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Robi to make a difference this Eid

Robi Axiata Limited launched an Ramadan campaign today with a difference that is sure to make Eid a little bit special for all its subscribers. The campaign with the tag line “This eid, who will you make smile?” is a natural extension of Robi’s “Smile” campaign to now put the smile on the faces of underprivileged children. Under the terms of the campaign, Robi subscribers will be asked to recharge BDT 28 or BDT 58 to their account and automatically contribute towards the purchase of new clothes for underprivileged children in the country. 5Robi subscribe...

India outrage over MP’s rape threat

There is growing outrage in India after an MP threatened to kill opposition workers and have women raped. Trinamool Congress (TMC) party MP Tapas Pal made the controversial comments warning the rival Communist party while addressing his party supporters. tapasHis wife has apologised for his remarks and his party has asked him to explain his comments within 48 hours, reports BBC. Several opposition parties and the National Commission for Women have also condemned his comments. Mr Pal made the threat weeks ago, but a video clip of his comment...

Europe to pressure Putin in talks

France and Germany yesterday looked set to ramp up pressure on Russia to stem the Ukraine conflict in frantic negotiations as the clock ticks down on a shaky truce. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were due to hold four-way telephone talks with Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin and new Kiev leader Petro Poroshenko ahead of a 1900 GMT deadline for an unsteady ceasefire to end in violence-hit eastern Ukraine, reports AFP. putinThe last-minute talks follow a two-hour conversation between the quartet on Sunday in which Merk...

Not many Bangladeshis going to India: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said she does not think that many Bangladeshis go to India, as they are doing well in the country. “Nobody has given any clear proof that there are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in India,” Khaleda said in an interview with the Indian Express on Sunday. khaleda-wb_1She was replying to a question on Narendra Modi-led Indian government’s stance on the illegal immigration in India. Terming Modi’s invitation to Saarc leaders at his oath-taking ceremony a ‘welcome initiative’, the BNP chief said “It...

ADB loans to tackle menace of river erosion

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund state-of-the-art riverbank protection measures in Bangladesh to prevent land erosion, which is destroying livelihoods and costing the economy an estimated $250 million a year. An ADB multitranche loan financing facility of $255 million will help put in place riverbank protection structures and embankments along vulnerable portions of the Jamuna, Padma, and Ganges rivers—the country’s main waterways. adb-logoLow-lying Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to floods and erosion, with u...

Maternal, child mortality reduced within decade    

Bangladesh is a classic case of a low- and middle-income country achieving the unachievable which many others failed to. It reduced its maternal mortality by 66 per cent between 1990 and 2010; the reduction was 40 per cent between 2001 and 2010 alone. These were achieved by lowering the maternal mortality rate (the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) from 574 to 194 during the period 1990 to 2010. The reduction was substantial even in a short span of eight years (1990 to 1998) — 574 to 322 per 100,000 live births. mortality...
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