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Mechanics’ meet for chemlube at Rajshahi

A get together function of motor mechanics and dealers of Chemlube Ltd – MAK Lubricants for Bangladesh was held recently at Rajshahi arranged by the Chemlube Ltd. Near about 80 Motor Mechanics and 15 local Lubricants Businessman and Dealer were participated in the occasion. Chemlube Ltd is the sole distributor of MAK Lubricants in Bangladesh, a product of Bharat 2015 10 25 Chemlube Ltd organized a Mechanics Meet at RajshahiPetroleum Corporation L...

AIBL donates ‘White Cane’

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has provided ‘White Cane’ for the aid of Blinds and Partially Sighted people due to its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). National Society of the Blind & Partially Sighted Faridpur District Branch (NSBPFB) arranged a 20151025-AIBL_CSR_Blinds_Pressprogram at Ambika Hall, Faridpur where Company Secretary of the Bank Md. Mofazzal Hossain distributed 300 white canes to the blinds and visually disables as Chief Guest. Among others, Assistant Vice President of the Bank Md....

Bangladesh imports US corn

In a historic turn of events, Bangladesh recently purchased almost 100,000 metric tons (3.9 million bushels) of U.S. corn, the largest quantity purchased by the country since 1989 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) first began recording sales. These sales are directly attributable to U.S. Grains Council (USGC) programming and educational activities to inform Bangladeshi buyers of the current market situation. The Council has been very active and engaged in Bangladesh for the past two years, including bringing a strong bd-us... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Chronic diseases hitting poorest households hard

The number of people in Bangladesh dying from chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension—long considered diseases of the wealthy because the poor didn’t tend to live long enough to develop them—increased dramatically among the nation’s poorest households over a 24-year period, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, published Oct. 13 in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that the rate of people dying from chronic conditions between 1982 and 2005 fell amon

Policy to end child marriage must in Bangladesh

Fifteen months after pledging to end child marriage in her country, Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, seems determined to lower the age of marriage in Bangladesh. In July 2015, at the Girl Summit in London, United Kingdom, Sheikh Hasina announced plans to end child marriage under 15 in Bangladesh by 2021, and to end child marriage under 18 by 2041. These commitments were very welcome given the high rate of child marriage in Bangladesh: 29 percent of girls are married by age 15, the highest rate in the world. By age 18, when they should be graduating from high school, 65 percent of girls are married. A horrifying

Bangladesh’s teenage surf girls

They lead double lives. Born into poverty in the Bangladeshi district of Cox’s Bazar, Johanara, Aisha, Shumi, Rifa, Suma, Shobe Majaraz, Mayasha and Nargis wake up early each morning to go to work hawking snacks and handcrafted jewelry on their local beach down in the southern reaches of the country, along the Bay of Bengal. They work late into the night, earning as much as they can to support their families. Shumi, 11, is the only one among this group of eight friends ranging from 10 to 13 who goes to school. She wishes to become a doctor when she grows up. But the odds are stacked against her in what, despite making significant strides in recent years to improve the position of its women [caption id="attachment_20388" align="alignleft" width="468"]
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