Halima Akter: Ambidextrousity is a real skill. Only 1 in 100 people can write with both hands but at the Veena Vadini School in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, all 300 students are ambidextrous. Their training starts from class 1 and by class 3, they become comfortable enough to write with both hands. The students are taught…
Anadolu Agency: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will decommission 40,000 combatants of its Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAFF) when the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will be ratified, local media reported on Sunday. A plebiscite will be held on Jan. 21 and Feb. 6 to ratify the bill and once the BOL is ratified, the…
Desk Report: Vegetable growers of Rangpur are apprehensive about the expected yield of their produce this season owing to lack of rainfall, reports Financial Express. The region has not been witnessing rain for over three weeks as a result the cultivation of different varieties of vegetable is facing severe setback across the district. Tota Mia,…
Sofian Khan Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said current government has taken rigid stance regarding drug. The government is in zero-tolerance ground to prevent the drug from the society, he added. The minister said these on Wednesday at a press briefing at Fatullah in Narayanganj. The press briefing was held after the minister inaugurated some…
BRAC More than 40% of girls in Bangladesh drop out from secondary school, and almost 60% are married by the time they turn 18. Mitu is one of 100,000 young women in nearly 5,000 adolescent clubs across Bangladesh. These clubs provide safe spaces where young women can learn sports, life skills, social confidence and entrepreneurship….
Desk Report: The ongoing National Tree Fair has continued to attract a large number of visitors every day, reports Financial Express. The month-long fair, which began on July 18 at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city, has also witnessed increasing sales of saplings, according to the organisers and stall owners. During a visit to the fair…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : In the 11th parliamentary election, around 42,000 polling stations will be set up for more than 104 million voters. Around 17,000 with only 146 international observers,will monitor the upcoming 11th parliamentary election, slated for December 30. The Representation of People’s Order 1972 (R.P.O. 1972) under Article 2 (viiib) provides…
Al Arabiya: The IDF has conducted another series of air strikes against at least 20 alleged Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, after the militant group fired over 150 projectiles into southern Israel. “IDF fighter jets targeted over 20 terror sites in military compounds and in a Hamas training camp. Among the sites targeted were…
Arab News: Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s second president, whose civilian tenure was sandwiched between two military rulers in an era rocked by coups, has died. He was 93. Nigeria’s current President Muhammadu Buhari, who unseated Shagari 35 years ago, said on Saturday he mourns “the departure of a patriot, who served Nigeria with humility, integrity and…
BSS The Rural Electrification Board (REB) has brought 8,539 villages of Rangpur division under electricity coverage in last ten years improving human resources, rural economy and life-style of the rural people. After the rural electrification, entrepreneurs are establishing power- run cottage, (small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and agro-based industries creating jobs while farmers operating irrigation…