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Science & technology fair held in Gobindaganj
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GAIBANDHA, Dec 22, 2020 (BSS) – A daylong national science and technology fair-2020 was held on the premises of Dakhil Madrasha under Gobindaganj upazila town in the district on Monday amid much enthusiasm to the students, the teachers and the visitors.
Upazila administration arranged the fair under the supervision of National Museum of Science and Technology at the directive of the Ministry of Science and Technology marking the National Science and Technology Week.
The objectives of the fair are to widely spread a message about the significance of scientific applications in the daily life of the people and display all the activities, efforts and achievements in the field of science for human welfare.
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Remembering the Life and Work of Minakata Kumagusu (南方熊楠)- He is more relevant today than ever
18 December, 2020
By Avi Landau
It was in this photo, blown up as a billboard advertisement, that years ago I first encountered Kumagusu
I first encountered him way back in the year 2008 while roaming the back-roads of one of Tokyo`s trendiest neighborhoods. I remember the moment well:
There was a billboard-sized, black and white photo hanging sorely out of place above the fashion conscious streets of Harajuku. From it, a bare-chested, middle-aged man, in socks and thongs and a towel wrapped around his waist, stared out at the passersby- looking like a yakuza taking a cigarette break at some remote hot spring. But this was no gangster – it was the brilliant and eccentric Minakata Kumagusu (1867-1941), pioneer environmental activist, biologist, ethnologist, philosopher, polyglot world-traveler, compulsive scribbler and indefatigable collector of slime-mo