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PM's Education Fund: Now 1.44lakh male students to get stipends

  The government unveiled plans to provide stipends to 1 ,44,000 male students from the Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust Fund. As the government attaches high priority to education, it initiated the fund last year with Tk 1,000 crore as seed money.

Rooppur power plant project: Russian Firm starts work in September

  Russian company JSC Atomstroyexport will begin preparatory works for construction of Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant this month as the Bangladesh Atomic Energy commission issued performance.

WHO says Saima Hossain Putul has put autism on the UN agency’s map

  Saima Wazed Hossain has made 'a great mark' with her works on autism to put the neuro-development disorder on the World Health Organisation’s map, the UN agency says.

Saima Wazed Hossain honoured with WHO Excellence Award

  Saima Wazed Hossain who spearheads autism campaign in Bangladesh has been awarded with the ‘WHO Excellence Award’ for her contribution in public health in the region.

Bangladesh inks deal with IFAD to turn around 94,000 lives in 'Haor' area

  The Awami League led government signed a $15 million financing deal with International Fund for Agricultural Development for a project to improve living standards and reduce vulnerability of 94,000 'haor' people in 26 Upazilas.