Girls damaged by child marriage
The Bangladesh government is yet to take sufficient steps to end child marriage, in spite of promises to do so, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Instead, in steps in the wrong direction, after her July 2014 pledge to end child marriage by 2041, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attempted to lower the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 16 years old, raising serious doubts about her commitment.
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Belkis, 15 years old, holds her one-year-ol...
Belkis, 15 years old, holds her one-year-ol...
BWCCI demands women friendly cross border trade
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) organized a national seminar today in cooperation with The Asia Foundation and South Asia Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium under the project “Promoting Women Entrepreneurship through Improving Regional Cooperation”.
The seminar was held with the presence of the Chief guest Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP, Abdul Matlub Ahmad, President of FBCCI as special guest, Hasan M Mazumdar, Country representative, The Asia Foundation as the guest of honor, Bijay Selvaraj, First Secretary, the Indian High Commission to Bangladesh, Aum Pema Choden, Ambassador of Bhutan Embassy Dhaka, Farah Farooq, Commercial Counselor, High Commission of Pakistan, Country Representative of UNHCR as distinguished guests.
Humans have more than 5 senses
It turns out, there are at least nine senses and most researchers think there are more like twenty-one or so, according to the website todayifoundout.com. Just for reference, the commonly held definition of a “sense” is “any system that consists of a group of sensory cell types that respond to a specific physical phenomenon and that corresponds to a particular group of regions within the brain where the signals are received and interpreted.
The commonly held human senses are as follows:
Sight: This technically is two senses given the two distinct types of receptors present, one for color (cones) and one for brightness (rods).
UCB inks deal with ARS-Bangladesh
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) signed an agreement on 8 June 2015 with ARS-Bangladesh (an MFI) for the purpose of Taka 70.00 Lacs to be disbursed to 10 Taka Account holders through respective MFI under refinancing scheme of Taka 200.00 crore of Bangladesh Bank.
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Senior Executives of United Commercial Bank Limited, Mr. M Shahidul...
Senior Executives of United Commercial Bank Limited, Mr. M Shahidul...
SJIBL Vatara Branch shifted
To ensure better services, the Vatara Branch of Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd (SJIBL) has been relocated at a new place as “Progati Sarani Branch” at Confidence Centre, Shahjadpur in the city. “Progati Sarani Branch” starts banking operation from 9th June 2015.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank and Former President of FBCCI Mr. A. K. Azad formally inaugurated the shifted branch as Chief Guest.
At the opening ceremony of the shifted branch, the Vice-Chairman of t...
At the opening ceremony of the shifted branch, the Vice-Chairman of t...
