May2021

The World Bank (WB) today approved US$600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable populations, including youth, women, disadvantaged groups, and returnee migrant workers, improve employability and livelihood opportunities,...

The largest iceberg in the world is floating in Antarctica. It is similar in size to the island nation of Puerto Rico. The entire scene of the iceberg collapsing was captured on a NASA satellite by...

MLA Shobhandev Chattopadhyay resigned from the Bhabanipur assembly seat. He went to the assembly on Friday afternoon and submitted his resignation letter to Speaker Biman Banerjee. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest the by-election...

Myanmar’s military junta is set to disband the National League for Democracy Party (NLD), led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Reuters reported that the military junta had quoted an election commission commissioner as saying...

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has become a mother in recent times during the COVID pandemic. She gave birth to her first daughter Vamika last January. This time he came forward to help the expectant mothers. Anushka...

Google News Initiative (GNI) will be hosting free University Verification Workshops from May 24 to June 9, 2021, for students, journalists, and fact-checkers. Google news initiative (GNI) is a Google program that aims to help journalism...

India is going through the worst time since the start of the Corona epidemic. The daily death toll from corona in the country is over four thousand, and the number of daily infections is around two...

Bangladesh has called on the international community to take urgent and decisive decisions to find a lasting solution to the ongoing Palestinian crisis. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, made...

First launched in Ohio, cash prize incentives to get people vaccinated are taking off in other US states to boost a slowing Covid-19 shot campaign. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a week ago that five adults...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, came into force early Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek...