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Warm Reception for Climate Warriors
by st editor, Thursday 25th February 2010
Ed Miliband the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change welcomed the initiative from Manchester’s Climate Warriors as they handed him a proposal for their project which includes an eco-awareness football tour to take place in Bangladesh. The plan was presented to the Secretary…
This article is in category: Environment
Tags: Community,eco awareness,Environment,Gerald Kaufman,International,Kaufman,Labour Party,Manchester,Milliband,Minister,Politics,rusholme manchester,Sport,uk secretary
Read this articleCelebrating Mother Language Day
by st editor, Sunday 21st February 2010
In the year 2000 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared Feb. 21 as International Mother Language Day in tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the Bengali Language Movement and for the ethno-linguistic rights of people around the world. The Bengali Language…
This article is in category: Bangladesh, Events
Tags: Bangladesh,bengali language,Culture,Freedom,Language,language movement,language of pakistan,official language of pakistan,united nations educational scientific and cultural organization
Read this articleBangladesh Pioneers New Boom in Mobile Learning
by st contributor, Monday 15th February 2010
Mobile users in Bangladesh have accessed more than 1 million English lessons using a new service, BBC Janala (‘Window’), which is promising to transform the way people learn language through m-technology in the developing world – the BBC announced today, Wednesday 17th February, at the GSMA…
This article is in category: Bangladesh
Tags: Bangladesh,bbc world,bbc world service,bbc world service trust,Education,IT,Learning,m technology,sara chamberlain,Technology
Read this articleLanguage Day Parade, Sylhet
by st editor, Saturday 13th February 2010
Language Day parade by school-children in Sylhet. Pictures by mk
This article is in category: Gallery
Tags: Bangladesh,Gallery,language day,Parade,Photos,Sylhet
Read this article5 Star Resort Hotel for Srimangal
by st editor, Wednesday 10th February 2010
A 5 star hotel aimed at ex-pat Bangladeshis and foreign visitors to Sylhet is being built at Srimangal. The Tk 100 crore luxury hotel will feature 167 rooms including 20 suites and a Presidential Suite and will be the countries first 5 Star resort incorporating a Grand…
This article is in category: Bangladesh
Tags: Bangladesh,Business,crore,Hotel,luxury hotel,moulvibazar,star resort hotel,tk 100,Travel
Read this articleSupport Toys 4 Kids with the Rochdale Bangladeshi Project
by st editor, Monday 8th February 2010
DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO 23rd APRIL Being in hospital can be a difficult, bewildering and often a scary experience for anyone and particularly for children. The RBPP delegation led by the Mayor Cllr Keith Swift last year visited the Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College Hospital in Sylhet….
This article is in category: Community
Tags: Charity,Community,International,medical college hospital,project deadline,ragib,RBPP,Rochdale,s ward,scary experience
Read this articleAbout some chips
by st editor, Saturday 6th February 2010
They’re hot and fluffy inside and tasty and crispy on the outside, one of the few foods that are best eaten in the rain and one of those Great British Traditions we all love. Not merely chips but in fact symbols. Symbols that when mixed with…