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Every day lots of events like 'Nobel prize winners 2020 in Literature, Chemistry, Physics etc. happen around the world.  All the details update on those events are not necessary for some particular purposes. Followings are just the gists on…

The World is most likely to have a Covid-19 vaccine ready by the end of this year, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said without any further details, reports Reuters. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General to…

Professor Dr. Nazrul Islam on October 1 formally joined Northern University Bangladesh, one of the emerging private universities in the country, as the new Pro-Vice Chancellor (Designate). On the occasion, an event was held where the…

Applications for the Open Doors Russian Scholarship for the session 2020-2021 are invited from eligible international students to pursue masters or PhD program at top universities in Russia. The last date to apply online is December 10,…

Nigeria reopens all federal government schools from October 12 thanks to significant drop in novel coronavirus infections recently, said the education minister Adamu Adamu, reports Reuters. According to official data, new Covid-19 cases…

Good Neighbors Bangladesh, an international humanitarian & developmental non-government organization, has opened new window for fresh graduates to do internship with them. New graduates in the fields of Sociology, Development…

President Donald Trump, infected by the novel coronavirus, left the hospital and got back to the White House on October 5 night local time even though he’s not been entirely out of the woods yet as per his doctor. This development is…

There is no clear link between reopening of schools and rise in corona cases infections, finds a study by Insights for Education, a Zurich based independent educational foundation, reports Reuters. This comes at a time when many…

All primary level schools in Pakistan, the second worst affected country by the novel coronavirus in South Asia in terms of the number of cases, has reopened on September 30, reports Radio Pakistan. Kids wearing facemasks attend their…

Applications to study master’s level program in Japan with the government scholarship are invited from members of Bangladesh Civil Services (BCS) cadres, Bangladesh Bank Class-1 officials and Bangladesh Judicial Service (BJS) Officials. The…

Application for the International Women Scholarship (ISW) for the 2021-2022 session is now underway. This is a USA scholarship that offers the opportunity for women to study at undergraduate, graduate and Doctoral level programs at…

International students in the USA or those planning to go there for study are likely to face a new hurdle as the Trump administration is expected to introduce a new policy regarding the duration of student visas. The proposed policy will…

Educational activities in the South Korean capital Seoul and nearby areas have back to business again with schools there resuming in-person classes on a limited scale from September 21. The ministry of education has opted for resumption…

Each year nearly 700 scholarships are awarded to students from more than 110 countries.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court of the United States of America, inspired mass people with her quotes in her career as a justice for 27 years. This iconic and inspirational woman died at…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh wing opens career opportunity for local nationals as the agency announces a vacancy notice seeking application from qualified individuals. The position to be…

New job creation in the USA has fallen further as the economy added just 1.4 million jobs in August, depicting slower job recovery from the pandemic. But the new job creation over the month was well in consistent with the predictions…

Northern University Bangladesh (NUB), an emerging private higher education provider in the country, has announced 100 percent admission fee waiver for prospective fresh students who are going to get enrolled to any discipline in Fall…

American author, philanthropist and already a billionaire Mackenzie Scott (50) is now the world’s richest woman with net wealth of $68 billion, says the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Mackenzie, ex-wife of E-commerce giant Amazon’s…

China’s autonomous region Hong Kong will resume face-to-face class in schools from later September. The resumption will be in phases as classes for grades 1, 5 and 6 will re-start from 23 of the month. The same for other levels will take…