Why failing the gaokao was the best thing that ever happened to me
This week, millions of Chinese high school students will take the two-day college entrance exam, or gaokao.
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Why India's Prime Minister is in Washington... again
When India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi concludes his three-day visit to Washington on Wednesday, he will likely reflect on how the relationship between the world's two biggest democracies is becoming ever closer, a step towards fulfilling U.S. President Barack Obama's prophesy that India and the United States would form "one of the defining partnerships" of the 21st century.
After BL, GP offers voluntary retirement to employees
Country’s leading mobile phone company Grameenphone has offered voluntary retirement scheme to its employees who have served more than five years in the company.
Law sought to end corporal punishment of children
Bangladesh needed to enact a comprehensive law for total prohibition of corporal punishment inflicted on children by all including family members, experts said on Tuesday.
Rising pvt sector credit growth hits 15.59pc in April
The country’s private sector credit growth continued to maintain an upward trend in April, eighth month in a row, as banks are now disbursing a huge amount of consumer and farm loans to sustain their profitability, said Bangladesh Bank officials.
Legal redress for VAT payers gets costlier
Aggrieved taxpayers will now have to pay four times higher in value-added tax for filing appeals against the assessment of the National Board of Revenue because of a new measure included in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination
Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, according to CNN's delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party.
British pedophile Richard Huckle gets 22 life sentences
A London court handed 22 life sentences to a man Monday after he pleaded guilty to 71 child abuse offenses while in Southeast Asia.
Kim Jong Un too 'young and impulsive': South Korean Defense Minister
Young, rash and impulsive.A frank assessment of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by South Korean Defense Minister Han Minkoo.
