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Nature awareness art exhibition at SUST

A 4- day long nature awareness art exhibition started at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Monday (17th August, 2015). The exhibition has been arranged by the Green Explore Society, a nature and environmental organization of SUST campus. The exhibition will be closed on 20th August by this week. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Vice –Chancellor Prof. Dr. Aminul Haque Bhuyan on the DSC01653campus at about 12.30pm, at Arjuntola. After closing the inaugural session SUST VC commented on the inspection b...

Gift offered with Helio S1 per-booking

Edison Group teaming with Grameenphone is going to launch 4G supported premium handset Helio S1. Customers can pre-book Helio S1 from Symphony Smart Plug-In, Symphony Exclusive Priority Outlets and Grameenphone centers (www.grameenphone.com) from 18th August to 25th August, 2015. Each of the first 1,000 pre-bookers will get a flashlight enabled selfie-stick for free and free data offer from Grameenphone. [caption id="attachment_19006" align="alignright" width="540"]slides total slides total[/caption] A customer has to pay Tk. 3,000/- in ad...

Safe drinking water thru’ ‘Drinkable Books’

The next stage is to test the books in larger trials where they are used by local residents A book with pages that can be torn out to filter drinking water has proved effective in its first field trials. In trials at 25 contaminated water sources in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Ghana, the paper successfully removed more than 99% of bacteria. drinkabl-ebook-webThe “drinkable book” combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Its pages contain nanoparticles of silver or copper, ...

New project launched for vulnerable women

A new project titled the “Strengthening Women’s Ability for Productive New Opportunities (SWAPNO)” was launched on Sunday to support over 4400 poor women in the rural areas of Satkhira and Kurigram districts. women in BDImplemented by the Local Government Division of Bangladesh, this five-year project is aimed at the most vulnerable rural poor women. The UNDP, Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF), the Spanish Government and International Labour Organization (ILO) are providing financial assistance to the project, reports BSS. “The subs...

BASIC Bank observes Nat’l Mourning Day

Mr. Khondoker Md. Iqbal, Managing Director of the Basic Bank alng with its  DMDs, other high officials, employees and CBA leaders led by Mr. Alauddin A. Majid, Chairman of the Bank placed a floral wreath at the portait of  the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur National Mourning Day-15Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 on the occasion of his 40th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day. Later, BASIC Bank Limited also observed the day by arranging a special prayer and dowa mahfil seeking eternal peace for Ba...

JUTA observes work abstention over proposed pay scale

Jahangirnagar University Teacher’s Association (JUTA) observed three-hour work abstention programme on Sunday to press home their demand for a separate payscale for university teachers. In part of their movement, they also started signature campaign in front of the New Arts Building of the university today. JU Photo 1Speakers threatened to go for tougher movement if the government would implement the pay scale ignoring the teachers’ demand. Also they inform to the newsman, the scheduled examination will be out of purview of the programme. ...
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