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Writer to author in just 7 days

Sitting on something you wrote dreaming of finding a publisher? Or are you hoping to take an independent road to self-publish the material? A bridge of sorts is what the Sapna Book House is offering. Writers across ages can turn to ‘SapnaINK’, a new launch medium for wannabe authors. Once a manuscript is accepted, a writer becomes an author in seven days flat! 5BG_NIJESH_SHAH_2396521fWhat began in December 2014 has seen almost 40 titles being approved. Among the ones published under SapnaINK are 12-year-old Man...

Safe water franchises in arsenic-hit India, Bangladesh

Rural housewives in countries such as India and Bangladesh, where ground water has high levels of arsenic, are being encouraged to set up businesses to sell safe water to save lives in their communities and earn some income. U.S.-based social enterprise Drinkwell Systems has developed a new system for removing toxic heavy metals from water and is seeking to scale up the process by selling the technology to water2-640community-based entrepreneurs with microcredit loans. Drinkwell CEO Minhaj Chowdhury said the company had sold 208 units a...

World’s most religious countries

Across the world, two thirds of citizens believe they are a religious person but the UK is one of the least religious countries in the world, according to a new study. Only 30 per cent of British people said they were religious compared with 53 per cent who said they were not a religious person. But only a small amount of Britons believed they were convinced atheists - 13 per cent. chartThe survey by WIN/Gallup International involved speaking face-to-face, on the telephone or online with nearly 64,000 people in 65 countries. In the map above, re...

Home decor for Bengali New Year

“Esho hai baishakh esho esho” - Pohela Baishakh, the - Bengali New Year is knocking on the door. On this day everyone will be dressed with colorful clothes, and the streets will come alive as people celebrate a fresh start for the New Year. But it is not only outside the home that you will find Pohela Baishakh festivities. 218092_10150230882065420_3931284_nYour home interior should also be decorated to get in the spirit of the celebrations. Leading property portal Lamudi Bangladesh has compi...

Youth Dialogue with DNCC mayoral candidates Thursday

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh will host the first-ever Youth Dialogue with the mayoral candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday. UNDP_552a4e980b606.pngThe Youth Dialogue, to be held at the Spectra Convention Centre in Gulshan, will be joined by young people from all parts of Dhaka providing them a platform to voice their concerns and questions regarding the upcoming city corporation’s mayoral elections in Dhaka North, said an official here on Sunday, reports U...

Swimming lessons made law to stop drownings

The government has made swimming lessons compulsory in schools, to reduce the number of children who drown in the country’s many waterways. According to UN figures, about 18,000 children between five and 17 die each year because they cannot swim. The education ministry says rural ponds and lakes will be made suitable for lessons and university pools opened up. swimmingBut some say the directive will be hard to implement because of a lack of pools in urban areas. Drowning has been described as a hidden epidemic in Bangladesh, one of th...
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