This included 8,405 braille books for 983 visually impaired students and 149,000 books in five ethnic languages for 58,255 students. Those receiving the free books included 43.7 million students of pre-primary, primary, and secondary levels. Their arrival has pushed the total number of such illegal migrant refugees from Myanmar to over one million. The total number of voters who are expected to vote in one day is more than the total number of voters in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Ireland, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Malta, Bhutan, and Maldives. We have challenges ahead of us, but the glass is no longer half empty.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 04, 2018 05:26 UTC