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Celebration of multilingual Canberra in 2013 Your ideas please
I would like to raise with you an idea for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canberra in 2013. The idea is to design and install a lasting monument in central Canberra which celebrates the city’s multilingual past, present
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Durga Puja to Preserve Harmony in Bangladesh
Sharodiyo Durga Puja, the largest festivities of Hindus in Bangladesh, begins on 13 October 2010. About 27000 Puja mandaps, including 191 in Dhaka, have been set up across the country this year. “The Government keeps its ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ open
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Bangladesh needs its supply driven education systems
Introduction: Remittances sent back home by migrants are a powerful financial force in Bangladesh. Quite a number of Bangladeshis depend on their relatives abroad from their feeding to their housing facilities- migrant remittances should not be underestimated as they obtain
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Scientists say ozone layer depletion has stopped
The protective ozone layer in the earth’s upper atmosphere has stopped thinning and should largely be restored by mid-century thanks to a ban on harmful chemicals, UN scientists said. The Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2010 report said a 1987
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An Exclusive Interview with Advocate Tarana Halim, MP of Bangladesh Parliament
Bangla Radio Canberra – 30 Aug 2010 This week’s programme presented a very informative discussion on political and economic future of Bangladesh, which is challenged by a combination of factors including the country’s political violence, weak governance, poverty, corruption and
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Some Challenges to Future Bangladesh: Economic and Political Perspectives
INTRODUCTION Bangladesh has a population density of about 949 people per square kilometer whereas in Australia, the population density is 2.5 people per square kilometer. Bangladesh’s reputation as a largely moderate and democratic country is under threat from a combination
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Fred Hyde, AM received Bangabandhu Award
Mr Fred Hyde, an Australian War Veteran, is the recipient of Bangabandhu Award 2010 for his dedication to help 50,000 underprivileged children with education in 41 local primary schools in Bangladesh. Every year Bangabandhu Parishad, with this award, honours the
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Climate Change, Food and Energy Security: Bangladesh Context
While climate change is slowly and surely affecting agricultural production in Bangladesh, the fear is growing by the reports that USA, EU and Canada are diverting huge quantity of cereals and corns for conversion into bio-fuel. Liquid bio-fuels derived from
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Bangladeshi Scholars Invented Unified Scripts to Write All the Languages of the World
Two Bangladeshi scholars, Prof. Bijon B Sarma and Dr Mira R Sarma-Parai, have jointly invented Sarma’s Unified Script (SUS) – the latest ‘unified script’- which is capable of writing all the languages of the world. None of the ‘unified scripts’
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Arsenic into the food chain: an aspect of the crisis
Arsenic in food crops:In Bangladesh, the arsenic contaminated groundwater contains mostly arsenous acid, the most toxic forms of arsenic, which have found in various crops, including rice. The concentration of arsenic in rice in some contaminated region is recorded 5.3
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BEN Celebrates World Environment Day 2010
Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), Canberra Chapter held the World Environment Day (WED) discussion on 6th June 2010 in Bangladesh High Commission Auditorium, Canberra. The discussion was attended by Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) and Environmental Activists from the Canberra’s ‘Climate Action’ and
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BOOK REVIEW Healing invisible wounds Noor by Sorayya Khan
Reviewed by Tahir Rauf “The people who say – those who go away will return – tell lies.” Waris Shah (Sufi Poet) Noor is a beautifully crafted political novel by Pakistani-Dutch writer Sorayya Khan. Khan paints the pictures of the
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Canberrabasi Opens a School in Bangladesh
The ‘Bangladesh-Canberra Friendship School’ supported by Non Resident Bangladeshi & jointly managed by Let’s Work for Bangladesh (LWFB) & Co-operation in Development, Australia (CO-ID) has opened officially in March 2010. On the first day of school 180 children were enrolled
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BEN Member Launched Gamma-ray Telescope into Space
On 16 April 2010, BEN Member Dr Dipen Bhattacharya and his research team launched a gamma-ray telescope into space from Alice Springs, Australia to look for x-ray and gamma rays coming from special objects like black holes and supernova and
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Interview on Climate Change by Ajoy Kar
Interview with Lt Gen Masud Uddin Chowdhury Interview with Saleem Ul Huq Sound files are courtesy of Bangla Radio Canberra from the program of 18th January, 2010 produced by Ajoy Kar. The full program is available at www.banglaradio.org.au RADIO INTERVIEW
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