Education Minister calls for practising Arts and Aesthetics along with Science

"Only practising science is not adequate for the development of students but aesthetics should also be added to the education system. Now we often get to know that learning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is important. These are not enough alone and so it should include Arts and Aesthetics,” said Minister of Education, Dr Dipu Moni at an event at Jahangirnagar University (JU).

“The whole thing should be turned from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to STEAM ((Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Aesthetics and Mathematics). Because once a philosopher said that mathematics is beauty. And in order to understand this beauty, practising aesthetics is also important.”

150 educational institutions participated in the Olympiad. In the event, awards were given to 30 students from different schools and colleges in five categories for each class. 

Leading the way for logistics-tech startups in Bangladesh

After beginning operations in February 2016, the company currently has the nation's widest cash-on-delivery coverage and handles the biggest volume. The founders and senior management of Paperfly have a track record of success in the nation's top corporations and have joined forces to transform the local logistics industry. Paperfly provides doorstep delivery, warehousing, intelligent return management, and cash collection facilities for its online retailers. The startup operates in 100 delivery locations around the nation with more than 1,000 employees.
Humaira Afreen interviewed Shahriar Hasan, founder and CEO of Papefly, to learn about their entrepreneurial journey, Tk 1.0 billion investment from Indian Ecom Express, and strategies that led to building a leading startup in this country.
Question (Q): What was the inspiration behind establishing Paperfly?

Govt sets Tk 78,990 max migration cost in Bangladesh for workers going to Malaysia

The government has set Tk 78,990 as maximum migration cost at Bangladesh end that a worker will have to bear to secure employment in Malaysia.

Migration cost incurred at the Malaysia end will be borne by employer as per the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in December last year.

Manpower export hits new high

Bangladesh's manpower export hit a new high in the past fiscal on post-pandemic rebound of the overseas job market as nearly a million found employment abroad following good demand for Bangladeshi workers.

Sources painted such a sound picture of the country's wage-earner sector-a main source of its foreign-exchange reserves-as data available with the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) showed a total of 988,112 workers having gone abroad in the fiscal year (FY) 2021-22.