bangladesh's huge heavy-duty vehicles' tyre market for invasion by imports while local manufactures of ultra-light-vehicle tyres also fear losing out to foreign companies for two major constraints.They say production disruptions for gas shortages...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during midnight till morning. Mild cold wave is...
The government is going to provide Tk 3.0 million as an interest-free loan to judges each for buying car, paying necessary expenses such as registration, fitness and tax token fees, reports BSS. "Tk 3.0 million will be provided in a...
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 545 this year, reports UNB.All recent fatalities occurred within the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC),...
Nearly 92 per cent people have sought reforms of the interrogation process in police custody, criticising the existing practice of tortures during grilling that often lead to death of suspects, reports BSS.Respondents gave the opinion in a recent survey, carried...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
Some 200,000 single-journey tickets (SJTs) of metro rail went missing in the last two years, causing losses of around Tk 60 million and raising questions about Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited's (DMTCL) functionality and efficiency.Over 250 cards went missing every...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-14 00:00:00
The government would finalise the necessary rules for controlling noise pollution by this month (December), Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said on Friday."Just imposing jail terms and fines is not enough. We...
A child seems to enjoy the winter while her father along with other persons are engaged in free-hand physical exercise at Ramna Park on Friday. The number of such health conscious people is on rise at various parks and open...
Khelafat Majlis will hold a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in capital on December 28, reports UNB.To prepare for the event, central leaders of the party visited the venue on Thursday to inspect the arrangements, said Md. Jamirul Islam (Jamil),...
Families of the victims of the 2009 BDR mutiny have demanded the restoration of the Border Guard Bangladesh's (BGB) former name, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) , reports UNB.They also sought justice for victims during the mutiny within the paramilitary force.Mohammad Abdullah...
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