Consumerism stirs age-old beauty biases in rural Bangladesh
Most commercial products don’t reach rural communities. But now, about 7,000 women in these communities are selling products and a new consumer culture to the world’s poorest people. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the controversy surrounding commercial ideas of beauty in the conservative rural areas of Bangladesh.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: bringing cosmetics, consumerism, and a little controversy to women in rural Bangladesh.
‘Long way to go’ in reform of Bangladesh’s garment industry since factory disaster
Questions linger a year after Bangladesh’s garment factory collapse
IBBL Ctg zonal business dev confce held
Business Development Conference of Chittagong North Zone and Chittagong South Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held on Friday (July 4, 2014) at Chittagong Club.
Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank was present in the conference as Chief Guest. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank the program was attended by Md. Shamsuzzaman, Executive Vice President and head of Assets Management Division, Mohamamd Monirul Moula, head of Corporate Investment Division-II, E...
Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank was present in the conference as Chief Guest. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank the program was attended by Md. Shamsuzzaman, Executive Vice President and head of Assets Management Division, Mohamamd Monirul Moula, head of Corporate Investment Division-II, E...
Robi announces Nowshad as CCPO
Robi Axiata Limited (Robi), announced the appointment Matiul Islam Nowshad as the Chief Corporate and People Officer (CCPO) effective from 01 July 2014.
In his new role of CCPO, Nowshad will be responsible for the People and Corporate function of Robi. Prior to this role, Nowshad served as the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) of Robi from 2010.
“Nowshad has played a key role in Robi’s transformation journey since 2010. He has successfully laid down the building blocks of our guiding principles and other processes as enablers to put into motio...
In his new role of CCPO, Nowshad will be responsible for the People and Corporate function of Robi. Prior to this role, Nowshad served as the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) of Robi from 2010.
“Nowshad has played a key role in Robi’s transformation journey since 2010. He has successfully laid down the building blocks of our guiding principles and other processes as enablers to put into motio...
Bangladeshis beaten by troops in Iraq, say co-workers
Hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers have been beaten and humiliated by soldiers in Iraq after becoming dragged into their host country’s sectarian conflict, two of their colleagues said today.
Some had their beards shaved off by the mainly Shiite Muslim troops after being accused of sympathising with Sunni insurgents while one of them was stripped naked, according to the men after they returned home, AFP reports.
“They abducted the Bangladeshi cleric from our camp mosque last Thursday and when he was released on Saturday, you could see...
Some had their beards shaved off by the mainly Shiite Muslim troops after being accused of sympathising with Sunni insurgents while one of them was stripped naked, according to the men after they returned home, AFP reports.
“They abducted the Bangladeshi cleric from our camp mosque last Thursday and when he was released on Saturday, you could see...
Adilur selected for Kennedy Human Rights Award
Adilur Rahman Khan, a leading human rights lawyer from Bangladesh, has been selected as the honoree for the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, now in its 31st year. The award recognizes his courageous work uncovering the most serious human rights violations in Bangladesh and initiates a partnership to support his efforts to promote and safeguard human rights.
“From exposing the government’s role in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings to successfully campaigning for Bangladesh’s first law against torture, Adil has courageously fought to protect human rights, even in the face of grave personal danger,” said Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. “We are inspired and humbled by his work protecting peace an...
Bangladesh lacks push India’s textile exports to US up
India’s textile and garment exports to the US are up a sharp 6 per cent in the first four months of 2014, the growth being largely attributed to a dip in shipments from Bangladesh in the wake of heightened safety compliance from global buyers after last year’s tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building in Dhaka.
While a slowdown in Chinese supplies is a factor that has continued to help India as well as Vietnam in claiming the top two slots in terms of the rate of growth in shipments to the US, this has been at the cost of a perceptible dip in the export growth of Bangladesh — a very strong player in the garments segment — during the period (-0.21 per cent).
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