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July 3, 2023

Grassroots efforts to end violence against women

In Bangladesh, domestic violence against women and girls who live in slum areas is widespread. Efforts to improve the situation are difficult because of ingrained cultural norms. But a campaign by a group of non-profit organizations is trying to spark change among thousands of the country’s poor. women violenceIn a slum in Dhaka, 10 people sit in a narrow lane between small homes with tin roofs. Women with colorful shawls on their heads sit on a mat next to four men. They listen as two female health workers talk about sexually tra...

UN to honour 126 peacekeepers including 8 Bangladeshis

The United Nations (UN) will honour 126 ‘blue helmets’, including eight Bangladeshis who lost their lives the previous year while serving the cause of peace. UN peacekeepersThe commemorative activities will be held at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, 29th May and at peacekeeping operations and offices around the world. The 126 peacekeepers from police and armed forces from different countries and civilian recruits who lost their lives in 2014 while serving with the UN as a result of hostile acts, accidents an...

BB increases Exporter’s Retention Quota

Bangladesh Bank has increased the Exporter’s Retention Quota (ERQ) for the foreign exchange expense. bbA circular issued by Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) on Wednesday said the Guidelines for Foreign Exchange Transactions-2009 (GFET) permits exporters to retain specific parts of their export earnings in foreign exchange, for utilization without prior Bangladesh Bank approval for bonafide business expenses abroad including maintenance of offices abroad, import of raw materials, machineries and spares. “It has been decided to further widen this facility b...

EDU-IIUM joint collaboration

East Delta University (EDU), Chittagong and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) embarked on a new endeavour in institutional cooperation in higher education, research and innovation. edu pic 29-05Sayeed Al Noman, Founder Vice Chairman of EDU called on Prof Dr Abdel Aziz Berghout, Deputy Rector of IIUM on Thursday at IIUM campus in Malaysia. SM Abdul Quddus, Head of Centre for Human Development and Applied Social Science (CERDAS) of Malaysia, Rashed Al Karim, Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration of E...

Veet Boishakhi contest prizes distributed

The Prize Giving Ceremony for the Veet Boishakhi Shaaj Contest was held recently at Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd. Headquarters. On behalf of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Cluster, Mahbub Baset, Cluster Marketing Director, Faria Yasmin, Cluster Marketing Manager, and Neamah Islam, Veet Brand Manager, were present to give away the prizes to 10 lucky winners. RB Veet PictureSince its inception, Reckitt Benckiser’s (RB) Veet is the world’s Number 1 brand in the depilatory category, and has been long...

Undernourishment in Bangladesh static at 26m: UN

The number of undernourished people in Bangladesh hovers around 26 million in most recent years despite improvement in the state of hunger since 1990. A UN report titled “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015” has reflected on the Bangladesh situation. child birthThe report, however, observed that the number of the world’s chronically undernourished has dropped below the 800 million mark as an increasing number of countries hit their Millennium Development Goal (MDG ) targets on hunger. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisati...