Staff Reporter : Private medical colleges in Bangladesh are currently grappling with a severe shortage of students due to procedural issues, according to leaders of the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA). President MA Mubin Khan highlighted that approximately 1,200 seats in private medical colleges remained vacant this year. Similar issues were faced last year as well, he added. The BPMCA organized a discussion on Saturday to address these challenges and ensure quality in medical education. State Minister for Health...
Day: May 26, 2024
Staff Reporter : In a significant leadership transition, UNICEF has announced Muhammed Aziz Khan as the incoming chair of the...
Reuters : More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds are feared dead in the landslide that hit Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600 km northwest of capital Port Moresby, around 19:00 GMT on Thursday. The landslide in the Pacific nation north of Australia buried more than 300 people and 1,182 houses, the Papua New Guinea Post...
Al Amin : The long-standing demand of Bangladeshi researchers for increased research and development (R&D) funding, ideally at 3 percent of the country’s GDP, remains unmet. Bangladesh currently lags behind its South Asian peers, including Sri Lanka, in R&D investments. In a bid to address the needs of the fourth industrial revolution, the upcoming 2024–25 budget is expected to emphasise the research sector. Sources from the Finance Ministry have indicated that past budgets have neglected this sector, but the new...
Five matches of the Independence Day Handball Competition (Men’s and Women’s) were decided on the opening day (Saturday) held at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city, said a press release. In the day’s women’s section matches, Bangladesh Ansar defeated Police Handball Club by 35-19 goals in the inaugural match and eased past Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Academy by 46-11 goals in the second match, while Bangladesh Police Handball Club outclassed Handball Training Center by 37-10 goals....
City Desk : Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud will attend the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) which will be held from May 27 to 30 in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. The Conference will be held at the American University of Antigua, reports UNB. The Foreign Minister is scheduled to leave Dhaka on Saturday, a senior official told UNB. In St. John’s, US Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will serve as...
AFP, Paris : Iga Swiatek said she is “confident” ahead of her bid to become only the fourth woman to...
Sylhet Bureau : Sylhet City Corporation has cancelled the ongoing holding tax rate for 27 wards. Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury told this information in a press conference at Zilla Parishad Auditorium after an emergency general meeting held in the meeting room of Nagar Bhaban on Friday (May 24) at 8 pm. Presided over by the mayor, the decision was passed with unanimous consent of the councilors. It was decided to cancel all holdings tax and decided to...
Agency : The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Saturday the commencement of the Bangladesh Tigers’ preparation camp, scheduled to...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has seen a substantial decrease in import payments during the first nine months of the financial year 2023–24, according to recent data released by the Bangladesh Bank. The decline, amounting to 16.03 percent for import letters of credit (LCs), has been attributed to a combination of a forex crunch and strict import restrictions. These factors have particularly impacted local manufacturing sectors that heavily rely on imported raw materials. From July to March of this fiscal year,...