Condolences pour in for Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury. Condolences and tributes continue to pour in at the death of noted public health expert and valiant freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today expressed profound shock and sorrow at his death.     Condolences pour in for Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury Dr Momen, who […]

All set to welcome ‘Pahela Baishakh’ in Rangpur. All necessary preparations have been completed to welcome ‘Pahela Baishakh’, the Bengali New Year-1430, amid traditional festivities and tight security measures in the district on April 14 (Friday) next. The district administration, Rangpur City Corporation, educational institutions and other organisations have chalked out programs to welcome ‘Pahela […]

41 women entrepreneurs get ‘Smart women entrepreneurship grants’ aimed at promoting the welfare of the entrepreneurs and their business development.The Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division provided the grant of Taka 50,000 to each of 41 promising women entrepreneurs in seven parliamentary constituencies in the […]

Ousted execs sue Twitter for job-related legal bills . Three top Twitter executives who were sacked by Elon Musk last year when he took over the social media company filed suit on Monday, seeking to be reimbursed for costs of litigation, investigations and congressional inquiries related to their former jobs. Ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, along with […]

Strengthening school-based disaster management preparedness stressed . Institutionalisation of school-based disaster management and early preparedness can reduce risks of natural disasters, losses of lives and properties in the educational institutions as well as local communities.The observation came today at the concluding function of a two-day training workshop for students titled ‘Disaster Drilling for Junior High […]

Avalanche kills four in France, two missing. An avalanche on Sunday near Mont Blanc in southeastern France swept four people to their deaths and left two more missing, the officials said.Among the dead were two mountain guides caught by the snow tumbling down the Armancette glacier, the prefecture for the Haute-Savoie department said. Avalanche kills […]