Category: Heritage
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Taj To Be Repaired
The tourism profile of Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, is all set to change with a line-up of projects that would bring in more revenue and extend basic amenities at its world famous monuments. The focus of development will now also be on promoting religious and cultural sites, other than historical monuments. A…
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Poonam Pandey Stripes Finally
Model Poonam Pandey who promised to strip down after India wins the world cup unfortunately could not stand up to her promise. But she gave a glimpse of her nudity by unzipping her jacket at an event. Poonam is one of the contestants of ‘Khatron Ke Khildai’ season 4 and while appearing for a press…
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271core BDT for wild life conservation
The World Bank would provide Tk 250 crore to Bangladesh as a grant for financing the strengthening of regional cooperation for wildlife conservation project, reports UNB. Supported by the World Bank, the project, which is the awaiting nod of the Planning Commission, will be implemented by four countries including Bangladesh. The three other countries are…
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A journey to Jaflong
Jaflong, a place of unexplainable natural beauty is situated in the east northern part of Bangladesh. It is almost 45 kilometers far from Sylhet city which is known as so called London in Bangladesh. It’s becoming a very popular place for the tourists day by day. We will now start telling the process of going…
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Bangladeshi victory day observed in Kolkata
India was a very big part during the time of Bangladesh’s liberation war. Bangladesh celebrated its 40th Victory Day with a call for close cooperation in economic, political, educational and cultural fields for mutual benefit of the two neighboring countries at a well attended function at Deputy High Commission here. Speakers at the function highly…
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Bangladesh is one of the 10 climate risk countries
Climate change is a very important issue in this present world. Countries like Bangladesh are very much in danger due to climate change. Germanwatch, a German based non-profit, research organization published its Global Climate Risk Index (CRI)-2011 here yesterday identifying Bangladesh as one of the top nations mostly vulnerable to climate change. The sixth CRI…
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Ehtnic minority demands more constitutional rights in Rangpur
Leaders of the ethnic minority community people, different political parties and professionals here yesterday demanded constitutional recognition of the ethnic minorities to ensure their rights and identity in society. They demanded recognition of the social identity, rights to education, healthcare and all other constitutional rights of the minorities in the plain lands, preservation of their…
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PM talked about tigers’ population
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today underlined the need for concerted efforts of the world community to protect endangered tiger population that are facing extinction due to influence of global warming. “Tigers along with human beings especially in the most vulnerable countries (MVCs) of climate change are facing extinction due to poverty, hunger, natural disaster and…
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World Bank helping studies on Sustainable Development
The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a holistic programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world’s single largest mangrove forest. The Sundarbans is home to an estimated 425 species of wildlife, including 300 species of birds and 42 species of mammals, as well as the…
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Climate investment and finance workshop tomorrow in press club
An inter-ministerial and stakeholder national workshop on climate investment and finance will be held at National Press Club here at 12.30 noon tomorrow. Organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) and UNDP, the day- long workshop will be opened by Environment Secretary Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder and will be addressed by team leaders…
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Sundarban converse its Biodiversity
Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, need a pragmatic research to explore and conserve its existing biodiversity and other valuable resources in the wake of changing climate caused by global warming. Biologists and other researchers concerned made this observation while conducting a ground level study at different points of the vast forest recently.…
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History of Bangladeshi folk music | Music heritage of Bangladesh
Folk Music is one of the major strength of Bangladeshi musical history and heritage. Bangladeshi this kind of music has already been announced as world heritage. Folk Music is created by some anonymous people and gets popular by man to man. The definition of folklore might look long and tedious if we say “Whenever a…
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Al-Gore messenger in Bangladesh to help climate change issue
A delegation led by Lance Simmens,Climate Messenger of the former US Vice- President Al-Gore and currently a cabinet member at the office of the governor of Philadelphia, met Akramul Qader, Bangladesh Ambassador to USA yesterday. During the meeting, Bangladesh ambassador apprised him of the vulnerability of Bangladesh while touching on the various measures taken by…
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Cloth distribution for Durga Puja in Rangpur
General secretary of Shree Shree Korunamoyee Kalibari Mandir and noted social worker Ajoy Prasad Babon has distributed puja clothes among the poor to assist them in celebrating the greatest religious festivity. A simple ceremony was organised on the occasion at the mandir where Ajoy Prasad Babon distributed the clothes including saree on Thursday among the…
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Bangladesh defined as a secular country
It was a big question about Bangladesh whether it is a secular country or Muslim country. Bangladesh has got a large number of Muslim community. But different religious people are living here with great harmony from thousand years ago. The High Court yesterday ruled that Bangladesh is now a secular state since the original constitution…