EVERY year, International Literacy Day invites us to ask a deceptively simple question: what does it mean to be literate? The traditional answer is: being able to read and write. ReadMore
Bangladesh is moving to redefine ‘literacy’ beyond the ability to read, write or sign one’s name, with a plan to link basic education for dropouts and illiterate adults to vocational ReadMore
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday avoided questions about India’s position on extraditing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death for crimes against ReadMore
Japan’s Special Envoy for National Reconciliation in Myanmar, Yohei Sasakawa, says he remains committed to his quiet diplomacy for a federal democratic Myanmar as young people are speaking up against ReadMore
A leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the deposed Awami League, has threatened to make the lives of several female political activists ‘hell forever’ regardless ReadMore
A reserved-seat woman lawmaker Jaharat Adib Chowdhury on Tuesday protested in Jatiya Sangsad against the alleged physical and verbal harassment of actress Azmeri Haque Badhon in Venice, Italy, and sought ReadMore
The Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid at the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority’s Ikuria office in keraniganj on Tuesday following allegations of harassment, bribery and irregularities in the issuance of driving ReadMore
Describing the activity-banned Awami League as a ‘mafia gang’, prime minister’s adviser for policy and strategy, information and broadcasting, and cultural affairs Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said the party’s ReadMore