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Three South Asian women selected for International Women of Courage Award 2015
Three South Asian women have been selected for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award for the year 2015 by the United States. They are Captain Niloofar Rahmani from Afghanistan Air Force. Nadia Sharmeen– Journalist and women’s rights activist from ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
International Mother Language Day is being observed across the world on 21 February
International Mother Language Day (Bhasha Divas) is observed across the world, on 21 February every year. 2015 Theme: “Inclusion in and through education: Language counts”. The year 2015 is the 15th anniversary of International Mother Language Day. Objective: To promote ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Justice S K Sinha becomes first Hindu Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. With this appointment, he has become the first Hindu to hold highest judicial post in the Muslim-majority country. He will succeed incumbent Chief Justice Md Muzammel ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Bangladesh oil spill disaster threatens wildlife in Sundarbans forest
Bangladesh’s oil spill disaster is considered as ecological catastrophe which may threaten rare dolphins, other wildlife species and world’s largest mangrove forests in the Sundrban’s. Oil spill disaster: The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres of furnace oil partly sank in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Trial run of Guwahati-Dhaka bus service flagged off from Guwahati
The trial run of Guwahati-Dhaka bus service was flagged off from the Inter State Bus Terminus in Guwahati. This trail will be monitored by joint team of India and Bangladesh consisting of seven-member Bangladesh delegation including Joint Secretary of Home ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Bangladesh and Bhutan sign agreements on trade and land allocation
Bangladesh and Bhutan have signed two agreements. The two signed agreements are Agreement on Trade: It will allow the two neighbouring countries to enjoy duty-free export of 90 items to each other. Earlier, Bhutan enjoyed duty-free export of 74 items ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Bamiyan finalized as SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16, Dhaka for 2016-17
Bamiyan in Afghanistan is best known for two 6th century colossal statues of Buddhas , belonging to ancient Gandhara School of Art. These colossal buddha images were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. In September 2014, Bamiyan has been given the ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Nalanda University in Bihar reopens after 800 years
Approximately 800 years after the ancient education institution was ruined, on September 1, 2014, Nalanda University (also known as University of Nalanda), in Bihar’s Rajgir district, commenced its first academic session. Nalanda is a Central University in Rajgir, about 55 ..