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The Government's basic income scheme for artists is set to become a permanent fixture from next year, with 2,000 new places to be made available under Budget 2026. Minister for Culture Patrick ...

The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has refuted claims of not releasing the September payments for education and general assistants. These assistants work in schools under the Basic ...

The State’s basic income scheme for artists will be opened up to 2,000 new entrants next year and put on a permanent footing in the budget. Under the scheme – which has so far operated on a pilot ...

The man tipped to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh has ended months of speculation by saying he will return from two decades overseas to fight landmark elections. "The time has come, God ...

Bangladesh today has 171 universities - 55 public and 116 private. In less than five decades, the number of higher education institutions has grown more than tenfold. Yet the explosion in quantity has ...

A Bangladeshi driver who struck gold in the latest Big Ticket Abu Dhabi draw has said he has no plans to leave the UAE and settle in his home country. “I call the UAE my home now as it has always ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday exchanged congratulatory messages on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. In his ...

A new millionaire has been named after a Bangladeshi expat won the Dh20 million grand prize in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi’s September draw, held in the capital on Friday, October 3. The winning ticket, ...

Rising use “is not a signal of satisfaction,” an author of a new report says. Rather, heavy users of the apps are under “financial strain.” By Ann Carrns Pay-advance apps are marketed as a way to help ...