Begum Shaheen Siddique, wife of defence adviser to the Prime Minister, handing over Tk 1.45 million as donation to Begum Syeda Sharifa Mubeen, wife of Chief of Army Staff and patron of Proyash.

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The trustees of Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) in their 6th annual meeting recently have decided to build a 'Noazesh Knowledge Centre' this year, reports UNB.
Dr Noazesh Ahmed, an eminent naturalist and photographer who died on November 24, 2009 was the WTB's founder vice-chairman.
The Knowledge Centre will be first data bank on the status, distribution and history of the country's natural resources. It will be situated at WTB's Cosmos Centre office at Malibagh in the city.
It will be opened to the researchers, educators and students soon.
"Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh has already developed a data bank on Bengal Tiger and a few other species. It will eventually collate primary and secondary data on different threatened species and landscape of the country," said chairman of WTB Enayetuallah Khan.
"In 2009, WTB assisted Bangladesh government to develop country's first tiger action Plan for the next eight years," he added.
WTB members re-elected Enayetullah Khan as its chairman.