The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA) is accepting applications for the academic year 2023-24. The US Department of State exchange programme provides scholarships for Bangladeshi secondary-level teachers of English, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), mathematics, science, and social studies, including special education teachers in those subjects. Participants will receive scholarships to participate in a six-week non-degree professional development programme in the US. This programme will take place in January 2023 or September 2023. Participants will get the opportunity to take part in academic seminars for professional development and to observe and share their expertise with teachers and students at host universities and at local secondary schools.  The Fulbright TEA will consist of general academic seminars focusing on new teaching methodologies, student-centred learning, content-based instruction, lesson planning, and instructional technology training for teachers. Intensive English language instruction will be offered to teachers who need additional practice. Also, the programme will include a practicum of at least 40 hours with a US partner teacher in a secondary school near the host university to actively engage participants in the US classroom environment. Read more: Fresh primary scholarship results published after technical glitch Cultural enrichment, mentoring, and support will be provided to participants throughout the programme, which will provide participants with practical resources they can use in their teaching, as well as skills to train trainers. The eligible participants need to have a minimum of five years of experience in full-time teaching by the start of the programme. They are also required to have excellent oral and written English language skills, to engage in postgraduate level coursework, familiarity with using Microsoft Office suite platforms such as Microsoft Word and Excel, and to be Bangladeshi citizens currently residing in Bangladesh.  The application window will remain open till 11:59pm EST Washington DC time April 10, 2023.

Mobile financial services (MFS) provider Nagad has won the Commward: Excellence in Creative Communication Award 2022, an initiative of the Bangladesh Brand Forum. The MFS received the honour in five categories for its "innovative and creative" communication campaigns, according to a media statement. In the 11th edition of the Commward Awards this year, the finest advertising and communication campaigns were recognised in four ranks: bronze, silver, gold, and grand prix under 26 categories. From more than 1,331 nominations, 193 organisations were selected as the winners. Nagad won silver in public relations, bronze in copywriting, bronze in music or jingle, bronze in film craft, and bronze in art direction categories. Brand Forum, in cooperation with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and The Daily Star, organised the 11th edition of the Commward: Excellence in Creative Communication Award. The Communication Summit 2022 and Commward: Excellence in Creative Communication Award were held at a city hotel in Dhaka Saturday. Over 700 communication and marketing enthusiasts joined the event. Read: Nagad, Swisscontact team up to enhance financial inclusion of RMG workers Indraneel Chattopadhyay, director of brand and creative communication, Muhammad Solaiman, director of public affairs, Kingshuk Haque, director of customer management and experience, and Muhammad Zahidul Islam, head of public communication, of Nagad received the awards. Indraneel said, "Nagad has captivated the hearts of millions of people in just three years. This is because we speak their language and understand the worth of their hard-earned money."   "We have been able to develop a soul connection with the people of Bangladesh through our services and numerous innovative concepts."

Kazan (Russia), Sept 14 (UNB) - Leading members of the architectural community from around the world highly praised Bangladesh for its excellence in architecture as six winning projects of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) received their awards formally at a ceremony held at Musa Jalil State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre here on Friday.