Prepared By:1.Beauty Khanam - 512. Sumaiya Islam- 893. md. Nazmul Hussain- 924. Lisa Hossain- 1095. Aysha Akter Sumi- 32

Significant Five Discoveries Of Last Decade In Bangladesh

Biotechnology and genetic engineering in Bangladesh The research for biotechnology in

Bangladesh started in the late 1970s. The root cause behind the initiation was the significance of agricultural sector, which had been the backbone of the national economy since the ancient times.Discover in Biotechnology:1. Jute genome2. Fungus genome3. Rice research

Jute genome

In 2008, with the funding of the government, the University of Dhaka, DataSoft IT firm and Bangladesh Jute Research Institute initiated a collaborative genome research program on jute under the leadership of Dr. Maqsudul Alam who had previously sequenced the genomes of papaya and rubber. Subsequently in 2010, the group of scientists successfully sequenced the genome of jute, through which, Bangladesh became only the second country after Malaysia, among the developing nations, to have successfully sequenced a plant genome.

Report on jute genome

Fungus genome-In 2012, the same group of scientists decoded the genome of Macrophomina phaseolina, a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus, which is responsible for causing seedling blight, root rot, and charcoal rot of more than 500 crop and non-crop species throughout the world. The sequencing took place at the laboratory of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute and was done as part of the The Basic and applied Research on Jute (BARJ) project.

Rice researchGenomes of 186 Bangladeshi rice varieties have been sequenced in Beijing Genomics Institute, China as part of a global collaborative project, opening up new opportunities for varietal developments. These include rice germplasms, high yielding varieties (HYV) and advanced lines. Germplasm is the living genetic resources such as seeds or tissue that is maintained for the purpose of animal and plant breeding, preservation and other research uses. Rice breeders and scientists are elated at the latest development of rice genomics. They believe this new understanding of rice gene pool would help them breed new generation rice varieties that are more productive, stress tolerant, less environmentally damaging and more climate-smart.

Sample seeds from among the 127,000 rice accessions stored in the International Rice Genebank at the International Rice Research Institute. Photo: Courtesy of IRRI

Oil in BangladeshBangladesh has struck its first oil, in two gas fields in the northeastern Sylhet region. This is first time that we have found economically viable oil resources, estimated at about 153 million barrels, in the two gas fields, 280km from the capital . This latest discovery has brought new hopes for Bangladesh's energy-starved economy. According to Petrobangla officials, the reserve is enough to meet the country's oil demand for two years. Annual oil demand is currently around 25 million barrels. Bangladesh imports around seven million tons of oil at a  rate worth several billion dollars, putting heavy inflationary pressure on the economy.

Wari-Bateshwar

Wari and Bateshwar are two adjacent villages in Amlabo Union under Belabo police station in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh. It is situated on an isolated bit of the Pleistocene terrace at Manohardi-Sibpur, which is detached from the Madhupur tract by the Old Brahmaputra and the Laksya rivers. Since the 40s of the last century, a large number of cultural materials of Wari-Bateshwar have been reported from surface collections and chance excavations. Systematic archaeological exploration at the site was carried out in 1998-99 season by the author and subsequently a number of excavations conducted at the site since 2000. Archaeological investigations at Wari-Bateshwar revealed that the site had been occupied from the 4th century BC onwards with occasional breaks. The present paper is the detail report of all the evidences from the archaeological record in the form of physical remains unearthed from explorations and excavations till date and analyzes them to understand the nature and behaviors of the people who produced them. This also places Wari-Bateswar in the macro-level of Indian Ocean maritime trade network during the early historic period.

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