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Law aims to curtail discrimination of autistic children

Though a highly influential senior army officer in Bangladesh, Tofail Ahmed could only seethe when his child was rejected by the principal of an English-medium school in Dhaka. Colonel Ahmed was summoned to the school one day in 2007, where the principal told him his 15-year-old son Ahnaf Tauhid Swapnil, had been expelled for creating constant trouble for his classmates. autismBut Ahnaf is a good student. He isn’t violent. He is autistic. “My second son Ahnaf Tahmid Bornil (13) is also autistic. So, I failed to...

Primark to pay $ 10m more to Rana Plaza victims

British clothes retailer Primark will pay a further $10 million in compensation to victims of the collapse of a Bangladeshi factory last year that killed more than 1,100 people. The disaster has galvanised most of the clothing industry’s big names to work together to improve safety standards but many brands have shunned a fund that is trying to raise $40 million for the over 2,000 people injured and the families of the dead, report agencies. Campaigners are demanding that 27 brands linked to factories in the Rana Plaza rana-plaza-1jpg complex should contribute to the...

German envoy questions Rampal, Ruppur plant

German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Albrecht Conze has expressed concern over the government’s recent decisions to construct a coal-fired power plant not far from the Sundarbarns and a nuclear power plant near Pabna. Questioning some of Bangladesh’s energy choices, especially two projects, Rampal power plant and Ruppur nuclear power plant, the envoy said energy generation needs to take environmental risks into account. Ambassador Conze made this statement while opening the Goalpara Power Substation in Khulna on Sunday, which has recently been upgraded through introduction of energy efficient technology with support from German Development Cooperation (GDC), according to a media release issued by GIZ.

Dhaka – a growing high-end market

Dhaka is ranked as one of the least liveable cities in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Similarly, foreign visitors are sometimes left aghast at how, in Malthusian terms, the capital of Bangladesh manages to survive. Yet this host city for the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup has, some would say, not only survived but prospered in recent years. “If you brought a property in Dhanmondi [one of the most affluent residential areas in Dhaka] for 6.45m taka [$83,000] in 2005, that would have increased five or six times by now,” says Kazi Inam Ahmed, owner of GemconCity, a new estate agency. dhaka Boat

Fertilizer production halt for T20 WC

 Authorities in cricket-crazy Bangladesh on Thursday asked fertiliser factories to halt production in a bid to divert gas supply to power plants and ensure an uninterrupted electricity supply ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup. T20 The World T20 will feature 16 teams and starts on March 16 with the final on April 6. "We have no other options but to shut down fertilizer factories for some time to ensure gas supply to power plants," Mohammad Hussain Monsur, chairman of the state-owned...

No hope from India over Teesta water

Bangladesh has made a strong pitch for releasing more waters from the Gajoldoba reservoir of the Teesta in Jalpaiguri district to augment its flow into the country. The Bangladeshi delegation at the two-day Indo-Bangladesh Joint Committee Meeting that concluded here on Wednesday highlighted the plight of farmers and fishermen suffering due to the Teesta shrinking to a tenth of its normal flow as it enters Bangladesh. But, no assurances were given from the Indian side, which only said that Bangladesh's "concerns have been noted". teesta380
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