IUB, Kobe College engage with farming communities in 2 dists
Independent University, Bangladesh and Kobe College, Japan have recently concluded the KC-IUB Winter Research Camp with farming communities in Manikganj and Rajshahi...
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RDRC chair Azaz made DNCC administrator
Mohammad Azaz, the chairman of River and Delta Research Centre, was appointed as the administrator to Dhaka North City Corporation on Wednesday, with immediate effect...
UGC holds meeting on social, behavioural change
The meeting of the management and coordination committee for conducting research on social and behavioural change and capacity building of university teachers was held at the auditorium of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Charupith Art Research Institute celebrates its 40th founding anniv
Charupith Art Research Institute has organised a two-day exhibition marking its 40th founding anniversary at Jashore Municipal Park, said a press release.
UGC to establish cell to protect intellectual property rights in research, innovation
Member of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Professor Masuma Habib, at a workshop in Dhaka on Tuesday said that the UGC would take initiatives to protect the intellectual property rights of university teachers in research and innovation...
Early election demanded
Politicians at a discussion in the capital Dhaka on Saturday called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to declare a road map for the next general election without delay...
Bangladesh probes spate of turtle deaths
Bangladeshi scientists are probing the deaths of more than 80 turtles found washed up on the beach over the past week, a government marine research institute said Thursday. Olive ridley sea turtles are a relatively small and abundant species found in tropical waters the world over and can live for up to 50 years in the wild.
Shahidul Hassan joins EU as distinguished professor
Educator and researcher Professor MM Shahidul Hassan has recently joined the department of electrical and electronic engineering at Eastern University as distinguished professor...
Improving air quality can save 81,282 lives: report
Bangladesh can save 81,282 untimely deaths by improving air quality as air pollution is responsible for roughly 1,02,456 deaths in the country annually, according to a report revealed on Saturday...
IEDCR confirms HMVP case in Bangladesh
A case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been detected in Bangladesh, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research.
IBTRA begins internship programme
Islami Bank Training and Research Academy inaugurated its 161st internship programme on Tuesday, said a press release...
Stakeholders鈥� workshop held at BCSIR
A stakeholders鈥� workshop, organised by Institute of Glass and Ceramic Research and Testing, was held at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industry Research in Dhaka on Thursday...
All 5 diagnosed with Nipah infection this year die: IEDCR
All the five people who were officially diagnosed with Nipah virus infection this year died, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research on Thursday...
Effective measures needed to fight inflation, rising poverty
THIS is highly worrying that inflation, especially food inflation, has pushed about 10 per cent of the population, 1.78 crore people, either into poverty or at risk of poverty in 2022鈥�2024. A Research and Policy Integration for Development study has also identified that the segment of people living in extreme poverty has increased from 5.65 per cent in 2022 to 7.95 per cent in...
Collective efforts needed to reform food systems
Reforming food systems is feasible, but highly complex due to the multitude of stakeholders involved, said Johan Swinnen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, on Tuesday...
Presidency University hosts research poster contest
An Inter-University Research Poster Presentation Competition was held at Presidency University in Dhaka recently organised by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering...
67 Chikungunya, 11 Zika cases reported in 2024: IEDCR
Bangladesh has recorded 67 cases of Chikungunya and 11 cases of Zika virus so far in 2024, according to a report of The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research...
Bangladesh urges FAO to ensure uninterrupted exports during calamities
Bangladesh鈥檚 newly appointed ambassador to Italy ATM Rokebul Haque stressed the need of more effective role of FAO for uninterrupted exports of agriculture goods during global emergencies and disasters, sidestepping export restrictions by any country...
Annual estimated food loss stands over 2.11cr tonnes in Bangladesh: experts
Experts on Wednesday urged developing technologies to reduce significant annual food loss in Bangladesh as the country鈥檚 annual estimated food loss and waste is around 19.4 per cent from production to consumption level.
Govt should step up dengue prevention efforts
WITH at least 42,470 cases of hospitalisation and 214 deaths from dengue, the outbreak situation is likely to get worse this year unless the government takes urgent steps to contain the spread of the viral fever. Virologists and physicians are also concerned that the outbreak may turn more fatal this year as people are reporting their experience of being infected...
Call for health research reforms
THE Awami League government, before its downfall on August 5, had revised the budget on June 6 allotting, Tk 414,080 million in the 2025 financial year, with a 9 per cent increase from the 2024 budget to accommodate macroeconomic challenges sucg as pandemic, price inflation and banking sector instability in banking. The health budget accounted for...
JU increases financial allocation for research projects
Jahangirnagar University at a meeting on Sunday announced an increase in the financial allocation for individual research projects to encourage researchers to conduct quality research...
BARI holds workshop on development of various agricultural machinery
The聽Farm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division聽of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute held a workshop on development of various agricultural machineries at the...
High time for govt to act to ensure food safety
TWO pieces of research, one on fruit and the other on vegetables, have found the presence of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium and cadmium and pesticide residue in the produces that could expose humans to significant health risks, including cancer. The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has carried out the research on fruit and the...
Researchers decode oldest human DNA from S Africa to date
Researchers have reconstructed the oldest human genomes ever found in South Africa from two people who lived around 10,000 years ago, allowing a better understanding of how the...
Samina Ahmed made BCSIR chairman
Samina Ahmed has been appointed as chairman of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research...
Samina Ahmed made BCSIR chairman
Samina Ahmed has been appointed as chairman of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
BARI holds research review planning workshop
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute began the Internal Research Review and Planning workshop at the Kazi Badrudduza Auditorium of the institute on Saturday...
Abdullah Yousuf Akhond made new BARI DG
Agricultural scientist and biotechnologist Md Abdullah Yousuf Akhond has been appointed as new director general of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, said a press release on Tuesday...
Indian opposition demands regulator quit over 鈥榗ompromised鈥� Adani probe
India鈥檚 opposition has called on the chief markets regulator to resign after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research claimed past investments compromised an investigation into the Adani Group...