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Taj Mahal to get mud-pack treatment

India’s iconic Taj Mahal monument is to be given a mud-pack to remove yellow pollution stains, archaeologists say. The treatment is hoped to restore the natural sheen and colour of the white marble monument. It will be the fourth time the 17th century mausoleum has had the treatment. tajmahalThe last mud-pack was applied in 2008, but pollution levels around the monument to love remain high and officials say it needs cleaning again. The Taj Mahal sits on the bank of the Yamuna River, at the city of Agra in India’s northern s...

The story behind USAID’s new nutrition strategy  

The international community has struggled to deliver when it comes to nutrition, but the issue is gaining unprecedented traction, and aid donors are looking for ways to take advantage of that new momentum. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s new “multi-sectoral nutrition strategy” will allow the agency to combine resources from a variety of initiatives and program areas to tackle malnutrition and childhood “stunting” like never before, said Richard Greene, senior deputy assistant to the USAID administrator. [caption id="attachment_7025" align="alignleft" width="300"]USAID

Condolence meeting for Dipon

Bangladesh Film Institute (BFI) held a condolence meeting to pay tribute to young film maker late Shahrain Islam Dipon on Saturday (17th May 2014) in the auditorium of the Institute at Kalabagan. Mr Tanvir Mokammel, Director of the Bangladesh Film Institute was the Chief Guest. Late Shahrain Islam Dipon was associated with BFI. He worked on different areas of photography in the recently released film Jibonduli, directed by Tanvir Mokammel. dipon (1)He also produced a documentary on the street children. Besides, he produced a couple of real li...

Electric revolution in transport sector

Green and yellow auto rickshaws chug through the crowded streets of New Delhi. Tuk tuks sputter on the roads in Thailand to tourists’ delight. Millions in South and Southeast Asia rely on these three wheelers—known variously as rickshaws, tuk tuks or tricycles—as an affordable mode of transportation. ebikeBut while beloved by many, the vehicles are also blamed for bottleneck congestion and pollution, spewing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and particle matters that become trapped inside the lungs. “In many places both inside China and in other Asian cou...

Growth rate should be oriented towards productive activities: Salehuddin Ahmed    

Former Bangladesh Bank governor and professor of business school, BRAC University, Salehuddin Ahmed, has expressed concern over slow growth rate and said it should be oriented towards productive and employment generating activities, which will benefit people. salehuddinAhmed said efforts to increase the growth rate should also aim at overall development of the society. “Even if we do not have this eight%, even if it is six or seven% if that particular growth is oriented towards, it comes from productive activities and employment generating activi...

Why Bangladesh feared Indian invasion after 1975 coup  

B. Z. Khasru

 When Gen. Ziaur Rahman became Bangladesh’s virtual ruler following several bloody military coups in 1975, he told the United States that India intended to invade its small neighbor to install a puppet regime. So intense was Zia’s fear of an Indian invasion that on 7 November 1975 he made a call on the radio for national unity to face the attack. His call triggered more processions in Dhaka, initially sparked by the news of his release from detention by the officers who had mounted a failed coup earlier. The processions were laced with anti-Indian slogans. This public mood in Dhaka reflected a total reversal of the sentiment at the end of the Bangladesh war in 1971 when the sentiment was explicitly anti-Pakistani and...
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