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A final shortlist of top 10 persons for the Global Teacher Prize 2020 has been made out of a long list of 50 consisted of teachers from every corners of the globe. The list includes Malaysia’s Samuel Isaiah, Ranjitsinh Disale…

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2020 students’ admit cards got released by Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) on the official website of the exam which is http://iimcat.ac.in. The candidates are advised by the authority to visit the…

Applications for the Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals, a brand new scholarship program funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden & administered by Swedish Institute, are now underway. The last date to…

Indian male government servants bringing up children alone are now entitled to enjoy Child Care Leave (CCL) following a reform brought in govt personnel rules by the government at the center. Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public…

The United Nation’s World Food Programme, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2020, invites application as Expression of Interest (EOI) from interested and eligible companies for enlistment with the agency as its vendor. The EOI invitation…

Noize Jeans, one of the fastest growing & most advanced sustainable jeans manufacturers in the country, invites application from qualified professionals to join its new team as the company is going for huge business expansion. Hiring…

The word 'rather' and 'rather+' like rather than, rather like, or rather and others have different meanings and uses in English. The expressions formed with them, particularly 'rather+' have very important applications in English learning.…

UNICEF, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, Bangladesh invites application from experienced and skilled individuals for the position ‘Native English Speaking Editor’. The deadline to apply for the job is this November 5.…

Tun Sri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (95), former Prime Minister of Malaysia, has penned down several books which are worth of reading. Dr. Mahathir served the country as PM for about 24 years in total, first term from 1981-2003 and then again…

Applications are now open for the Harvard University MBA Scholarship 2021 by the Boustany Foundation. The last date to apply for the scholarship is June 1, 2021. The scholarship offers the opportunity to study a two year program,…

The World Health Organization, Bangladesh wing invites applications from interested and eligible individuals for several vacant positions. The positions to be filled up under different contractual modalities are as follows : 1. Urban…

American tech giant Apple Inc. has on October 19 launched a live-streaming station called ‘Apple Music TV’, making its foray for the first time into music video landscape, reports Business Insider. The round the clock music service will…

Students in three Indian states--Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Sikkim have started getting back to schools with a hiatus of about 7 months over the coronavirus pandemic. Students in the states have begun returning to schools from October 19…

Applications are being sought from qualified individuals for the Asian Development Bank–Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) to study master's level program in the USA. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is this December 1, 2020. …

Atlanta Public Schools (APS) backtrack from the reopening plans of in-person learning until at least January 2021 following recent spike in novel coronavirus cases in the State of Georgia. Instead, they will continue moving forward with…

University of Oxford researchers have claimed they have developed a test method capable of identifying the novel coronavirus in less than five minutes, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses, reports Reuters.…

Princeton University, situated in Princeton, New Jersey, is paying nearly $1 million in back pay to its 106 female professors following a pay discrimination settlement with the Department of Labor, reports CNN. Under the settlement, the…

Winners of the Nobel Prizes 2020 in all six categories-Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics-have already been announced. On October 9 as usual, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the last one of the five,…

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has won the Nobel Peace Prize this year for its efforts to combat hunger worldwide and other peace bringing contributions. The agency in a statement expressed its gratitude to Norwegian Nobel Committee…

Swiss state of Geneva is now the highest minimum hourly wage offering region in the world with the residents of the city recently having voted in favor of a measure asking for introducing a minimum wage of 23 Swiss francs per hour which is…