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Germany promotes sustainable textiles in Bangladesh

German parliamentary state secretary to the federal minister for economic cooperation and development, Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, promoted ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’ during his three-day visit to Bangladesh this week. ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’, initiated by the German minister for economic cooperation and development Gerd Müller, aims at social, environmental and economic improvements in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. German embassyDuring the visit of Fuchtel, four Bangladeshi RMG companies, namely DBL G...

‘Mystic minstrels’ more popular despite attacks

After giving up all worldly possessions, they wander the Bangladesh countryside dressed in white robes, singing of peace and love for all with their single-stringed ektaras. Bangladesh’s “mystic minstrels” have long been dismissed as hippies and even attacked and killed after being branded heretics in the country. [caption id="attachment_11190" align="alignleft" width="300"]baul In this photograph taken on October 18, 2014, a Bangladeshi Baul, or minstrel, sings at the shrine of one of Bangladesh's revered poets and Sufi mendicants in the village of Chheuri...

Coastal Bangladesh turns too salty for salt-tolerant rice

As the sea keeps rising due to climate change and affecting coastal Bangladesh, turning the soil and groundwater saline, scientists have been breeding salt tolerant varieties of rice, the main crop in the region. But the sea keeps coming in and turning everything more and more saline, well beyond the point that salt tolerant rice varieties can tolerate. pariza rice panicleThe latest salt tolerant rice variety – that the scientists released among Bangladeshi farmers as recently as November 20 – can tolerate a salinity of up...

Notre Dame University inaugurated

Lessons at Notre Dame University Bangladesh (NDUB) began yesterday. Established by the Missionaries of the Holy Cross, it has 283 members and 24 teachers. At the moment, the subjects are English, economics, law, philosophy and business administration. Noter dame UniversityLast 4th December was held an orientation ceremony, which was attended by about 350 people. Guest of honor was the retired bishop of Dhaka, mgr. Paulinus Costa. "This university will teach you truth and wisdom," said the bishop addressing the studen...

Jaywalking just got even riskier in city

Bangladesh police completed a three-day campaign in late November to stop pedestrians from crossing busy roads without using footbridges or underpasses. The authorities have also established mobile courts to punish the hundreds of pedestrians who jaywalk with fines and sometimes even imprisonment. [caption id="attachment_11179" align="alignleft" width="300"]jaywalking Citizens risk their lives in traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital Dhaka. Image by Firoz Ahmed. Copyright Demotix (30/8/2012)[/caption] According to ...

Mobile banking to promote countryside growth in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, less than a quarter of the impoverished country’s 153 million people are using the normal banking system in their monetary transactions. But things are changing across Bangladesh with an easy and safe way to send or receive money through the mobile banking system. Mobile banking is not only boosting financial inclusion but also helps accelerate the country’s economy, especially in rural areas where 70 percent of the population lives. mobiledeviceIt is not an exaggeration to say the Bangladesh Bank-regulated mobile fi...
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