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Former Avon CEO to run Grameen America

The former head of Avon is now leading Grameen America, a group that provides small loans to poor women entrepreneurs in the U.S. Andrea Jung was CEO of the beauty products company from 1999 through April 2012 and served as chairman through the end of that year. Considered one of the most powerful women in business, she came under fire for failing to stem Avon's sales declines and left amid an overseas bribery investigation. avon ceoBut as head of Avon, she pushed a message of female self-empowerme...

BRAC USA initiates Bangladesh humanitarian fund

The North American branch of Bangladesh-based nongovernmental antipoverty organization BRAC, formerly the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee — has launched a multi-year fundraising initiative to ensure continued progress on humanitarian aid and support for workers in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry. The initiative comes nearly one year after the RanaPlaza building collapse on April 24, 2013, which claimed the lives of more than 1,100 Bangladeshi garment workers. brac The Bangladesh Humanitarian Fun...

Democracywatch organizes day-long youth festival

Democracywatch on Friday organized a day-long youth festival named Connecting Youth for Nation Building (CYNB) to support the network of youth groups working for a better future at its premises in the capital. This follow-up event spins off as a se     quell of 2013’s ‘Role of Constitution in NationBuilding’ (RCNB) training program commenced on 1st September, 2011 under the endorsement of Democracywatch and American Centre, Bangladesh. demoThe RCNB program sustained during January - September in 2013. The event has spawned the buzzards of its re...

Women’s unpaid work equivalent to 10.75pc of GDP

The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, revealed. Unnayan-OnneshanThe organisation found this in their nation-wide survey based estimate of women domestic work in Bangladesh, first of its kind in the country and released in connection with the International Women’s Day, reports UNB. They revealed that the total unpaid work per year might be equivalent to T...

Human sludge management lack foils sanitation success

Experts at a dissemination workshop here recently presumed inadequate human sludge management system in Bangladesh would undermine the success of open defecation reduction, which was possible due to significant investment for improving sanitation during past two decades. They said maximum human sludge is being plunged into water without safe emptying, transportation, dumping, treatment and disposal mechanism in the country that might pose threat for national health security. 2WaterAid Bangladesh, ...

Lions Dilkusha Green distributes blankets in city

Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green under Lions Clubs International, District 315 A1, Bangladesh distributed blankets among the poor cold stricken people. DSC_0239District Chairperson and Charter President of Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green Ln. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman handed over blankets among the cold stricken people. Club Secretary Ln. Qamar Uddin Ahmed, 1st Vice-President Ln. Hasan Mahmud, 2nd Vice-President Ln. Shafiqul Alam, Joint Secretary Ln. Muhammad Masud Rana, Director Ln. Kazi imtiaz Ud...
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