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I was quite disappointed after seeing IUT's Bot because it looked very much basic,but now totally amazed by them.These guys have raw talent.BRAC said they would get 600 points easily because they used kinect and other wireless sensors but what i see here it didn't happen.Any reason why MIST got disqualified ?
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Thanks for the pictures. The campus has very beautiful architecture. The campus makes the BD citizens proud.
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bdnews24.com journalists attacked in office
Mon, May 28th, 2012 10:12 pm BdST
Dhaka, May 28 (bdnews24.com) A gang of criminals attacked the journalists of bdnews24.com in front of its Amtoli office in the city's Mohakhali, leaving several, two of them critically, injured.
The incident took place on the fifth floor of the Building-99 near the Government Ban Bhaban (Forest Building) around 9pm on Monday.
bdnews24.com Sub-Editor Newaz Mohammed Rifaat and Correspondent Salahuddin Wahid Pritom received serious injuries in their legs.
They have been rushed to the United Hospital in the city. Doctors there said the duo were "out of danger".
Criminals attacked Ruhul Amin, an employee of Bangladesh's first internet newspaper, around 8:30pm when he was staying outside of the building.
On information, the journalists from the office rushed to his aid and captured the criminal and handed him to police.
Angered at this, the local criminals, armed with sharp weapons, swooped on the journalists.
The criminals opened the shutter of ground floor and attacked the newsmen.
Rifat and Pritom were stabbed indiscriminately in the legs.
bdnews24.com/mi/skb/nir/bd/2210h
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I only wonder if this Awami dalal news site would come to it's senses after this incident.
Mon, May 28th, 2012 10:12 pm BdST
Dhaka, May 28 (bdnews24.com) A gang of criminals attacked the journalists of bdnews24.com in front of its Amtoli office in the city's Mohakhali, leaving several, two of them critically, injured.
The incident took place on the fifth floor of the Building-99 near the Government Ban Bhaban (Forest Building) around 9pm on Monday.
bdnews24.com Sub-Editor Newaz Mohammed Rifaat and Correspondent Salahuddin Wahid Pritom received serious injuries in their legs.
They have been rushed to the United Hospital in the city. Doctors there said the duo were "out of danger".
Criminals attacked Ruhul Amin, an employee of Bangladesh's first internet newspaper, around 8:30pm when he was staying outside of the building.
On information, the journalists from the office rushed to his aid and captured the criminal and handed him to police.
Angered at this, the local criminals, armed with sharp weapons, swooped on the journalists.
The criminals opened the shutter of ground floor and attacked the newsmen.
Rifat and Pritom were stabbed indiscriminately in the legs.
bdnews24.com/mi/skb/nir/bd/2210h
^^
I only wonder if this Awami dalal news site would come to it's senses after this incident.
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Locals looting antique boat
A group of local people are looting precious brass sheets from joints of the ancient boat that has recently surfaced from beneath the sandy beach of Kuakata.
The wooden boat, believed to be belonging to the first Rakhaine settlers from Arakan province in Myanmar over 200 years ago, is now attracting hundreds of visitors.
This historic boat must be protected at any cost, villagers said.
While the Department of Archaeology is yet to send any official to the spot, Dedary Alom Maksud Chowdhury, upazila executive officer of Kalapara and administrator for Kuakata municipality, has formally asked the Kuakata police to keep an eye on the wooden boat so none can dismantle it.
But residents of the area said thieves were slowly dismantling the boat by stealing the joints which were made of brass. The boat was found last Friday on the beach near the tamarisk garden during the low tide.
The boat is 72 feet long and 22.5 feet wide and only two feet of its upper portion has emerged from the sandy beach. Salim Akon, 42, of Kuakata, said a similar boat was found on the beach 25 years ago and a gang looted everything, including its timber.
Uchasi Matubbar, 70, a leader of the Rakhaine community in Kuakata, said that over 150 Rakhaine families had come to the area, fleeing atrocities in Myanmar in 1784.
"Those people on 50 boats fled the torture of Bodpaya who had defeated the king of Arakan province Thamada and had taken over power. This boat might be one of those," said Uchasi. The government must take immediate steps to protect and preserve it in a museum, he added.
