BGMEA asked to form emergency fund
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday suggested Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association form an emergency fund to handle precarious situations like the Tuba Group workers’ payment crisis.
“It is my suggestion to the BGMEA to form the fund to face any emergency,” Ahmed said at a press conference at the BGMEA office following the completion of payments to Tuba Group workers, reports Star Business.
The association yesterday distributed the salaries and overtime allowances of 1,417 workers of Tuba Group on behalf of its owner Delwar Hossain. Hossain sold off his land and machineries to arrange the Tk 1.4 crore that was needed.
Yunus invited to launch social business in Italy
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, right, discusses social business with Senator Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo, at the latter's office in Sicily's capital on Thursday. Photo: Yunus Centre
The mayor of Palermo, an Italian city, has shown keen interest to set up a social business to address the problem of youth unemployment.
The willingness of Senator Leoluca Orlando on launching the business in line with the new business concept pioneered by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus was disclosed during a meeting with the Bangladeshi economist in Sicily's capital on Thursday.
Bangladesh can learn from China’s response to quake
The prompt response of the Chinese government to the strong earthquake in Yunnan Province and its effectiveness and openness were highly appreciated by Bangladesh experts and leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Mahbuba Nasreen, director of Dhaka University’s Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, said, “what was much impressive to me this time was the way China responded to the quake,” adding that Bangladesh should take some lessons from China, reports Xinhua.
She said, “They are well planned because they have ample re...
She said, “They are well planned because they have ample re...
‘Infoladies’: women who get villages connected
In rural Bangladesh, dozens of women on wheels are biking into remote villages and hooking up poverty-stricken families to the net. Thanks to ‘Infoladies’, tens of thousands of people are connecting with social media, chatting to loved ones, and getting government services.
The project is the brainchild of a local development company called D.Net and was formally launched in 2010. It grew out of a previous program that used ‘Mobile ladies’ to hook rural villages up to the wider world with mobile phones. Then along came the Infolady association: young, educated women from rural backgrounds who bike into isolated villages with a laptop, giving people the chance to get online. But that’s not the only service they provide. They also dish out advice on health – including taboo subjects li...
Gazette published on nat’l broadcast policy
The government today published a gazette on the National Broadcast Policy-2014 despite widespread criticism from different media and rights groups and political parties.
The government today published a gazette on the National Broadcast Policy-2014 despite widespread criticism from different media and rights groups and political parties.
An information ministry official confirmed it to The Daily Star.
The cabinet approved the policy on Monday keeping much scope for the government to misuse the policy in the name of maintaining standard of news, pro...
The government today published a gazette on the National Broadcast Policy-2014 despite widespread criticism from different media and rights groups and political parties.
An information ministry official confirmed it to The Daily Star.
The cabinet approved the policy on Monday keeping much scope for the government to misuse the policy in the name of maintaining standard of news, pro...
Indefinite strike called in garments factories
Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee has called an indefinite strike in the garment factories across the country starting Thursday.
The strike was called after the agitating workers were evicted from the factory at North Badda in the capital this afternoon. The law enforcers stormed the premises around 1:00 pm and lobbed tear gas canisters and charged batons on the agitating workers.
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