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Learning on a Boat
Riya, Afia and Kulsum are all six year olds and very excited about their first time in school. The three shy, giggly girls shout out the Bangla alphabets from their shiny new books in unison with the rest of the class. Their tattered clothes and dirty faces cannot take out the thrill they wait for […]
National identity cards project of Bangladesh driving through wrong way
Is it a Voter list with pictures project or national identity cards (NID) project? The confusion was started from the beginning. The election commission of Bangladesh claims it as a Voter list with pictures project although Bangladesh Army claims it as a national identity cards project. Government has taken the project of preparing NID for […]
Global land temperatures for January and April likely warmest ever recorded : UN
Global land surface temperatures for January and April will likely be ranked as the warmest since records began in 1880, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported yesterday (7th Aug), adding that it is working with its partners to set up a multi-hazard early warning system to tackle the extremes brought on by climate […]
Rescue
Floods in Bangladesh have killed scores so far and more than one million houses have been damaged. According to a report published recently, most deaths were caused by drowning in rivers in the northern hinterlands where more than 3,000 villages have been cut off for over two weeks. This photo is taken from Sirajganj, which […]
Shilpa Sayura wins prestigious i4d award
The Shilpa Sayura project, initiated under the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka’s (ICTA) e-Society Development Initiative gained international recognition last week when it won an i4d award at the eINDIA 2007 Conference in New Delhi, India. Shilpa Sayura was among seven ICT-based projects that won i4d Awards, for their contribution in the […]
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