Learning English is a crying need for every citizen of Bangladesh.
December 30, 2008
But the question is, “What will be the process of learning English?” The easiest answer is to develop four skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing. According to Teachers’ Guide (TG), in speaking, accuracy and fluency practice are developed. Accuracy practice in speaking is usually concerned with pronunciation, stress and intonation. In speaking, fluency practice is concerned with transmitting information.
An Architect’s Dhaka
December 24, 2008
Part Fifteen: I would know Nayabazaar for an additional reason, which is for buying papers for any kind of printing-press related activities which I got involved with right from my Dhaka days. While being there, which was very often, I would seldom go and spend time in Tantibazaar or the Balaka Press in Tipu Sultan Road which was not that far and contained some very ornate buildings, or play hockey with some friends from the Salimullah Medical College.
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International Symposium on Biotechnology held
December 20, 2008
Research and applications of biotechnology in the fields of agriculture, medicine and fisheries are gradually coming to the centre stage. Climate change due to global warming, topographical change and other determining factors are necessitating intense research in improving the qualities, lifetime and yieldability of crops.
Bank Asia higher studies scholarship
December 13, 2008
Bank Asia has given higher studies scholarships to 17 meritorious- students of Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj district last week. Syed Anisul Huq, President and Managing Director of the Bank, handed over the scholarship money to the students. Md Yousof Ali, UNO, Tarail was present as special guest. A large number of people including students, teachers, journalists, businessmen and local elite attended the function.
Bangladeshi students win awards for top results in Cambridge exams
December 7, 2008
Bangladeshi students who excelled in the Cambridge O Level and International A/AS Level examinations held in June 2008 received awards at the Brilliance in Bangladesh ceremony in Dhaka on Saturday 29 November, hosted by University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). Over 80 awards were presented to students who achieved the highest marks in a single Cambridge O Level or International A/AS Level examination, or a group of subjects.
BCS protestors held for PSC office rampage
December 3, 2008
Seventeen 27th BCS agitators were arrested and detained after laying siege to the Public Service commission office on Tuesday. Some 60 ex-candidates locked the main gate of the entrance and smashed windowpanes of the building at around 9am Tuesday morning, leaving the staffers stranded inside the building.
Bangladesh Open University
November 29, 2008
Bangladesh Open University, the only distance learning university in Bangladesh, was established on October 21, 1992 by an Act of Parliament. The Government of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank have provided funds for setting up of the University. The Bangladesh Open University is an all terms system of education contributing to the uplifting of the overall educational scenario in the country.
28th BCS candidates asked to collect admit cards
November 26, 2008
The Public Service Commission on Tuesday asked the missed-out applicants of the 28th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service to collect admit cards for the preliminary examinations on Nov 28. They have to collect the cards on condition that they will deposit the requisite documents with the PSC within Dec 15, Ehsan Shameem, a PSC member said at a press conference at the PSC office.
Govt assures 27th BCS ‘first batch’
November 22, 2008
The government has promised the first batch of 27th BCS qualifiers, who failed to pass in the second-round retakes, logical solutions on ‘humanitarian grounds’. It has put up three possible ways to appoint them, including recruiting them in vacant posts, adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman told reporters on Thursday after a late-night meeting at the Dhaka University VC’s residence.
UN urges China to spend more on health, education
November 17, 2008
The United Nations urged China on Sunday to provide education, health and other basic services for its people, arguing it would help boost consumer spending at a time when it is sorely needed. China can afford it, given its 1.9 trillion dollars in foreign exchange reserves and budget revenues equivalent to more than 20 per cent of its gross domestic product, said Khalid Malik, the UN’s top official in China.