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Claim of 10,000 Bangladeshi students given 'graduate pass' not true, says Zambry
The Malaysian Star
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August 23, 2025
PUTRAJAYA: A claim that 10,000 Bangladeshi students in Malaysia will be given 'graduate pass' to enable them to work in the country is untrue and baseless, says Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir. The Higher Education Minister said during the recent...
Pakistan FM Ishaq Dar arrives in Dhaka to boost co-op, set to meet Yunus, Touhid tomorrow
The Business Standard
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August 23, 2025
Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka this afternoon (23 August) on a two-day official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations. He landed in the capital around 2pm on a special flight....
Higher education minister says viral claim of 10,000 Bangladeshi students given ‘graduate pass’ not true
Malay Mail
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August 23, 2025
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 — The claim that 10,000 Bangladeshi students in Malaysia will be given ‘graduate pass’ to enable them to work in the country is untrue and baseless, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir. He said during...
Bangladesh: In Search for a New Civil-Military Equation
Observer Research Foundation
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Image Source: Getty On 17 August 2025, Bangladesh’s Army Chief General Waqar Uz Zaman, in a strongly symbolic message, recapitulated the importance of upholding secularism in Bangladesh and underscored the military’s role in upholding peace and...
India Still Most Populous In World But Baby Boom Shows Signs Of Slowing
India West
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August 29, 2025
The Third World Penis is Mightier than the Sword “We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.” –Arnold Joseph Toynbee Throughout...
What is CSDS, the eminent research centre that is now under scrutiny of the central government?
The Indian Express
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August 23, 2025
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has sent a showcause notice to the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), asking it to explain why its grants-in-aid should not be withdrawn.ICSSR, a body under the Union Ministry...
Shariful M Khan becomes first Bangladeshi-American brigadier general in US Air Force
The Business Standard
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August 23, 2025
Shariful M Khan has become the first Bangladeshi-born American to be promoted to brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He received the promotion at a ceremony held at the Pentagon on 20 August, where the oath was administered by Gen...
Bootcamp of hope: Young Bangladeshis lead climate-smart ventures
The Business Standard
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August 23, 2025
As Bangladesh faces the growing impacts of climate change, a new wave of young entrepreneurs and women leaders is turning challenges into opportunities. The Master Bootcamp 2025, a two-day residential programme, has spotlighted climate-smart...
Padma River erosion displaces thousands along border
BDNews24
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The Padma River is eating away at villages along the Bangladesh-India border, as erosion worsens each day in four unions of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj. Hundreds of homes and thousands of bighas of farmland have already been lost to the river’s...
Bangladesh to launch marine survey in Bay
Daily Star
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August 19, 2025
Bangladesh is set to launch a month-long marine survey in the Bay of Bengal to assess fishery resources and ecosystem health, aiming to support sustainable management and conservation efforts. Conducted with support from the Food and Agriculture...
RI, Bangladesh boost partnership to achieve energy security
Antara
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August 23, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Bangladesh pledged to strengthen their strategic partnership to secure energy supplies and support economic growth as both nations pursue a shift to cleaner sources. The commitment was announced at the first...
Wanindu Hasaranga Named in Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup 2025 Squad, But Missing From…
News24
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August 29, 2025
On Thursday, Wanindu Hasaranga was named in Sri Lanka’s 16-member squad for the Asia Cup, set to take place in the UAE from September 9. Hasaranga is not included in the Sri Lanka team for their Zimbabwe tour, which starts with the first ODI in...
Elections belong to the people, not the politicians
Daily Star
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August 29, 2025
The July uprising was not an isolated event. It stood in a long line of struggles where citizens of this country took to the streets to reclaim their rights. In 1971, they fought a bloody war to secure sovereignty after their voices were ignored...
Bangladesh's decision on LDC graduation deferral needs careful assessment
Daily Star
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August 19, 2025
Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from the United Nations' Least Developed Country (LDC) category on November 24, 2026, having met the three graduation criteria—Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, Human Assets Index (HAI), and Economic and...
Bangladesh-origin teen leaves SpaceX after 2 years to join Citadel Securities
The Business Standard
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August 20, 2025
Kairan Quazi, who joined Elon Musk's SpaceX as an engineer at just 14, is leaving the aerospace company after two years to start a new role at Citadel Securities in New York. The 16-year-old told Business Insider that he felt ready to take on new...
Korea Brings Smart Traffic System to Bangladesh to Tackle Gridlock and Accidents
The Korea Bizwire
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August 22, 2025
On August 20 (local time), KOICA hosted the inauguration ceremony of an IT-based Traffic Management Center in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. (Image courtesy of KOICA) SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is exporting its advanced...
How Overconsumption Pushes Garment Workers to the Brink
Dissident Voice
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August 29, 2025
Last September, a report from the trade publication Business of Fashion found that the Chinese retailer Shein was the world’s largest polluter in the garment industry, but a casual reader of corporate news media would likely be none the wiser,...
Bangladesh's financial sector critically vulnerable to cyberattacks: experts
Daily Star
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August 19, 2025
Strategic overhaul a must now to secure future, they said at an ICT Division event Bangladesh's rapidly digitising financial sector is critically vulnerable to sophisticated cyber threats and requires an immediate, strategic overhaul to secure its...
Early Labor Day Tech Deals To Grab Now Before Tariffs Make Everything More Expensive
HuffPost
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August 22, 2025
The best tech deals for Labor Day. If you planned to grab tech gadgets during the Labor Day sales, then good news: No need to wait for next weekend to get it done. Amazon secretly started dropping prices already and among the pre-Labor Day weekend...
Journalist Bibhuranjan’s last rites to be held in Dhaka this afternoon
BDNews24
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A day after his body was discovered in the Meghna River, veteran journalist-columnist Bibhuranjan Sarkar’s postmortem has been completed at Munshiganj's 250-bed General Hospital, officials have said. After the examination on Saturday noon, his...