6 Bangladeshi scouters shine at Australian Scout Jamboree
6 Bangladeshi scouters shine at Australian Scout Jamboree

Six Bangladeshi expatriate Scout Leaders participated in the 26th Australian National Scout Jamboree, held in Brisbane, Australia, from January 6 to 15. The event brought together Scout delegations from 33 countries, showcasing a spirit of unity and global collaboration. The Bangladesh Scouter...

Government prioritizes reforms over elections: Asif Mahmud
Government prioritizes reforms over elections: Asif Mahmud

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, Advisor to the Interim Governments Ministries of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and Youth and Sports, has reaffirmed the governments focus on implementing crucial reforms before holding elections. Our martyrs did not sacrifice their lives for a...

World Bank approves $1.16 billion for Bangladesh’s development and climate projects
World Bank approves $1.16 billion for Bangladesh’s development and climate projects

World Banks Board of Executive Directors has sanctioned three projects worth $1.16 billion to help Bangladesh improve health services, boost water and sanitation services and achieve greener and climate-resilient development, reports UNB. The $500 million Second Bangladesh Green and Climate...

Bangladesh secures $1.16 billion WB financing for climate-resilient development
Bangladesh secures $1.16 billion WB financing for climate-resilient development

Bangladesh has secured $1.16 billion in World Bank financing to bolster its efforts in enhancing health services, improving water and sanitation infrastructure, and advancing green, climate-resilient development. The approval, announced by the World Banks Board of Executive Directors on Thursday...

Islamic finance can be supportive tool for economic rebuilding, say experts
Islamic finance can be supportive tool for economic rebuilding, say experts

A policy meeting in Dhaka on Sunday explored how Islamic finance could play a pivotal role in rebuilding Bangladeshs economy. The event, organized in collaboration with a private bank, gathered over 100 junior scholars and industry experts to discuss how principles of Islamic finance can promote...

Global coastal population grows by 26%, new study finds
Global coastal population grows by 26%, new study finds

Mississippi State University Professor Emeritus Arthur G. Cosby, along with a team of U.S.-based researchers, has revealed significant global trends in coastal population growth in a new study published in Scientific Reports-Nature. Using cutting-edge technology from Oak Ridge National Laboratorys...

Integrated planning essential for eco-friendly tourism development and coastal area protection: Environment Advisor
Integrated planning essential for eco-friendly tourism development and coastal area protection: Environment Advisor

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, emphasized the need for implementing integrated planning to ensure eco-friendly tourism development and coastal area protection. She said this on Thursday at a seminar...

OpenAI invests in research on ‘AI Morality’
OpenAI invests in research on ‘AI Morality’

OpenAI is funding academic research focused on developing algorithms capable of predicting human moral judgments. In a recent filing with the IRS, OpenAI Inc., the for-profit arm of OpenAI, revealed that it had granted funding to researchers at Duke University for a project titled Research AI...

Study says digital tech boosts child development
Study says digital tech boosts child development

Although it has been considered that under-threes should not have any screen time at all, research has found that digital tech can offer rich opportunities for young childrens development. A two-year study, Toddlers, Tech and Talk, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by...

Hasina govt took unplanned high-cost dev projects in power-energy sector: Adviser Fouzul
Hasina govt took unplanned high-cost dev projects in power-energy sector: Adviser Fouzul

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said that unplanned development projects were taken in the power and energy sector during Sheikh Hasina regime with implemention at a higher cost. In an exclusive interview this week, Fouzul said during former prime...