Children learning disaster preparedness in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is working to enhance children’s understanding of disaster preparedness with the introduction of 10 new supplementary books for teaching the subject, which has been part of the education curriculum in primary and secondary schools since 2004.
“With these books, students will be taught about disaster… [preparedness] by rhymes and stories, so that they can understand the risks,” Shafikur Rahman, chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), told IRIN.
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Bangladesh outshines India in prosperity rankings
Bangladesh ranked 103rd out of 142 countries on the 2013 Legatum Prosperity Index, while India fell five notches to 106.
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Bangladesh key economic indicators – Jan 17
DAILY INDICATORS
Thursday Previous
Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.7525 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 05.50-08.00 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,519.36 4,494.02
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MONTHLY
CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Dec. 7.53 7.15
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Dec. 18.07 17.11
Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Nov. 2,...
BB amends policy on single borrower exposure limit
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has amended its policy on single borrower exposure limit in order to comply with the recently incorporated Section-26 (Kha) of the Banking Companies Act (BCA), 1991 and further improve bank's credit risk management.
A circular was issued Thursday in this regard, consolidating all instructions issued so far on single borrower exposure limit, and bringing some changes, reports the Financial Express (FE).
In the policy the central bank incorporated the d...
In the policy the central bank incorporated the d...
CUET IICT holds 1st Board meeting
Chittagong University of Engineering and Science (CUET) is going to be started a ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Information & Communication Technology’ course which is approved in the first meeting of the board of governors in the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) on Thursday, said in a press release.
The meeting was presided over by Prof. Md. Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor and president of the boards of governors while other members of the governing bodies were pre...
The meeting was presided over by Prof. Md. Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor and president of the boards of governors while other members of the governing bodies were pre...
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen dies at 82
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was also called Bengal’s Greta Garbo, died in Kolkata at 82 today.
The health condition of the actress had been in hospital since December 23 for treatment for a respiratory tract infection.
Ms Sen began her career with the Bengali film ‘Shesh Kothay’ in 1952 and is known for her role in Bimal Roy’s ‘Devdas’ (1955) and ‘Aandhi’ (1975).
Ms Sen was also the first Indian actress to be awarded at an international film festival – Best Actress award for ‘Saptapadi’ at the Moscow film fest...
The health condition of the actress had been in hospital since December 23 for treatment for a respiratory tract infection.
Ms Sen began her career with the Bengali film ‘Shesh Kothay’ in 1952 and is known for her role in Bimal Roy’s ‘Devdas’ (1955) and ‘Aandhi’ (1975).
Ms Sen was also the first Indian actress to be awarded at an international film festival – Best Actress award for ‘Saptapadi’ at the Moscow film fest...
