It is a shame that Bangladesh continues to slip in the World Press Freedom Index for the fifth successive year. In the latest index published by Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiers (Reporters Without Borders) on Wednesday, Bangladesh slipped one notch to 163 out of 180 countries. According to the Press Freedom Index 2024 published on Friday by Reporters Without Borders, Bangladesh was ranked 146th in 2017 and 2018, but since then maintained a consistent fall slipping 17 notches over the last...
Day: May 4, 2024
Professor Rayhan Ahmed Tapader : The Middle East is on the brink of a major conflict after Iran’s recent retaliatory...
Reuters : Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US...
News Desk : The bodies of eight Bangladeshi migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Libya have been handed over to their families. They received the bodies from police in the presence of Executive Magistrate Sayem Imran at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s morgue on Friday, reports bdnews24.com As many as 53 migrants, including 35 Bangladeshis, started for Italy from Libya on Feb 14 by a rickety boat with the help of people smugglers for...
BBC Online : China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what...
UNB : The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship annual resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’ with an overwhelming number of co-sponsorships. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in New York Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith introduced the resolution at the General Assembly Hall. It marks the 25th anniversary of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. In 1999, during the first tenure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the delegation of Bangladesh led...
Business Desk : The “Innovation and Entrepreneur Development Academy Establishment” project (IDEA), managed by the Bangladesh Computer Council, and is starting a special training program for startup founders at various stages. The IDEA Academy will train 90 entrepreneurs under three certificate courses as part of the June 2024 cohort, reads a press release. The deadline for course applications is 5 May 2024. The academic courses, held with the cooperation of Startup Bangladesh Limited and Student to Startup Ventures Limited, will...
UNB : Times Higher Education, a renowned education magazine from the UK, shared a list of 739 universities across Asia for the year 2024 on its website on April 30. Including Bangladesh, the list includes universities from 31 different territories in Asia. Among them, India has 91 universities, China has 86, and Pakistan has 40 universities. Bangladeshi universities, including BUET and Jahangirnagar University, are ranked between 301-350. Other top universities in Bangladesh include Bangladesh Agricultural University, North South University, BRAC...
Sports Reporter : Bangladesh Cricket team thrashed Zimbabwe Cricket team by eight wickets in the opening game of the five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday. Sent into bat first, Zimbabwe scored 124 off 20 overs. In reply, the Tigers sailed home making 126 for the loss of two wickets when they had 28 balls to spare. Bangladesh scored 44 runs for the loss of one wicket in 7.2 overs before rain...