Nation set to pay homage to language martyrs tomorrow
The nation is set to pay tributes to the language martyrs on Friday on the occasion of 鈥楽haheed Dibash鈥� (Martyrs Day) and the International Mother Language Day.
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India鈥檚 river linking project puts Sunderbans in peril
Unlike Steinbeck鈥檚 defamed 鈥榮alt-water-eating bushes鈥� of the Sea of Cortez, the Sunderbans is an excellent forest treasure for Bangladesh, India鈥檚 West Bengal, and the rest of the world. In 1997, UNESCO awarded the Sunderbans the accolade 鈥楢 World Heritage Site,鈥� with the obvious implication that everything should be done to preserve this incredible...
UNESCO tracks surge in journalist killings
Worldwide killings of journalists jumped in 2022-23 compared with the previous two years, UN cultural body UNESCO said in a report Saturday, with almost all cases going unpunished...
Focus should be on functional literacy, not only three Rs
THE literacy rate for people aged above seven years that the national statistical office has come up with every year for 19 years, from 2023 backward to 2005, shows a consistent increase, by small leaps though. Literacy rate is reported to have been 52.1 per cent in 2005 and it has increased to 77.9 per cent in 2023, keeping to official documents...
Madonna donates to local kids鈥� theatre at Pompeii
American pop superstar Madonna spent her 66th birthday at Pompeii and donated to a local theatre project supporting at-risk kids, the archaeological site said on Saturday.
UNESCO鈥檚 Memory of the World inscribes 鈥楽ultana鈥檚 Dream鈥�
The UNESCO鈥檚 Memory of the World regional register has recently inscribed Bangladeshi feminist thinker, writer, educator, political activist and social reformer Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain鈥檚 鈥楽ultana鈥檚 Dream鈥� in recognition of human innovation and imagination...
UNESCO awards press prize to Palestinian journalists in Gaza
UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza, where Israel has been battling Hamas for more than six months.