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The latest move by the finance ministry to disburse funds to researchers at public universities drew criticism for various reasons. Under the new rule, the University Grants Commission (UGC) will centrally disburse research funds. So far, p...

Awareness about the conservation of environment and the role of tree plantation has improved in Bangladesh in recent years. Now an impressive spectacle of green ambition is evident, particularly during monsoon. Government departments, non-g...

Institutional capture, poor governance, and financial plunder now characterise Bangladesh's Islamic banking sector. While there are many reasons for this, including the collapse of banking systems and poor regulatory oversight, the intellec...

What a recent report based on the inspection titled, ‘Foundational Literacy and Numeracy of all Primary School Students in Dhaka and Narayanganj Districts’ conducted under the primary and mass education ministry showed about the...

The development of El-Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific threatens to cause extreme weather across the globe, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Under the influence of the rapidly strengthening El Nino, many parts of t...

Frequent load-shedding in rural areas is not only causing public suffering, but also badly affecting economic activities. From hatcheries to poultry farms and from small cottage industries to healthcare facilities and other day-to-day opera...

This year marks the 106th founding anniversary of the University of Dhaka, once known as the Oxford of the East. In this connection, Dhaka University Day-2026 was observed on July 1 with the theme 'Restoration of Democracy and Dhaka Univers...

Bangladeshis will fund almost anything: from a cousin's factory expansion to a friend's restaurant chain. A 'guaranteed' land project was promoted through Facebook Live. A startup with no revenue but a convincing founder also gets funding....

A health system shows its true character not in how it manages routine illness, but in how it responds when a life hangs by a thread - after a highway crash, during a heart attack, when a child's pneumonia turns severe, or when a newborn fi...