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Homeless child inspired him to help hundreds

It was a day playing with plastic bottles that changed Korvi Rakshand’s life. Named one of 10 inspirational Bangladeshis last year, Rakshand was born to a wealthy family. But he turned his back on money and for the past eight years has been running an NGO in one of Dhaka’s biggest slums. [caption id="attachment_18406" align="alignright" width="612"]jago foundation Korvi Rakshand (fourth from left) with the first class of children taught at his school. Photograph: Jaago Foundation[/caption] He talks freely about the moment that changed everything...

‘Floating schools’ at flood-ravaged areas

In Bangladesh, roughly one-third of the country, much of which sits only a meter above sea level, goes underwater during monsoon season from June to October. In those months, roads become inaccessible, crops and schoolhouses are destroyed and commerce stalls. Millions of Bangladeshis are forced to migrate to larger cities to feed their families. floating schoolChildren suffer acutely during monsoon season. As sea levels rise and seasonal rains become more frequent and intense (scientists expect that 10 to 20 percent of Bangladesh will...

1,000 technical interns to receive trainings in Japan

About 1,000 Bangladeshi technical interns are set to receive trainings in Japan under an apprenticeship and entrepreneurship training programme as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries were signed on Wednesday. Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain and Executive Chairman of IM Japan Kyoei Yanagisawa signed the MoU at Probashi Kalyan Bhaban here on Wednesday. BD-JapanDirector General Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training Begum Shamsun Nahar and senior executive director of the ...

BCL job seekers at IU withdraw blockade

At last the job seekers of Bangladesh Chattra league (BCL) Islamic university (IU) unit have withdrawn their blockade. They announced their withdrawal after a successful meeting with IU administration held at Wednesday evening, sources said. iu kustiaVice chancellor Prof Dr Abdul Hakim and Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Dr M Shahinur Rahman, and the job seekers led by some former BCL leaders of IU were present in the meeting. Ashikur Rahman Japan, a former BCL leader and also a job seeker, said, ‘We had three demands to the authority. Those are - the ad...

Nat’l academy for varsity teachers soon: UGC Chair

Sufficient number of national academy for university teachers needs to be established for their professional development. At the same time, ethics, morality, motivation and communication skills also need to be laid emphasized in the foundation training course for young university teachers’ skills development, observed UGC Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan. He made the observation while speaking as the chief guest at a certificate awarding ceremony of the 15th foundation training for university teachers at UGC auditorium on Wednesday. UGC UGCMembers...

First experience with an American school

So the teacher goes, “Who would like to sit next to him?” and one of the kids pulls a desk next to him that was empty and says, “I’ll sit next to him.” So as I was walking toward the desk, and when I reached there, I pulled out the chair to sit on it and another kid went behind the chair and pulled it and I fell. And since I was chubby it made a lot of noise and all the kids started laughing and I was embarrassed. [caption id="attachment_17271" align="alignleft" width="300"]IMG_5828_0 Eighth grader Tanzid Sakib goes to public school in Cambridge, M...
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