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