British Council awards winners of 2015 IELTS scholarships
The British Council has awarded four candidates the “British Council IELTS Scholarships 2015” today at the British Council in Fuller Road. The program aims to support more students to access an international education experience.
This year, candidates planning to study in an undergraduate or postgraduate programme in any international higher education institution that recognises IELTS were invited to apply for the scholarship. Four applicants were nominated to receive the scholarship each worth of BDT 
LG, Good Neighbors for good city environment
Multinational electronics company LG and international NGO Good Neighbors Bangladesh have jointly launched ‘Special Cleaning and Mosquito Prevention Week’ in the city.
Managing Director of LG Electronics Bangladesh Edward Kim has inaugurated the initiative at Mirpur in the morning today. Ward Commissioner Alhaz Mobasser Hossein Chowdhuri 7 no. ward, DNCC was also present at the inauguration ceremony. Country Director of Good Neighbors Bangladesh Mr. Jeoung Sek Kim was president of the programme.
Referring latest report of World Health Organization (WHO) Edward Kim said while 
IBCF 47th meeting held
The 47th Meeting of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) was held on Sunday the 10th April, 2016 in the Meeting Room of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman, IBCF & Chairman, Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was presided over the meeting.
The meeting discussed on Islamic Banking activities in Bangladesh.
The meeting was attended among others by Major (Retd.) Dr. Md. Rezaul Haque, Chairman, Social Islami Bank Ltd., Jb A K M Nurul Fazal Bulbul, Vice- Chairman, IBCF, Jb Md. Sayedur Rahman, Vice Chairman, Social Islami Bank Ltd, Jb Mohammed Younus, Vice-Chairman, 
NRBC Bank donates for UCEP
NRBC Bank (NRB Commercial Bank Limited) donated a Cheque of Tk.25 lac to the Underprivileged Children’s Education Programme, Banladesh (UCEP).
Engr. Farasath Ali, Chairman of NRBC Bank, handed over the Cheque to the Chairman of UCEP Mr. A Motin Chowdhury at Bank’s Head Office.
The programme was attended among others by the Vice Chairmen of the Bank Dr. Toufique Rahman Chowdhury, Director and EC Chairman Mr. Manzurul Islam, Director Mr. Loquit Ullah, Sponsor Mr. Sabbir Ahm...
Engr. Farasath Ali, Chairman of NRBC Bank, handed over the Cheque to the Chairman of UCEP Mr. A Motin Chowdhury at Bank’s Head Office.
The programme was attended among others by the Vice Chairmen of the Bank Dr. Toufique Rahman Chowdhury, Director and EC Chairman Mr. Manzurul Islam, Director Mr. Loquit Ullah, Sponsor Mr. Sabbir Ahm...
Potential for aquaculture growth
A new study has found that Bangladesh can increase its fish production by about 0.75 million metric tonnes by converting 0.5 million hectares of floodplains into aquaculture by 2017.
If the floodplain areas are brought under the coverage of aquaculture by the period, the country will be able to earn additional Tk 75,000 million (US$ 1,000 million) apart from creating huge jobs, the FinancialExpress reports.
Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation had the report made by four independent researchers with financial support from World Fish.
BUFT NICHE project researchers visit Sri Lanka
A Project Researchers team of sixteen members from BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT) made an exposure visit to Sri Lanka from 27th March to 3rd April, 2016 as a part of the Netherlands Initiative for Capacity Development in Higher Education (NICHE) project.
The visit was organized by MDF Training & Consultancy which is implementing the project NICHE/BGD/199 with NUFFIC financing under titled “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and Innovative Leadership in the Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh”. The visit was planned to see how Sri Lankan garment f
