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Textile firms turn to technology to sort waste crisis

The world's second biggest exporter of clothes, Bangladesh, is looking to technology to gain control of the fashion industry's other major product: textile waste. Cloud-hosted software allows manufacturers to segregate, label and register waste on a digital platform and track it as it passes between factories, handlers and recyclers.
Rizvan Hasan is the country lead of Reverse Resources, a company that produces the software.
"Reverse Resources is bridging Bangladesh's waste streams with international recyc...

WHO has a women problem

Thomas Ibrahim:
Ask almost any woman, and she will have a story about being dismissed by a clinician. Conditions that primarily affect women are under-recognised; maternity care too often falls short; and women who arrive at emergency rooms with classic cardiac symptoms are, by some studies, roughly twice as likely as men to be told their distress is “just anxiety.” The pattern is not incidental. It is structural. The failures extend beyond the bedside. It is now wide...

Xi celebrates Bangladesh, China diplomatic ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday exchanged congratulatory messages on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

In his message, Xi noted that China and Bangladesh are traditional friendly neighbours with a long history of exchanges.

Over the past 50 years, since the establishment of diplomatic ties, regar...

Teachers at the heart of education recovery

Altaf Hossain Uzzal:

If a nation may be likened to a tree, then teachers are its roots—hidden deep within the soil. Though invisible to the eye, it is the roots that nourish the tree, keeping it upright and enabling it to flourish with leaves, blossoms and fruit. Teachers are no different: often unseen, yet they instil knowledge, values and wisdom into the soul of a people.

Every year on 5th October, the world obser...

Egypt to host Palestinian confce on Gaza future

A senior Hamas official said Saturday that Egypt would organise a conference for Palestinian factions to decide on the post-war future of the Gaza Strip, after the group agreed to release hostages under a US ceasefire plan.
Egypt will host an "intra-Palestinian dialogue on Palestinian unity and the future of Gaza, including the administration of the Gaza Strip", the official told AFP.
Hamas on Friday said it would release hostages held in Gaza ...

Bangladesh still on Tier 2 despite progress

Bangladesh has stepped up its fight against human trafficking, but significant challenges remain, according to a new report from the United States.

Key Recommendations

  • Expanding anti-trafficking tribunals to busy areas.

  • Giving victims in shelters more freedom of movement.

  • Improving police training, immigration officers and healthcare providers.

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