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Global Cotton Summit kicks off

The two-day Global Cotton Summit Bangladesh-2015, being jointly organised by the Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA) and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), will take place on 20-21 March, 2015, in Dhaka. cotton summitThe summit will be inaugurated by Mohammad Emaz Uddin Pramanik, Bangladesh’s minister of textiles and jute. There will be 13 sessions over the two-day period where eminent personalities will speak on various aspects of cotton and textile industry. Each session/panel discussion will be followed by a question and answer s...

Obama tells Iran to grasp ‘historic’ chance

US President Barack Obama told the people and leaders of Iran on Thursday that nuclear talks presented “the best opportunity in decades” for the two countries to transform long-frayed ties, but warned there was still work to do in the tortuous negotiations. obama]It came after mixed messages emerged from the talks earlier in the day in Switzerland, where US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart hailed “progress,” but a European negotiator said Tehran and the six major powers were “pretty far from a deal.” The countdown has be...

Migrant workers hurry home for MRPs

Fearing he would lose his job in Malaysia, Mohiuddind flew to Dhaka just to get a Machine Readable Passport (MRP). Mohiuddin, a plastic factory worker in the Kelantan province of Malaysia and blamed the mismanagement of new passports solely on the Bangladesh Government. He said that there are about seven lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers residing in m workersMalaysia all of whom are in need of MRPs. His job was threatened when the management told him that he must have an MRP for the extension of his work permit. Mohiuddin along with a few ...

Water for the world: Making every gallon count

For the 2.5 billion people living without access to sanitation and 748 million without safe drinking water, these challenges mean a life threatened by illness, lost income and malnourishment. As World Water Day approaches on March 22, I want to take a moment to reflect on an important advance made this year towards improving water and sanitation in developing countries: The Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act – which People collect water at a refugee camp for Muslims displaced by violence earlier this year outside Sittwe

Diet soda linked to increases in belly fat in older adults

A new study shows that drinking diet soda is directly linked to abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older. The findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, raise concerns about the safety of chronic diet soda consumption, which may increase belly fat and contribute to greater risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. cola-soft-drinkIn an effort to combat obesity, many adults try to reduce sugar intake by turning to nonnutritive or artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, sac...

PHP to manufacture Proton cars in Ctg

Sedan cars will start plying the highways in Bangladesh at the beginning of next year. PHP, an industrial conglomerate based in Chittagong, is ready to manufacture cars of this model, the first of its kind in the private sector, in the country. online car salePHP is going to establish a unit at Anwara with a capacity of manufacturing 1200 Sedan cars a year. The company is investing around Tk 4.0 billion (400 crore) for setting up the industry on 30 acres of land where several hundred workers including 50 per cent expert engineers wi...
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