Afroza Khan Mita, assistant director of the archaeology department, told The Daily Star that one from the department's Khulna office would soon go to Kuakata to assess whether or not it was a matter of ethnic antiquity.
"Meanwhile, we are asking the local authorities to protect the boat," said Mita.
The boat seems very old and is made of timber of Gorjon tree. The wooden body is covered by brass plates. Rumours have abounded in Kuakata that the plates are made of gold, spurring thieves to steal those.
Abu Bakor Siddique, additional superintendent of police in Patuakhali, said they would protect the boat until the archaeologists arrived.
According to Mostafa Majid, author of "Bangladesher Rakhaine", Rakhaine families had sailed 50 wooden boats through the treacherous sea and reached Rangabali island under Patuakhali district. They were the first settlers in the region covered at the time by thick mangrove forests and wild animals.
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Sometimes i lose faith in my own countrymen
A group of local people are looting precious brass sheets from joints of the ancient boat that has recently surfaced from beneath the sandy beach of Kuakata.
The wooden boat, believed to be belonging to the first Rakhaine settlers from Arakan province in Myanmar over 200 years ago, is now attracting hundreds of visitors.
This historic boat must be protected at any cost, villagers said.
While the Department of Archaeology is yet to send any official to the spot, Dedary Alom Maksud Chowdhury, upazila executive officer of Kalapara and administrator for Kuakata municipality, has formally asked the Kuakata police to keep an eye on the wooden boat so none can dismantle it.
But residents of the area said thieves were slowly dismantling the boat by stealing the joints which were made of brass. The boat was found last Friday on the beach near the tamarisk garden during the low tide.
The boat is 72 feet long and 22.5 feet wide and only two feet of its upper portion has emerged from the sandy beach. Salim Akon, 42, of Kuakata, said a similar boat was found on the beach 25 years ago and a gang looted everything, including its timber.
Uchasi Matubbar, 70, a leader of the Rakhaine community in Kuakata, said that over 150 Rakhaine families had come to the area, fleeing atrocities in Myanmar in 1784.
"Those people on 50 boats fled the torture of Bodpaya who had defeated the king of Arakan province Thamada and had taken over power. This boat might be one of those," said Uchasi. The government must take immediate steps to protect and preserve it in a museum, he added.
Afroza Khan Mita, assistant director of the archaeology department, told The Daily Star that one from the department's Khulna office would soon go to Kuakata to assess whether or not it was a matter of ethnic antiquity.
"Meanwhile, we are asking the local authorities to protect the boat," said Mita.
The boat seems very old and is made of timber of Gorjon tree. The wooden body is covered by brass plates. Rumours have abounded in Kuakata that the plates are made of gold, spurring thieves to steal those.
Abu Bakor Siddique, additional superintendent of police in Patuakhali, said they would protect the boat until the archaeologists arrived.
According to Mostafa Majid, author of "Bangladesher Rakhaine", Rakhaine families had sailed 50 wooden boats through the treacherous sea and reached Rangabali island under Patuakhali district. They were the first settlers in the region covered at the time by thick mangrove forests and wild animals.
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Sometimes i lose faith in my own countrymen
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Gas found in Comilla
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (apex) hit a natural gas reservoir at Srikail in Comilla yesterday, seven years after a failed attempt in the area.
Bapex Managing Director Mortuza Ahmad Faruque believes the reservoir might be medium in size but bigger than the Sangu and Semutang gas fields.
He said they had found a gas flow at the rate of 15 to 16 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) with a pressure of 1,900 pounds per square inch %r8psi) during a test run in an exploratory well in Srikail in the morning.
The Bapex chief expects the gas pressure would reach up to 2,700 psi at the well head when the field is ready for commercial production.
He said Bapex had resources almost ready to produce 25 to 30 mmcfd of gas from DecemberJanuary.
The country is now at least 500 mmcfd gas short in supply which is affecting the power generation and burner usage in homes. This discovery is considered big, but it would not solve the crisis entirely.
This is the second gas discovery in the present government's tenure. The first one, discovered last year also by Bapex, is in Sundalpur of Noakhali. The small field has been producing 10 to 12 mmcfd gas for the last few months.
The lone national exploration wing that presently produces 85 to 90 mmcfd gas from different small gas fields, tried to find gas in Srikail in 2005. But instead of gas, it found water and sand in the first exploratory well.
In 2007, Bapex conducted a seismic survey to understand the prospects better. Upon completion, it prepared a project to drill a new exploratory well. Accordingly, it started drilling a well on May 5 this year and completed the task of drilling up to 3,214 metres on June 30, in less than two months.
It started testing the well from July 12.
“We started getting gas from a depth of 3,020 metres. The gas layer is 15 metres thick. We have found another layer 2,970 metres below the ground which will be tested later,” said the Bapex MD.
Bapex will conduct a three dimensional seismic survey there in October to properly assess the size of the gas field. It will drill more wells based on the study.
“To avail this gas commercially, we will need a gas processing plant and install a three-kilometre feeder pipeline to connect the Srikail field with the nearby gas transmission system of Bakhrabad fields,” the MD said.
Since installing a processing plant is time consuming, Bapex plans to create a makeshift arrangement to process the gas through alternative means.
“We were approved of a project cost amounting to Tk 81 crore. Of this, Tk 60 crore has been spent on drilling and with the remaining funds we can easily go for an early commercial production,” Faruque said.
For Bapex, this is the most productive period. Right now, all its five drilling rigs are in operation in different locations.
“One rig is ready to start drilling in Sunetra from July 16,” he said.
Sunetra in Sunamganj-Netrakona is Bapex's biggest hope. Based on a seismic study, Bapex believes it has a gas structure with the promise of getting no less than two to three trillion cubic feet reserve.
Another rig is ready to start drilling the 17th well of the country's biggest and oldest gas field Titas. Two other rigs are now drilling in Salda and Kailastila fields.
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Its a very good news
It will help us in our development
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (apex) hit a natural gas reservoir at Srikail in Comilla yesterday, seven years after a failed attempt in the area.
Bapex Managing Director Mortuza Ahmad Faruque believes the reservoir might be medium in size but bigger than the Sangu and Semutang gas fields.
He said they had found a gas flow at the rate of 15 to 16 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) with a pressure of 1,900 pounds per square inch %r8psi) during a test run in an exploratory well in Srikail in the morning.
The Bapex chief expects the gas pressure would reach up to 2,700 psi at the well head when the field is ready for commercial production.
He said Bapex had resources almost ready to produce 25 to 30 mmcfd of gas from DecemberJanuary.
The country is now at least 500 mmcfd gas short in supply which is affecting the power generation and burner usage in homes. This discovery is considered big, but it would not solve the crisis entirely.
This is the second gas discovery in the present government's tenure. The first one, discovered last year also by Bapex, is in Sundalpur of Noakhali. The small field has been producing 10 to 12 mmcfd gas for the last few months.
The lone national exploration wing that presently produces 85 to 90 mmcfd gas from different small gas fields, tried to find gas in Srikail in 2005. But instead of gas, it found water and sand in the first exploratory well.
In 2007, Bapex conducted a seismic survey to understand the prospects better. Upon completion, it prepared a project to drill a new exploratory well. Accordingly, it started drilling a well on May 5 this year and completed the task of drilling up to 3,214 metres on June 30, in less than two months.
It started testing the well from July 12.
“We started getting gas from a depth of 3,020 metres. The gas layer is 15 metres thick. We have found another layer 2,970 metres below the ground which will be tested later,” said the Bapex MD.
Bapex will conduct a three dimensional seismic survey there in October to properly assess the size of the gas field. It will drill more wells based on the study.
“To avail this gas commercially, we will need a gas processing plant and install a three-kilometre feeder pipeline to connect the Srikail field with the nearby gas transmission system of Bakhrabad fields,” the MD said.
Since installing a processing plant is time consuming, Bapex plans to create a makeshift arrangement to process the gas through alternative means.
“We were approved of a project cost amounting to Tk 81 crore. Of this, Tk 60 crore has been spent on drilling and with the remaining funds we can easily go for an early commercial production,” Faruque said.
For Bapex, this is the most productive period. Right now, all its five drilling rigs are in operation in different locations.
“One rig is ready to start drilling in Sunetra from July 16,” he said.
