Education
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An 80 years old grandmother’s Inspirational pledge to promote literacy
Jul 20, 2017News Hour: An exceptional case of grandparent’s engagement in literacy initiative has been found in Kurigram district. Accompanying two grandsons who study in grade I and II, 80 years old Haawa Begum comes to Bhogdanga Community... -
Abinta Kabir Foundation School inaugurated in Dhaka
Jul 10, 2017News Hour: The model school of Abinta Kabir Foundation has been inaugurated in Dhaka’s Vatara on 5th July. The esteemed Ambassador of the United States of America, H.E. Marcia Bernicat inaugurated the school. In her speech,... -
Tunnel Vision: A borderline mural project at MIT campus
Jul 1, 2017News Hour: During the 2017 spring semester a group of students organized to design and paint interactive murals covering a 200-foot long stretch of wall in the tunnel system located under the campus of MIT. The... -
Israel pushes its curriculum in Palestinian schools
Jun 29, 2017News Hour: Young Palestinian Faris Abu-Mayyaleh will soon find out how he did in his final high school exams, in which he answered questions about Israel’s founding fathers and the history of Zionism. Faris, 18, chose... -
150,000 children in Greater Kasai region need emergency support to continue education
Jun 13, 2017News Hour: More than 150,000 children are missing out on school as violence and attacks against civilian populations continue in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since the start of... -
Ananya Vinay wins the 2017 U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee
Jun 4, 2017News Hour: Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of picking her way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels.... -
Maruti Suzuki to start 15 Automobile Skill Enhancement Centres in India
May 26, 2017News Hour: Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), India’s largest passenger vehicle maker, announced that it will set up Automobile Skill Enhancement Centres (ASECs) across 15 Government run ITIs, across 11 states, in the next three months.... -
Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material
May 21, 2017News Hour: Researchers have developed the world’s thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components we use every day. The researchers, from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick, have developed... -
Asiatic 3Sixty conducted workshop, “Art of War” for its employees
May 17, 2017News Hour: Asiatic 3Sixty, the largest and oldest communication group of Bangladesh, recently organized “Art of War”, a biennial training and development workshop for employees. “Art of War” workshop uses intense training and simulation for its... -
25 million children out of school in conflict zones
Apr 24, 2017News Hour: More than 25 million children between 6 and 15 years old, or 22 percent of children in that age group, are missing out on the school in conflict zones across 22 countries, UNICEF said...
