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Sneho: A symbol of love, affection and care

A team of 5 students from BRAC University participated in the largest student based competition – Hult Prize 2015 under the guideance of Syed Mahmudur Rahman, a respected faculty member of BRAC Business School (BBS). 2In collaboration with Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Hult Business School organizes a global competition for undergraduate and graduate students all over the world to come up with innovative ideas for starts-ups that will solve a social issue faced by billions in need. Each year the agenda is set by former US President Bill Clinton. CGIgran...

Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh not Pakistan’s responsibility

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the remaining ‘stranded Pakistanis’ in Bangladesh, a majority of whom are Biharis, are not the responsibility of Pakistan as the country has already repatriated a large number of non-Bengalis. The Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed on Monday the hearing of a petition, filed by the Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee, regarding the repatriation of Pakistanis currently stranded in Bangladesh. Deputy Attorney General Sohail Mahmood submitted a report on behalf of the foreign office, stating that currently, there are around 400,000 to 500,000 stranded

What young people want from dev implementers

“I’ve been doing my work for six years now but I’ve never been approached by an agency looking at development.” [caption id="attachment_14468" align="alignleft" width="300"]young people The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Award Winners from left to right: Gulalai Ismael, Julius Shirima, Nolana Lynch and Brianna Frueann. Photo by: The Commonwealth[/caption] Julius Shirima, 25, is clutching two Commonwealth Youth Awards at a ceremony in Royal Over-Seas House in London organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat. His youth entrepreneurship organization a...

New UK museum to help develop image of Islam

Art from the Islamic world will be shown in the heart of the British Museum, instead of on the sidelines, in two new galleries funded by a Malaysian foundation which hopes to offset the image created by Islamic militants. UK Muslim MuseumThe museum, which houses one of the world’s largest collections of art and artefacts, said on Thursday it plans to open two new galleries in its south wing devoted to its extensive collection of art from the Islamic world. Until now works from the collection have been displayed in a gallery...

Swedish Nobel winning poet Tomas Transtroemer dies

Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at the age of 83, his publishing house Bonniers said on Friday. [caption id="attachment_14352" align="alignleft" width="300"]Tomas-Transtroemer-wbn A picture taken on March 31, 2011 shows Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer at his home in Stockholm. Photo: AFP/ Jessica Gow[/caption] Transtroemer, who suffered a stroke in 1990 which affected his ability to speak, wrote poems full of imagery that addressed nature, history and death. He has...

Premises on the question of political crisis in Bangladesh

Today’s Bangladesh faces political crisis as scores of news-reports and views claim [an end-note to this article cites headings/excerpts of a few of those], and today’s Bangladesh doesn’t face political crisis as one can claim periods of turmoil are not crisis, can cite a few data from economy, and can also refer to a lull within a long period of crisis. Both the statements, one can claim, are correct in relative terms. On the other hand, any of the two cancels the other. Only a scientific approach to the question – crisis – can provide a reliable answer. The approach should look into all related aspects instead of making sweeping remarks based on superficial observations and shallow search that ignores basic elements of crisis.
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