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$ 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...

War based book ‘The Spectral Wound’ unfolds at JU

A book based on sexual violence, public memories, and the Bangladesh War of 1971, titled “The Spectral Wound” was unfolded at the Jahangirnagar University on Tuesday through a publishing ceremony. 169411The book is written by Dr. Nayanika Mookherjee, teacher of Anthropology Department of Durham University, UK. Marking the ceremony, the anthropology department organised a seminar while the writer of the book spoke the programme. Dr. Nayanika Mookherjee said, “During the liberation war, the thousands of women raped by the Pakistani military and their l...

Robi e-Sheba available on WhatsApp

Robi, as a customer-centric mobile phone operator, has recently introduced an innovative Robi e-Sheba service on the popular social communication platform, WhatsApp. This innovative digitized customer service channel is the first-of-its-kind initiative launched in the country. Robi eSheba @WhatsAppRobi’s tech savvy subscribers can now avail customer care & access services through this digital platform, in addition to the more conventional customer care channels. This WhatsApp service channel will be initially available to ...

Cabinet clears jute bill

The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the Jute Bill, 2016 with a provision of maximum three years’ imprisonment or maximum Tk one lakh fine or both for the violation of the law. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at secretariat with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports UNB. Briefing reporters after the meeting, cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said the proposed draft law is a modification of the jute ordinance 1962. He said a specific amount of maximum financial punishment has been incorporated in the draft law that was not specified in the original ordinance. [caption id="attachment_20187" align="alignleft" width="540"]
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