Authorities struggling to cope with forest fires in Indonesia
Indonesia is making ‘all kinds of’ efforts to control devastating forest fires. Although dozens of aircraft and thousands of personnel have been deployed to put out the fires, it is struggling to cope with the situation. A senior official of…
Trump to sit in meeting with New York Mayor Mamdani on Monday
US President Donald Trump will hold a meeting with New York City’s left-leaning Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday. The mayor’s office gave this information on Sunday. The mayor’s office told news agency AFP that the meeting between the two…
Day temperature may rise across the country
Day temperature may rise slightly across the country, while night temperature may remain nearly unchanged. Along with this, light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind may occur at a few places in Khulna, Barishal,…
UGC drawing up specific policy on cross-border higher education
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) is preparing a ‘Cross-Border Higher Education Policy’ to internationalise higher education and further connect the country’s higher education with the global education system. Under…
Aman cultivation hits target in Chattogram, waves of green across fields
The blow of the flood, water standing on the land, damaged seedbeds: leaving all fears behind, farmers in Chattogram have almost completed Aman cultivation. Aman seedlings have already been transplanted on nearly 100 per cent of the targeted land in all…
Bangladesh-China friendship will remain unbroken through education and technology exchange: Education minister
The friendship between Bangladesh and China will remain unbroken forever, Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has said. He said, ‘It is through educational and technological exchange that this historic bond…
Tangail farmers hope to turn fortunes with early winter vegetables
With favourable weather, the advice of the agriculture department, modern technology and intensive care, early winter vegetables have turned the vast fields of Tangail green right at the start of Ashwin. Although winter is still more than three months…
Two workers electrocuted at under-construction building in Kishoreganj
Several workers were lifting rods to the top of an under-construction building. Suddenly, when the bundle of rods came into contact with the electric line of an AC outside the building, two workers were electrocuted and died instantly. The accident…
Three including a woman die in separate road accidents in Bogura
Three people have been killed in two separate road accidents in the district. Six more have been injured in these incidents. The first accident took place on Monday morning in front of TMSS Medical College Hospital in the Thengamara area of Bogura Sadar…
Germany wants to deepen economic and political ties with Bangladesh
Germany has shown interest in making its economic and political relations with Bangladesh closer. To this end, a visiting parliamentary delegation is examining areas for increasing cooperation in the trade, investment and energy sectors, including…