Malala tells Muslim leaders not to 鈥榣egitimise鈥� Taliban
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to legitimise the Afghan Taliban government and to 鈥榮how true leadership鈥� over their assault on women鈥檚 rights.
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Thousands sign UK petition for Pelicot to win Nobel Peace Prize
Thousands of people on Thursday signed a UK petition calling for Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, for her response to the discovery that she had been drugged and...
Malala to visit Pakistan for girls鈥� summit
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend an international summit on girls鈥� education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl.
Mohammadi defiant despite imprisonment
Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, says her body may be weakened from her long imprisonment but she still has a mind of 鈥榮teel鈥�, according to an interview published on Thursday.
Bangladesh chief adviser pays homage to Manmohan Singh, Jimmy Carter聽
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday paid rich tribute to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, who died past week, and to former United States president and...
77 Nobel laureates sign letter opposing RFK Jr. as Trump鈥檚 health secretary
Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the US Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr., president-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 choice for secretary of health and human services, citing his 鈥榣ack of credentials鈥� and anti-vaccine beliefs...
Nature names Professor Yunus among top 10 personalities in 2024
Renowned economist and Nobel Laureate professor Muhammad Yunus has been named among the top 10 personalities in 2024 by the scientific journal Nature...
Nobel laureates urge strong AI regulation
Physics Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis on Saturday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards.
Iran releases Nobel Peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave
Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media...
Han Kang sells 1m books after Nobel win
More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have sold locally since the honour was announced, bookstores...
Trio wins Nobel in economics for work on wealth inequality
Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson won Nobel prize in economics on Monday to for research into wealth inequality between nations.
Bangladesh interim govt head Yunus greets Japan's group on winning Nobel
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday congratulated Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors鈥� group, on its winning of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024.
Japanese atomic bomb survivor group wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Japan鈥檚 Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors and anti-nuclear campaigners, at a...
Han Kang bags Nobel in literature as first South Korean
Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence between mental and physical torment...
Trio wins for protein design, prediction
Americans David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work revealing the secrets of proteins through...
When uprising upends South Asia鈥檚 geopolitics
INDIA is now grappling with the delicate task of finding a sanctuary for the ousted Sheikh Hasina, who had long been a steadfast and trusted ally in South Asia. The decision is aimed at preventing further deterioration in its already strained relations with Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the new interim government, led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus...
Duo wins for foundational AI breakthroughs
Geoffrey Hinton, known at the Godfather of AI, and physicist John Hopfield won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for their pioneering work on the foundations of artificial intelligence.
Two US scientists win Nobel in medicine for gene regulation discovery
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated, solving...
HC withdraws verdict on Grameen Kalyan鈥檚 tax dispute
The High Court has withdrawn its August 4 ruling that ordered Grameen Kalyan, an organisation founded by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to pay Tk 666 crore in taxes to the National Board of Revenue.
More effective govt role in resolving crisis demanded
Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, on Tuesday urged the Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government to play a more effective role in resolving the ongoing crisis to bring stability to the country...
Yunus urges global leaders to help build new Bangladesh
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged the international community to continue and deepen engagements with Bangladesh to help meet its people鈥檚...
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi urges action against 鈥榦ppression鈥� of women
Jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Monday urged the international community to act to end the 鈥榦ppression鈥� of women in Iran, two years after the start of a women-led protest movement....
A major challenge ahead
THE student-led July mass uprising for a democratic political and economic order, which culminated in the ouster of the brutally authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina from power, forcing her to flee the country and take refuge in India, the hegemonic neighbour that patronised Hasina to cling to power without proper people鈥檚 mandate for years, has installed an 鈥榠nterim government鈥�, led by globally known Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, to fix the order 鈥� if not fully democratise the state...
US reaffirms willingness to work with Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government
The United States has reaffirmed its willingness to cooperate with the interim government of Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
Post-reform, development, and Bangladesh
THE student movement seeking reform in the quota system for public services, leading to the downfall of the Awami League regime, brought Bangladesh at a critical juncture. Students and ordinary citizens sparked this movement, leading to the resignation of the government and the subsequent formation of an interim government under Nobel laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus鈥檚 leadership...
Jailed Iranian Nobel winner denied medical care: UN
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month...
Muhammad Yunus鈥� eyes hold tears of tens of millions
THOSE who are currently students at universities in Bangladesh came of age during the autocratic rule of the now fallen prime minister Sheikh Hasina (2009鈥�2024). They never had a taste of democracy; they never saw any credible election in their country. All they saw was political repression and corruption at every tier of the government and at every level...
An open letter to the US lawmakers
BANGLADESH鈥橲 youths have succeeded in toppling the Sheikh Hasina regime that was autocratic and utterly corrupt. The August 5 event has thus been appositely called the second liberation of Bangladesh. This revolution to topple a fascist regime could not have succeeded without the support enjoyed from all sectors within the broader Bangladeshi...
Slow train is coming, but still a silhouette
BOB Dylan, one of the greatest singer-song writers of all times, who won Nobel prize for literature in 2016, wrote and sang a song in 1979 which goes:...
Balance of power in administration
THE recently occurring revolution is one of the most significant events in the history of Bangladesh and South Asia. The aftereffects of the revolution have many challenging tasks for the newly formed interim government in Bangladesh. The first challenge that this government is facing is to bring about law and order in the country...
