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No South Asian universities among UK's 80 HPI visa institutions

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The UK government has published an updated list of 80 global universities whose graduates are eligible to apply for the High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, but none are from South... Read More


What general anaesthetics reveal about the brain

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- General anaesthetics have been used in medicine since 1846, transforming surgery by allowing patients to temporarily lose consciousness. More than 350 million operations are now per... Read More


Deep depression forms in Bay, ports on alert

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- A low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has moved northwest and intensified into a deep depression. According to a special bulletin issued Tuesday night, the system was centre... Read More


India seeks 'constructive' ties with Bangladesh: Jaiswal

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- India wants to put its ties with Bangladesh on a "positive, constructive and forward-looking" footing. And New Delhi is ready to discuss all bilateral issues through the existing m... Read More


Mariam 'abetting suicide' case transferred to DB

Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- The suicide abetment case filed over the death of Mariam Khatun, the second wife of Satkhira MP Gazi Nazrul Islam, has been transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropo... Read More


Is smuggled Bangladeshi fertiliser feeding Myanmar's conflict?

Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- At the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier, a strange contradiction is taking shape. Farmers say they cannot get enough fertiliser for their fields, yet sacks of the same commodity are bein... Read More


Rohingya ready to return, but fear what awaits them in Rakhine

Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- When Senowara Begum fled Rathedaung Township in Myanmar's Rakhine State on Aug 25, 2017, homes were burning behind her. At that moment, she was not thinking about her house or the ... Read More


Is there scope for a Trump-Tarique meeting?

Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's delegation has faced questions about whether he could meet US President Donald Trump separately during his four-day visit to New York for the United ... Read More


1.5mn Pakistani children sexually abused online: report

Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- Pakistani teenager Faria Shah was targeted by a stranger while playing an online game, drawing her into a conversation that eventually exposed her to sexual exploitation. Faria, wh... Read More


AI 'Terminator' hype masks real Chinese threat: McGeever

Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- The recent spike in apocalyptic AI warnings from Anthropic, OpenAI and others could reflect genuine fears about this rapidly advancing technology's threat to humanity, but it may al... Read More