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National Vitamin A-plus Campaign kicks off

The rate of night blindness disease has been decreased to .04 per cent from 3.76 per cent in the country, as the government involved feeding Vitamin ‘A’ capsules to children across the country. The country will observe the National Vitamin A-plus Campaign tomorrow (Saturday) to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality and strengthen immunity. vitamin AIn a message, President M Abdul Hamid today hailed the Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN) for taking initiative to administer Vitamin ...

Country to generate electricity from human waste

After producing biogas from animal wastes and of late electricity, Bangladesh has now embarked on a plan to generate power through effective management of human waste, making a significant milestone in sanitation in South Asia. Development partners came up with financial support for the venture to supplement the government effort in managing people sludge and reuse it for producing biogas and electricity production. human wasteA pilot project with the financial support of Taka 31 crore f...

Training centre in each upazila to facilitate manpower export

The government has taken up a plan to set up at least one training centre in each upazila of the country as it puts more emphasis on creating skilled manpower as this force proved more dependable in bringing foreign exchange compared to other exporting items. The Awami League-led government has also fixed a target of sending 37 lakh manpower abroad during its current tenure as against 24.51 lakh manpower in its previous tenure. manpower Considering the high demand of skilled manpower around the globe...

Budget to be 3-time bigger under current regime: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the size of the national budget will be increased by three times during the present tenure compared to that during the last BNP-led alliance government. MuhithSpeaking at a discussion after laying the foundation stone of an academic building of PathantulaGovtPrimary School, the Finance Minister said the government is now standing on a much firmer ground compared to the past, UNB reported. Muhith said people’s fundamental rights had been established during the ru...

Bangladesh not to follow Japanese law constructing Chancery Complex

Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee has turned down a proposal of the Foreign Ministry to follow Japanese law in appointing contractor for the construction Bangladesh Chancery Complex in Tokyo. Rather, the Cabinet body asked the Foreign Ministry to go for direct procurement process under the purview of Bangladesh public procurement law (PPA) 2006. bangladesh-tokyoIn its proposal, the Foreign Ministry sought the waiver from following the Bangladesh law and instead following the Japanese law in th...

Huawei releases 2013 annual report

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, yesterday released its audited 2013 financial results, delivering record sales revenues and net profit. Huawei's financial performance was strong across all business areas in 2013, achieving steady growth and sales revenues of CNY239 billion, up 8.5% year-on-year (11.6% YOY growth in USD), and net profit of CNY21 billion. huawei-logo "Thanks to the favorable global macroeconomic and industry environment, a...
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