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SJIBL Dhanmondi Collection Booth inaugurated

Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd (SJIBL) has opened a new collection booth of the bank at the city’s Anwer KhanModernMedicalCollege premises on Saturday. Chairman of the bank AK Azad inaugurated the new booth at a function presided over by its managing director Farman R Chowdhury. Among others, director and former chairman of the bank Anwer Hossain Khan and Professor Doctor Fazlur Rahman, Principal of Anwer Khan Modern Medical College were present as special guests. Collectrion Both All<...

President, PM pay tributes to martyred intellectuals

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid profound tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Mausoleum at Mirpur on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day. The President placed the wreaths at 6.50 am to show his homage to the great heroes, who sacrificed their lives for the cause of the country and the nation. President Abdul Hamid was received by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Shipping and Liberation War Affairs Minister Shajahan Khan, reports BSS. Intell day

Impunity breeds violence against journos: UN rights expert

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Frank La Rue on Friday said impunity is behind the growing acts of violence against journalists across the world. “Without paying systematic attention to all attacks against the press, without ending impunity, it’s very difficult to ensure the safety of journalists,” La Rue told the Security Council during a special meeting on the protection of journalists in New York. “Most cases of violence and threats against journalists are not investigated, and those responsible are never identified, prosecuted or tried. The sense of impunity is the main cause for the recurrence of episodes of attacks against journalists around the world,” he stressed.

LC opening declines due to political turmoil

The opening and settlement of Letters of Credit (LCs) declined dramatically in the last two months of October and November. Opening of LCs against imports, generally known as import orders, decreased by 8.68 per cent to $ 2873.76 million in October from the previous month September. The amount for new LCs opening in September was $ 3147.05 million. In November LC opening also decreased by 0.89 per cent to 2,848.23 million compared to October, according to BB data. export-import‘The business houses are now reluctant to open fresh LCs ...

Canada supports ILO initiative in Bangladesh

Canada has announced its support to a joint initiative with the International Labour Organization (ILO) entitled “Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garment Sector” in Bangladesh, according to a press release from the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. “Stimulating sustainable economic growth is critical to breaking the cycle of poverty, increasing security and encouraging equality. Canada’s support for this initiative is helping to ensure that Bangladesh is better equipped to provide safe and healthy employment for its people,” said Canada’s Minister of International Development, Christian Paradis.

Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in dev plans stressed

Mainstreaming climate change into planning needs to be done at every level, not just in national plans, climate experts opined. The relevant ministries such as water management, agriculture, health and others need to mainstream climate change into their respective plans, they said. They were speaking at a discussion to reveal a study titled ‘Review of BCCSAP-2009’ at Sonargaon Hotel on Friday evening. Oxfam in Bangladesh with the assistance of a Dhaka based climate change study group conducted the study. The speakers in the discussion stressed mainstreaming the climate change adaptation in the development planning of the country to cope with the adverse impacts of global warming.
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