March2023

Jo Mithen, the CEO and Executive Director of Monash College, Australia, paid a visit to Universal College Bangladesh (UCB), an STS Group entity providing world-class education in Bangladesh. Students, teachers and professionals from various fields got...

Tasnuva Kamal Topa’s latest work of fiction “Love to Dodge- Love Dread” has been making waves among literary enthusiasts. The novel, published by Balboa Press Indiana, tells a captivating tale of love, passion, and uncertainty that...

A lawmaker looking into the cases claims that since late November, a wave of poisonings has impacted more than 5,000 Iranian schoolchildren, mostly female students. The mysterious poisonings have engulfed Iran, inciting a wave of rage...

The UN’s human rights head suggested that the military may have committed war crimes as it fights to stifle opposition to its rule, and the junta in Myanmar has blasted him for making “irrelevant” comments. The...

A drone attack on Wednesday in a region of eastern Syria controlled by Iran-backed groups resulted in the deaths of four people, according to a war monitor. “Four people were killed and eight wounded in a...

On Tuesday, the US announced $26 million in fresh humanitarian aid for the Rohingya in Bangladesh and other countries in that part of Asia. A million people from the predominantly Muslim Rohingya community reside in relief...

According to Philippe Orliange, executive director of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France is eager to meet Bangladesh’s financing needs by offering AFD concessional loans for green investments and by assisting the government in addressing climate-related...

By providing a built-in virtual number, Nagad, the mobile financial service of the Bangladesh Post Office, has been able to assist its female consumers in avoiding phone harassment, protecting their privacy, and reducing instances of fraud....

On Wednesday morning, a senior majhi—a Rohingya leader—was assassinated at a camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. Syed Hossain, also known as Kala Bodda, was killed. He lived in the Kutupalong 2 (east) settlement. Syed Hossain...

Despite being the main victims of war and conflict, women are still notably underrepresented in diplomatic discussions, officials on Tuesday informed the United Nations Security Council. On the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8,...