Evening Brief

Nasrul: Scientific practice must be increased to reap benefits of 4IR

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Friday said to reap the benefits of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), scientific practice must be increased at a massive rate. 

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Dhaka Tribune

Rajshahi ready to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after 5 years

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to Rajshahi on Sunday after five long years for an election campaign.

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Dhaka Tribune

AL: BNP's demands unconstitutional

Awami League Presidium Member Abdur Rahman on Friday said the BNP is bringing forth unconstitutional and undemocratic demands to falsify the upcoming parliamentary elections. 

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Dhaka Tribune

Gautam Adani slips to seventh on rich list after US short seller report

India's Gautam Adani dropped four places to become the world's seventh-richest person on Friday as the companies in his empire lost a combined $48 billion in market capitalisation since Wednesday following a scathing report by a US short-seller.

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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad in this April 2, 2014 file photo Reuters

Study: Bangladesh saw 446 student suicides in 2022

A recent media-monitoring study has revealed that 446 students across Bangladesh died by suicide last year. 

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Law minister: We established democracy in Bangladesh

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said the Awami League and the Sheikh Hasina-led government have established democracy in Bangladesh. 

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Bangla Tribune

Textbooks do not support monkey-human evolution theory

NCTB textbooks do not suggest humans evolved from monkeys. Rather they affirm that the information is wrong. 

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