Trio wins Nobel in economics for work on tech-driven growth
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France鈥檚 Philippe Aghion and Canada鈥檚 Peter Howitt for work on how technology drives and affects growth.
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Norwegian Nobel Institute to investigate possible leaks over peace prize
The Norwegian Nobel Institute will investigate whether leaks preceded Friday鈥檚 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado because of suspicious betting...
Nobel Trump omission was politics over peace: White House
The White House lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday after it awarded the peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and overlooked US president Donald Trump.
Venezuela鈥檚 Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela鈥檚 opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, a 鈥榰nifying鈥� figure in what has become a 鈥榖rutal鈥� state,聽 the Nobel jury said.
Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize
The Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary鈥檚 most important living author, whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy...
Trio wins Nobel in Chemistry for new form of molecular architecture
Japan鈥檚 Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M Yaghi on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing so-called metal鈥搊rganic frameworks, the Nobel jury said.
Trio wins physics Nobel for quantum mechanical tunnelling
Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work on quantum physics in action, the Nobel jury said.
US-Japanese trio gets Nobel for identifying immune system鈥檚 鈥榮ecurity guards鈥�
A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its 鈥榮ecurity guards鈥�, the Nobel jury said...
Trump wants Nobel but 鈥榝orgotten鈥� peacemakers more likely: experts
US president Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight.
President Trump says not winning Nobel would be insult to US
President Donald Trump said Tuesday it would be an 鈥榠nsult鈥� to the United States if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his self-proclaimed role in solving multiple wars.
Trump鈥檚 push for peace prize won鈥檛 sway us: Nobel committee
Donald Trump鈥檚 obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch 鈥� the stubborn independence of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which insisted to AFP that it cannot be swayed.
Reimagining media landscape
THE year 2024 marked one of the most dramatic political shifts in Bangladesh鈥檚 recent history. The fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 long-serving government, after more than a decade in power, was greeted with optimism among citizens, civil society, and particularly journalists who had long struggled under restrictive media laws. The Digital Security Act (2018), later repackaged...
Govt needs better relation with key forces to deliver good polls
THE interim government of the peace Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus has completed one year in office today. Three days after the Awami League鈥檚 authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina had been ousted from power in the face of a massive popular uprising on August 5, 2024, Yunus took over with three pronounced objectives: the trial of the League leaders...
Rabindra University observes Tagore鈥檚 death anniv
Rabindra University, Bangladesh on Wednesday observed the 84th anniversary of the death of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali polymath who worked, among others, as a poet, writer, playwright and composer...
Mohammadi warns of 鈥榯emptation鈥� of nuclear arms
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, that the 鈥榯emptation鈥� for countries to pursue nuclear arms was growing...
Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, presenting the US president with a letter he sent to the prize committee.
US reaffirms support for reform efforts
The United States has reiterated its strong support for the ongoing reform initiatives, led by the interim government of Bangladesh under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, during the celebration of US Independence Day in Dhaka Wednesday evening...
Trump confirms DRC-Rwanda peace deal, gripes about Nobel
US president Donald Trump took credit Friday for a peace deal negotiated in Washington between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda鈥攁nd complained that he would not get a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
Milestone Preparatory KG School celebrates Rabindra, Nazrul birth annivs
Milestone Preparatory KG School has recently celebrated the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam at the Kamaluddin Auditorium of the permanent campus of Milestone College at Diabari in Dhaka...
Bangladesh interim govt chief Yunus under criticism over privileges聽
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, acclaimed globally for his microcredit and other works, has come under criticism recently from various quarters after several of his Grameen entities in Bangladesh received official approvals and other facilities since he took office as...
Rabindranath Tagore鈥檚 birth anniv celebrated
Organisations under the cultural affairs ministry and private cultural organisations on Thursday organised discussions and cultural programmes across the country to celebrate the 164th anniversary of birth of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a key and influential figure in Bengali literature...
Rabindranath Tagore鈥檚 164th birth anniv today
Today is the 164th anniversary of birth of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a key and influential figure in Bengali literature...
Can truth ever reclaim its place from power?
In the dimly lit corridors of the developing world鈥檚 politics, truth often walks with a limp 鈥� scarred, bent, and barely audible 鈥� while power parades in a blinding spotlight, gilded with slogans, spectacles, and silence. The question 鈥� what holds more value in political culture, 鈥榩ower鈥� or 鈥榯ruth鈥�?鈥攎ay appear philosophical, but its answer, as Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman...
Bangladesh toppled a tyrant, but it鈥檚 a rocky road ahead
SUCH sky-high expectations were impossible to meet, even by a hugely popular government led by an internationally respected Nobel Laureate. The student-led people鈥檚 uprising had removed a murderous tyrant who had left behind a nation in shambles. The judiciary, the police, the bureaucracy, the military and even academia had all been completely politicised...
HC quashes food adulteration case against Professor Yunus
The High Court on Monday quashed a 2010 food adulteration case against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, former chairman of Grameen Danone Food Limited, and two vendors from Chawk Bazar market in Dhaka...
BANGLADESHI PARTIES: Populist uprising and institutional decay?
BANGLADESHI parties, still gutsy, encounter a heightened existential fear 鈥� the disquiet of a deep institutional crisis for them and the nation at large. And yet, parties are strategic to the country鈥檚 liberal democratic future. Since prime minister Sheikh Hasina lost power to the unprecedented civil unrest on August 5, 2024 and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus-led...
Amartya Sen鈥檚 worry and Aesop鈥檚 fable
鈥業 AM worried.鈥� Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen鈥檚 recent observation on Bangladesh鈥檚 post-fascism situation, for understandable reasons, has received wide publicity. Sen made this comment in an exclusive interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI)...
BANGLADESH CRISIS: I am worried, but not without hope: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has expressed deep concern over the on-going crisis in Bangladesh, saying the situation is personally significant to him due to his deep ties to the country, reports Times of India.
Rewriting Bangladesh identity
NOBEL laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus鈥� interim regime took over soon after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5, 2024. Backed by the unyielding student leaders who steered the huge anti-Hasina civil unrest, his ad hoc government upended the prevailing state symbols and practices of the overthrown leadership. Those activities ranged...
Iran Nobel winner addresses French parliament
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Thursday called for an 鈥榚nd鈥� to the Islamic republic and urged human rights to be a precondition of any negotiation with Tehran as she...
