Bangladesh needs an education system that goes beyond producing certificates and equips students with the skills and capabilities needed to enter the workforce, Prime Minister’s Education Adviser Dr Mahdi Amin has said. He made the remarks on Friday (21 August) at a two-day national policy-making discussion in Savar on transforming and improving the quality of higher education in Bangladesh. Dr ...

President-elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday paid his respects to BNP founder and Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at their graves in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Mirza Fakhrul visited the Zia Mausoleum inside Zia Udyan after attending Jummah prayers. He laid separate wreaths at the graves of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia, recited Fateha ...

Germany has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the President of Bangladesh. In a statement posted by the German Embassy in Dhaka on Friday (21 August), Germany wished the president-elect every success in his new office. “Congratulations to President-elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as President of Bangladesh. We wish him every success in his ...

Carew & Company (Bangladesh) Ltd, the nearly 90-year-old state-owned industrial enterprise in Darshana of Chuadanga, is on course to post its highest-ever net profit, despite continued losses in its sugar production unit. According to the company’s potential profit and loss account for the 2025-26 financial year, Carew’s combined net profit from all its units could reach 165,24 31,000. If achieved, ...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country’s information minister said on Friday, a move that had not been widely anticipated after the former premier was allowed to leave prison to have his health checked for the first time since February. ...

The United Kingdom has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the president of Bangladesh. The British Embassy in Bangladesh conveyed the congratulatory message in a statement on Thursday. “The UK looks forward to working with Hon. President Fakhrul and the Government of Bangladesh to further strengthen the close and longstanding partnership between our two countries,” the statement ...

The launching event of screenwriter and film critic Sadia Khalid Reeti’s debut pocket book titled “Reetibakya” and a live performance of her film script “A Birth for a Death” were held recently at the Alliance Française de Dhaka. The evening brought together literature, cinema, theatre, and music in an engaging celebration of contemporary creative expression. The event was attended by ...

The standoff over Bangladesh’s official delegation for the upcoming Asian Games has been resolved following the intervention of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) president and army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman. The breakthrough came during a meeting at the army headquarters on Thursday, where officials from newly formed ad-hoc sports federations were assured that 23 of their representatives from 11 disciplines would replace ...

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and CAB International will work jointly to make Bangladesh’s agricultural system more effective and sustainable by promoting safe food production, reducing farmers’ production costs, and addressing climate and environmental risks. To this end, the two institutions on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) titled “Up-scaling of Sustainable Agroecological Farming in Bangladesh.” PKSF Deputy Managing Director ...

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