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July 3, 2023

Iranian ‘Hush, Girls Don’t Scream’ gets Fiji award

Iranian filmmaker Pouran Derakhshandeh’s Hush, Girls Don’t Scream has garnered two top awards at the 2015 Fiji International Film Festival. The festival granted its Best Film Award to Derakhshandeh and its Best Actress Award to Tannaz Tabatabaei for the 2013 cinematic production. [caption id="attachment_16013" align="alignright" width="650"]Hush Girl A scene from ‘Hush, Girls Don’t Scream’ by Iranian filmmaker Pouran Derakhshandeh[/caption] The social drama tells the story of abused children and their negligent families who fail to meet the emotional nee...

Project to dovetail textiles value chains of India, Bangladesh

A workshop on “Promotion of Regional Value Chain of Textiles within SAARC Countries” was organised by FISME in Dhaka recently. The workshop was conducted by FISME jointly with the SME Foundation of Bangladesh, an autonomous organisation of the Government of Bangladesh, engaged in development of MSME sector.
  The workshop was presided by Syed Md Ihsanul Karim, Managing Director, SME Foundation. International experts on Textiles value chains made presentations at the giz-16-5-2015

Malaysia, Bangladesh to discuss migrant crisis

Foreign ministers from Malaysia and Bangladesh are to hold talks over a migrant crisis facing the two countries ahead of a summit on the issue. Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman is to meet his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali on Sunday in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s Sabah State in northwestern Borneo (Kalimantan). [caption id="attachment_16005" align="alignleft" width="300"]migrnt crisis Indonesian immigration personnel document a group of rescued migrants from Bangladesh at the confinement area at the Port ...

Bangladesh working towards credit upgrade: Governor

Bangladesh’s central bank governor said on Saturday the economy remained stable despite months of political unrest that has killed 120 people and slashed domestic output, and it was working towards a credit upgrade from Standard & Poor’s. Talking to Reuters on the sidelines of an international conference on the economy, Atiur Rahman said the bank’s proactive approach to promote economic stability dr. atiurduring three months of turmoil helped Bangladesh to keep its stable credit outlook. “Despite more than three months long political u...

Workshop on urban climate resilience held in city

Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh organized a National Level Round Table Discussion and Workshop on Urban Climate Resilience on Sunday 17 May 2015 at 10.30 am at Azimur Rahman Conference Hall, the Daily Star Bhaban, Farmgate, Mr. Engineer Khondker Fowze Muhammed Bin Farid, Director, Urban Development Directorate (UDD), Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh attend the event as special guest. The event was presided over by the National Director of the Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh, John Armstrong.