Public toilet with mural in city!
WaterAid Bangladesh in association with Dhaka North City Corporation has launched another three modern public toilets at city’s busiest area Firmgate, Mohakhali and Shyamoli. Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Mr. Annisul Huq inaugurated these modern sanitation facilities on 10 November, 2016, Thursday which are funded by H&M Foundation. The public toilet in the Firmgate area is ornamented with a beautiful mural which is first of its kind in Bangladesh.
Taksim A Khan, Managing Director, Dhaka WASA; Syed Gousul Alam Shaon, Managing Director 
BD demonstrates coping with climate change
If global warming carries on without action Bangladesh could disappear with one third of the country already less than 3 metres above sea level as cyclones and flooding will become more devastating.
But Bangladeshis refuse to be helpless victims. At home they are raising the land to match sea level rise and already saving thousands of lives with improved cyclone defences. And this week in Marrakech, Morocco, they will be taking a leading role in the CoP 22 climate change negotiations – trying to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees to halt sea level rise, and pushing for compensation for the damage already done by industrial country emissions.
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Commonwealth scholars meet at British Council
The British Council hosted the Commonwealth Alumni Annual meeting for Bangladesh at its Dhaka University Campus office recently on behalf of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK. For the first time Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (BACSAF) lead the overall planning, moderation and facilitation of the programme.
Along with over 100 Commonwealth alumni, UGC Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan; Head of 
DFID Bangladesh, Jane Edmondson, and Head of Political Section at the British High C...
DFID Bangladesh, Jane Edmondson, and Head of Political Section at the British High C...
Bikroy Online Mela with up to 65pc discounts
Bikroy, the largest marketplace in Bangladesh, is introducing an online shopping festival for their customers - the Bikroy Online Mela. The campaign will be launched on the 10th of November, 2016, and will continue for 3 days, and will bring amazing discounts up to 65% on various products. To make this even more exciting for buyers, the Mela will be featuring leading global brands like Apple, Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Asus, & Dell, and will have a wide 
variety of products including mobile phones, laptops & notebook, watches, tel...
variety of products including mobile phones, laptops & notebook, watches, tel...
The US presidential election: a how-to guide
The American presidential election falls this year on November 8. The quadrennial exercise always takes place on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as spelled out in the US Constitution.
Here is a primer on the US election system:
How the voting system works
The vote, by universal suffrage, is conducted in a single round in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (the city of Washington, which is not part of any state).
Voters choose among the candidates for president and...
Voters choose among the candidates for president and...
