Database for expatriates, returned workers soon: Nurul Islam
BSS, Dhaka Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam, B.Sc, on Thursday said that along with building a skilled manpower, union-based database for expatriates and returned overseas workers would be created soon. The minister said this while speaking at a view exchange meeting after he paid a visit to Technical Training Centre in Comilla…
Addressing dietary inequities in Canada
Eurek Alert: To address the root causes of poor diets, improve nutrition and reduce dietary inequities in Canada requires a broad approach, combining nutrition and social policies, argues an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180938. Dietary inequities refer to differences in diet quality between people of lower and higher socioeconomic status. For example,…
Hasina launches polls campaign from Bangabandhu shrine
Hossen Sohel of DOT Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday offered wreaths at Bangabandhu shrine to mark the launching of polls campaign for her party, reports BSS. The premier reached Tungipara by road at 2.10 pm and went straight to the shrine of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman where…
Report on Road Transport Bill placed before JS
Kabir Humayun: A parliamentary committee yesterday placed its report before the parliament on the much-talked about proposed Road Transport Act, 2018. Ekabbor Hossain, chief of the parliamentary body, placed the report before the Jatiya Sangsad without any major changes in the bill, reports The Daily Star. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road, Transport and Bridges…
Coal scam ACC quizzes 8 more Petrobangla officials
Kabir Humayun: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has grilled eight more officials of Petrobangla over Barapukuria coal scam yesterday. ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya told Banglanews that ACC Deputy Director and Investigation Officer Shamsul Alam quizzed the officials. The eight officials who appeared before the ACC office in Segunbagicha are: Petrobangla Deputy Manager (coal handling…
Show ‘solidarity’ with Rohingyas, UNHCR to Asia-Pacific leaders
M Humayun Kabir: Filippo Grandi, head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has urged the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for 700,000 Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. “I urge you to consider what support your Governments could pledge in solidarity with Bangladesh until solutions…
Garment Accessories & Packaging Expo starts Jan 17
UNB: The 10th edition of Garment Accessories and Packaging Expo-2019 (GAPEXPO) is scheduled to kick off from January 17 in the capital. The four-day exposition will be held at the International Convention City, Bashundhara. It is being jointly organised by Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGAPMEA), ASK Trade and Exhibition Private…
How feminism can help men
Jessica Valenti/Gulf News One of the many political ironies of our time is that feminism’s most powerful cultural moment has coincided with the rise of extreme misogyny. While women protest, run for office and embrace the movement for gender equality in record numbers, a generation of young, mostly white men are being radicalised into believing…