Taranco to meet Hasina, Khaleda this evening
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 4pm at her official residence Ganobhaban and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence at 7pm on Saturday, according to PMO and BNP sources.
Taranco arrived here in Dhaka on Friday evening amid the country’s murky political situation that has cast a shadow on its January-5 general election.
Taranco reached HazratShahjalalInternationalAirport around 8:05 pm by an Emirates flight.
His visit is aimed at encouraging ‘dialogue and conditions’ conducive to parliamentary elections scheduled for January 5, said a statement issued by UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka, Neal Walker.
WB sets goal for access to health care
Ensuring greater access to affordable health care is a crucial factor in alleviating poverty and promoting economic growth, World Bank (WB) President Jim Yong Kim said Friday in announcing ambitious targets for preventing and treating chronic illnesses in developing countries.
About 100 million people are impoverished by medical expenses each year. The World Bank and World Health Organization aim by 2020 to reduce that figure by half and by 2030 to eliminate it altogether.
The consensus among many familiar with development and poverty alleviation is that providing universal health coverage is vital for economic development, said officials attending a conference in Tokyo.
Bangladesh’s tenuous links with democracy
Despite economic progress and considerable success in the improvement of a range of social indicators, consolidation of democracy in Bangladesh has remained quite elusive.
This week, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced that it would not participate in the forthcoming national elections, thereby creating a potential political deadlock. This decision to boycott the polls has come in the wake of a series of violent clashes between the BNP and the Awami League (AL) supporters, strikes and violent demonstrations. Against this backdrop, it is difficult, at this stage, to tell if this announcement was mere political grandstanding or not. Unfortunately, regardless of whether or no...Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ties up with Prime Bank
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ has signed a memorandum of understanding with Prime Bank Ltd., a leading commercial bank in Bangladesh, for the purpose of supporting foreign companies entering Bangladesh, the mega bank said on Wednesday.
Based in the capital city of Dhaka, Prime Bank the is the second-largest private commercial bank in Bangladesh and provides comprehensive financial services to corporate and retail clients at its more than 130 branches across the country.
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Based in the capital city of Dhaka, Prime Bank the is the second-largest private commercial bank in Bangladesh and provides comprehensive financial services to corporate and retail clients at its more than 130 branches across the country.
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Bangladeshi dancers to participate at INDICLAD, India
The Ranganiketan Manipur Cultural Arts Troupe and Srila Sripada Education Foundation is organizing INDICLAD International Indian Classical Dance Festival 2013 in connection with 76th VYASA Pujah festival of His Divine Holiness B..SDamodara Swami Srila Sripada on December 8 in Imphal under the theme “For peace, harmony and unity in Manipur” in a spirit to rejuvenate an interest in the traditional Indian performing art forms among the youth in Manipur and India at large, said a release from Ajit Das, chairman, organizing committee INDICLAD.
The festival will be participated by world famous Odyssey dancer Sita from France, Tamanna Rahama...
DC-10 makes last passenger flight with Biman
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate final DC-10 passenger service tomorrow. DC-10 has had checkered past, including high-profile accidents. The plane debuted in 1971 on a flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. A special “last chance” flight for enthusiasts is planned for February
Some commercial jets receive soaring fanfare when they hang up their wings.
But what sort of retirement party awaits the airline industry’s final scheduled DC-10 passenger flight? The final-flight honor goes to Bangladesh Biman Airlines, operator of the world’s last passenger DC-10 -- which the airline says will be making its final scheduled flight on December 7, on an otherwise routine flight. (The airline hasn’t said which route the plane will fly.)
