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World’s 37pc adult illiterates in India

India has the largest population of illiterate adults, amounting to 287 million or 37 percent of the global total, local media reported on Wednesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua. indiaThe "EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2013-14: Teaching and Learning: Achieving quality for All," commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), said 10 countries account for 557 million or 72 percent of the global population of illiterate adults, according to Indo-Asian News Service. "India'...

BD man faces UAE court for molesting, injuring woman

A Bangladeshi expatriate faced a court in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday for allegedly molesting and injuring a Filipina waitress last September. But the Bangladeshi, 25, denied the charges when he faced the Dubai Court of First Instance, according to a report on Gulf News on Wednesday. He had been accused of kissing and hugging the Filipina waitress on Sept. 28. Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal will hand out a ruling on February 16. torture womenAccording to the Filipina, she ...

Political assassinations on the rise with 138 deaths in January

In an alarming development, politically motivated and extra-judicial murders are on the rise in Bangladesh. According to police figures, between 6 January (the day after the elections) and today, at least 138 people were killed or found dead. Of these, 32 were leaders and political activists, most of them from within the ranks of the opposition. politics BDThis continues a trend already ...

Bangladesh becoming Asia’s next major startup hub

Poverty, natural disasters, and cheap labor may be what you would normally associate with Bangladesh, but the country could be Asia’s next major startup hub. “Bangladesh is becoming a land of opportunity,” says Samad Miraly, a Canadian-Bangladeshi angel investor based in Dhaka. “It’s a place where extraordinary people are doing extraordinary things, and no one really knows about it.” branding-BangladeshAnd that’s precisely what a group of Bangladeshi millennials are changing by pla...

Tea prices slip at weekly auction

Tea prices in Bangladesh slipped at the weekly auction on Tuesday as the volumes offered were the highest of the season so far, including a larger quantity of poor grade leaf, brokers said. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 194.14 taka ($2.50) per kg against 198.43 taka in the previous auction held on January 21, an official from National Brokers Limited said. teaAround 2.7 milli...

Biman to fly twice a week to Guwahati from Dhaka

To increase air connectivity between the North East states and Bangladesh, the Bangladesh government has approved the proposal of its national air carrier, Bangladesh Biman to fly twice a week from Dhaka to Guwahati starting from July 1 this year. “I am happy to say that Bangladesh Biman Airlines officers called on me last week and informed that they will start twice weekly flights from Dhaka to Guwahati from July 1,” said Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Karim biman
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