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EU approves EUR 118m grants for Bangladesh

Grants worth EUR 118 million (11 Crore 80 Lac Taka) has been announced by the European Union for Bangladesh. The grants have been allocated for for Civil Society Participation in Decision Making, Food and Nutrition Security, and Skills Development. Three programs have been adopted under the grants which are Platforms for Dialogue Project – Strengthening Inclusion and Participation in Decision Making and Accountability Mechanisms euin Bangladesh, Food and Nutrition Security program for Bangladesh 2015 and Skills 21 – Empowering citizens for inclusive and sustaina...

Teachers’ honour above everything: PM

Prime minister Sheikh HasinaPrime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday showered praises on teachers saying their dignity is above everything as there is no way to compare teachers with others. "Respected teachers are the conscience of society, the honour of teachers are always above everything...there's no way to compare them with others...teachers are always teachers," she said, reports UNB. Hasina1The premier said this while addressing the prime minister gold medal award distribution ceremony at her office. University grants commission (UGC) organ...

Female workers ‘can be accompanied by male relatives’ to KSA

Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Nurul Islam on Wednesday said female workers employed in Saudi Arabia can be accompanied by one of their close male relatives with the men working under ‘domestic service’ category. The minister said this while speaking at a press conference at the Expatriates’ Welfare Building in Dhaka. maids from BDHe also said the issue will be discussed in the upcoming joint working committee meeting between the two countries. The minister said he already had a discussion over this with his Saudi...

$ 16b earning from exports in H1 2015

Bangladesh’s total exports in the first half of the current fiscal (July 2015-June 2016) exceeded $16 billion—up eight percent from the same period a year ago, official data showed on Tuesday. Bangladesh fetched $16,083.90 billion from exports in six months of the current fiscal year, Xinhua cited Import_Export_0-450x252Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data as showing. The EPB data showed export performance for December was $3.20 billion, 12.66 percent higher than that in the same month a year ago. Bangladesh export inc...

Lipid-based supplement to improve infant health

Fortified, lipid- or fat-based nutritional supplements provided during pregnancy to women in Bangladesh reduced stunting, abnormally low weight and small head size in babies born to these women, reports a team of University of California, Davis, researchers who led the international project. The lipid-based supplement was more effective in promoting healthy birth outcomes for infants than just iron and folic acid prenatal supplements, commonly recommended for pregnant women. Findings from the study, which tracked the health of more than 3,000 participating women and their infants,

Bangladesh transforms despite its vicious politics

Bangladesh’s social, economic and political development is one of the great success stories of the past 25 years. But today it is Bangladesh’s politically dysfunctional ‘battling begums’ — Sheikh Hasina of the ruling Awami League (AL) and Khaleda Zia of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) — that hold the country back. n overview of a floating vegetable market for the poor people besides the rail tracks close to the station during the country wide strike at Mohakhali in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1 January 2015 (Photo: AAP)Bangladesh has emerged from military rule as a fledgling democracy struggling to build essential economic and political institutions. It has made great strides in drawing children into schools, improving gender equality, boosting maternal and child health, and red...
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