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‘Floating schools’ at flood-ravaged areas

In Bangladesh, roughly one-third of the country, much of which sits only a meter above sea level, goes underwater during monsoon season from June to October. In those months, roads become inaccessible, crops and schoolhouses are destroyed and commerce stalls. Millions of Bangladeshis are forced to migrate to larger cities to feed their families. floating schoolChildren suffer acutely during monsoon season. As sea levels rise and seasonal rains become more frequent and intense (scientists expect that 10 to 20 percent of Bangladesh will...

Utilization of dairy industry waste products

Milk, which is one of the chief sources of calcium, is highly nutritious and constitutes a part of our daily diet in some form or the other. The main constituents of milk are water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, which are essential for growth and development. Milk also contains various biologically active compounds such as caseins and whey proteins. Of the total whey solids, it is estimated that about 75% is lactose. Milk is available as full cream, skim, lactose-free and fat free milk. Condensed and evaporated milk, which can be pasteurized util...
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Bangladeshi physicist leads discovery of massless particle

A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University led an international team to the discovery of an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of its unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal, quoting a new research a report was published on the university website. [caption id="attachment_18307" align="alignright" width="720"]weyl-fermions-pu3-hasan-wb M Zahid Hasan (pictured) and his research group researched and sim...

No ban on Bangladeshi workers, says Saudi minister

The Ministry of Labor has not imposed any ban on recruitment of Bangladeshi workers according to Taiseer Al-Mufarraj spokesman of the ministry. He told an online newspaper that Bangladesh has expressed its readiness to send housemaids to BD-workforce in KSAthe Kingdom. ‘The work to bring workers is continuing and many Bangladeshi women workers reached the Kingdom during Ramadan through various manpower agencies.’ It is expected that the number of Bangladeshi laborers coming to the Kingdom will increase as many manpower agencies...

Country powers ahead on off-grid solar

More than the technology it is the advocacy that allowed the Bright Green Energy Foundation (BGEF) to install more than 145,000 solar home systems (SHS) that benefit eight million rural people in Bangladesh. SHS units including solar panels, battery and regulator are not displayed in showrooms. Instead BGEF has been directly promoting the benefits of its environment-friendly technology in the field since 2010, when it was registered. solar BanglaDipal Chandra Barua, the founder of BGEF, puts his faith in rural-based Green Technology Centres...

Malaysia mulling sourcing maids from Bangladesh

There appears to be no end to the problems surrounding the shortage of foreign maids in Malaysia. Currently, there are some 150,000 foreign domestic helpers working legally in this country, most of them Indonesians and Filipinas. With the two source nations – Indonesia and the Philippines – having declared their intentions to cease supplying maids to Malaysia, it is high time the government weaned itself off its dependence on those two countries. maids from BDWith Malaysians generally shunning employment in the domestic help sector, the g...
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