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At least nine UK universities want to set up campuses in Bangladesh to provide higher education of international standard. Besides, 10 to 15 major British companies may invest in Bangladesh, mostly in financial, IT and healthcare sectors. British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Robert Chatterton Dickson, said this to journalists at the UK High Commission today, a day after

49er Olympic Qualifier in Lanzarote Brought Forward By Two Days 16th February 2021 Howths Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove racing in Januarys Portugal Grand Prix Credit: Joao Costa Ferriera Irelands 49er skiffs that will face a final battle for Tokyo Olympic qualification will race two days earlier than scheduled at the Lanzarote International Regatta. Ireland will know if either team has been successful in securing a mens skiff team for the 2021 Olympics by March 26th. The change in date fo...

UK and Bangladesh agree to develop future trade partnership Star Digital Report Star Digital Report The UK and Bangladesh today agreed to develop a future trade partnership that will increase mutual prosperity and further Bangladeshs economic development as it graduates from least developed country status. In the first ever UK-Bangladesh Trade and Investment Dialogue at the Ministry of Commerce today, both countries agreed to improve trading relations...

Ireland has to be the top of the unqualified European nations to win the remaining slot.

5th February 2021 At the double. Anthony OLeary of Crosshaven and Annalise Murphy of Dun Laoghaire are the only contenders to be Afloat.ie "Sailors of the Year" twice – himself in 2010 and 2014, and herself in 2012 and 2016 Credit: Robert Bateman and IOC In these long-lived times, a Silver Jubilee is not what it used to be in an era when Golden Jubilees, Centenaries, Tricentenaries and whatever youre having yourself are cascading around us in an almost continuous nostalgia-fest. Nevertheless...

Irish Sailor of the Year The Figaro Solo was arguably the peak in sailing competition – both inshore and offshore – in Europe during 2020. In a truncated and contorted season, somehow the crème de la creme of international solo sailing were guided into a… Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has been named Afloat Irish Sailor of the Year for 2020 in recognition of his fifth overall and best ever Irish result in the years La Solitaire du Figaro Race, amid another landmark 12 months… Tonight f...

The Irish Government provides funding to Irish Sailing. These funds are exclusively for the benefit of the Performance Pathway. However, this falls short of the amount required to fund the Performance Pathway in order to allow Ireland compete at the highest level. As a result the Performance Pathway programme currently receives around €850,000 per annum from Sport Ireland and €150,000 from sponsorship. A further €2 million per annum is needed to have a major impact at the highest level. T...

  Staff Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 18 Jan 2021 02:39 AM BdST Updated: 18 Jan 2021 02:39 AM BdST LGRD Minister Tazul Islam has threatened to dissolve the local government councils if they fail to pay their employees with their own funds for 12 months. "); } Speaking at a national dialogue in Dhaka on Sunday on improving the marginal people’s standard of living, he said the city corporations and municipalities are run by separate law that stipulates they must run on their own f...

As Irish 49ers Eye Last Chance for Tokyo, 2021 49er Europeans are Confirmed for Greece 12th January 2021 Ryan Seaton and Seafra Guilfoyle start a 49er race at the 2020 European Championships in Austria As Irelands two 49er campaigns prepare for their last chance to win an Olympic berth in Tokyo, details of the final major championship of the 2020 Quadrennial have been announced in Greece. After four years of campaigning, minds have been focussed in the Irish camp with the news that the 49er�...

Kearns selected to lead New Concord Village Council Staff Report NEW CONCORD -- In its first meeting of the new year, New Concord Village elected councilmember Kristi (KJ) Kearns as president of council. Council voted between Kearns and longtime council president Robert Dickson at Mondays meeting. Kearns, however, received four votes to Dicksons two. The role of president of council will be to act in place of the mayor at council meetings when the mayor is absent. "Ill certainly work hard and d...