Sunetra in Sunamganj-Netrakona is Bapex's biggest hope. Based on a seismic study, Bapex believes it has a gas structure with the promise of getting no less than two to three trillion cubic feet reserve.
Another rig is ready to start drilling the 17th well of the country's biggest and oldest gas field Titas. Two other rigs are now drilling in Salda and Kailastila fields.
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Its a very good news
It will help us in our development
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Bangladesh taken out of unsafe civil aviation list
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has cleared Bangladesh off the list of countries having unsafe civil aviation system after keeping blacklisted for the last three years.
Bangladeshi aviation industry is now expecting a boost in business, as due to being on the significant safety concern (SSC) list local airlines did not get approval to operate flights on international routes for the last three years. Now these companies will get permission to fly on new international routes.
In addition, Bangladeshi aircrafts are likely to overcome restrictions imposed by several European countries to land and take-off at their airports.
This is also a step forward for the country to resume Dhaka-New York flights, as the SSC listing was a major obstacle in this regard.
This will also help Bangladesh be upgraded Category-1 from the existing status of Category 2. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2006 demoted Bangladesh to Category 2.
“We have received a letter from the ICAO sent on July 19 saying that Bangladesh has been cleared off the list of SSC countries,” said Wing Commander S M Nazmul Anam, director of flight safety and regulation of CAAB.
“We have been able to satisfy the ICAO with an all-out effort to comply with their instructions to ensure safety in flight operations,” said Anam. Citing the letter he said, "The collective actions of Caab in addressing and resolving the safety threats were found satisfactory."
Bangladesh had been on the list of SSC countries, which is considered as ‘blacklist’ in aviation industry, since May 2009 when the country failed in an inspection.
Bangladesh taken out of unsafe civil aviation list
Phew!
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has cleared Bangladesh off the list of countries having unsafe civil aviation system after keeping blacklisted for the last three years.
Bangladeshi aviation industry is now expecting a boost in business, as due to being on the significant safety concern (SSC) list local airlines did not get approval to operate flights on international routes for the last three years. Now these companies will get permission to fly on new international routes.
In addition, Bangladeshi aircrafts are likely to overcome restrictions imposed by several European countries to land and take-off at their airports.
This is also a step forward for the country to resume Dhaka-New York flights, as the SSC listing was a major obstacle in this regard.
This will also help Bangladesh be upgraded Category-1 from the existing status of Category 2. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2006 demoted Bangladesh to Category 2.
“We have received a letter from the ICAO sent on July 19 saying that Bangladesh has been cleared off the list of SSC countries,” said Wing Commander S M Nazmul Anam, director of flight safety and regulation of CAAB.
“We have been able to satisfy the ICAO with an all-out effort to comply with their instructions to ensure safety in flight operations,” said Anam. Citing the letter he said, "The collective actions of Caab in addressing and resolving the safety threats were found satisfactory."
Bangladesh had been on the list of SSC countries, which is considered as ‘blacklist’ in aviation industry, since May 2009 when the country failed in an inspection.
Bangladesh taken out of unsafe civil aviation list
Phew!
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BELA chief Rizwana wins Magsaysay
Dhaka, Jul 25 (bdnews24.com)—Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association's (BELA) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan has won Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012 for her campaign for environment justice.
"She is being recognized for her uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people's right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life," the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation announced on its official website.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus had also won the accolade.
Six individuals from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan will receive the prize, Asia's highest honour and widely regarded as the region's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
The six 2012 Magsaysay awardees join 290 other laureates who have received Asia's highest honor to date.
They will be formally conferred the Magsaysay Award during Presentation Ceremonies to be held on Aug 31 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
Established in 1957, it celebrates the memory and leadership example of the third Philippine President, and is given every year to individuals or organizations in Asia who manifest the same sense of selfless service that ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader.
For her contribution in environmental campaign, Rizwana earlier won 'Environment Award' of the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2007 and international 'Goldman Award' in 2009.
US-based Time magazine in 2009 branded her an 'Environmental Hero'.
Born in 1968, Rizwana obtained her law degree from Dhaka University and joined BELA in 1993.
BELA chief Rizwana wins Magsaysay | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
