Textbook delays threaten learning outcomes for over 43 million students in the South Asian nation, some educators warn.

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The new textbooks for primary and secondary students will now state that Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Earlier, the books mentioned that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

Subsidies for the power sector are likely to balloon 83 percent this fiscal year as the interim government is planning to clear all arrears owed to private power producers. Although the Awami ...

Except for a term that entered the Indian lexicon: grey divorce. Something that India learnt from music composer AR Rahman and his estranged wife Saira Banu. Grey divorces refer to couples ...

Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

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