Proper utilisation of fish, shrimp wastes stressed
The domestic fish production in Bangladesh has been steadily growing for several years with significant impact on GDP growth and ability of the country to meet the nutritional needs of its citizens.
The country is, however, yet to start reaping the benefits from fish wastes producing an important range of byproducts using those as raw materials.
The prospect in this regard is very bright with the country presently generating almost a million tons of fish wastes annually and they are hardly used systematically for further processing, reports BSS.
Genes help determine education level: study
Scientists said Wednesday they had identified 74 genes that partially determine how far someone gets in school, depending on which variant of those genes a person possesses.
Compared to environmental factors such as diet, family circumstances and opportunity, this hard-wiring has only a meagre influence, accounting for less than half of one percent of the outcome.
Even when combined with all known genetic variants across the human genome, that share only rises to about three percent, reports AFP.
But the findings, published in Nature, are robust enough to help researchers match genetically-
D-8 states to sign MoU on SMEs soon
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) among the D-8 (developing eight) member countries would be signed soon to use the potentiality of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
The decision came on the proposal of Bangladesh Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu at the concluding session of the 5th Ministerial Meeting on D-8 Industrial Cooperation at Cairo in Egypt yesterday, said a press release here today.
Prime Minister of Egypt Sherif Ismail was present as the chief guest on the occasion.
Amir Hossain Amu said the D-8 membe...
Prime Minister of Egypt Sherif Ismail was present as the chief guest on the occasion.
Amir Hossain Amu said the D-8 membe...
New results on how to delay child marriage
While growing up in Bangladesh, my grandmother was married at the age of 14. My mother was wed at 16 years old. Today, 2 out of 3 girls in the country are married as children — Asia’s top rate and the world’s fourth highest. Many become mothers while they themselves are still children.
And yet, I’ve never been more optimistic about the future for Bangladeshi girls and their communities. When I was a teenager in Dhaka in the 1970s, women had an average of seven children each, extreme poverty was endemic and women had far fewer rights and opportunities than men. You were lucky if you lived past 50 years old. But deep investments in 
Bangladesh struggling to balance energy and environment needs
In a bid to bolster the electricity generation capacity of the energy-poor nation, the government is looking to build several coal-fired plants in the coming years. But activists oppose them citing environmental risks.
Bildergalerie Bangladesch Sundarbans Mangrovenwälder
The plan to set up coal-fired power plants across the coastal areas of the South Asian country recently sparked a wave of protests. At least four demonstrators died and many were injured in the southeastern port city of Chittagong last month, when police opened fire at those protesting against the construction of a thermal power plant in the region.
BD made progress, but labor right to be ensured, US envoy
Marcia S. B. Bernicat, the US ambassador to Bangladesh praised that Bangladesh has made remarkable progress, especially in the areas of improving living standard, health, hygiene and sanitation. But she also opined that labor rights including rights to trade union should be ensured in workplaces, says a press release.
The US envoy was peaking as the Guest of Honor in the 10th Anniversary and Annual General Meeting (AGM) of 2015 of IBFB held on Thursday, 12 May 2016 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka. She also praised the works of IBFB to improve better business environment done in the past.
