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Yunus Meets President of Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella

On May 11, 2024, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus had an audience with the President of Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Presidential Palace along with his fellow Nobel Peace Prizes Laureates from the World Human Fraternity. They discussed the outlines of the Peace Declaration formulated at the Peace Round Table earlier along with other global challenges facing humanity today.

May142024 by No Comments

Yunus Meets Pope and Co-Chairs World Summit on Human Fraternity

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Thirty Nobel Peace Prize winners, scientists, economists, mayors, doctors, managers, workers, sports champions and ordinary citizens gathered on May 10-11 for the second World Meeting on Human Fraternity, a conference held in Vatican City to discuss ways of promoting human fraternity in the environment, education, business, agriculture, media and health. Two key sessions were co-chaired by Nobel Peace Laureates Prof Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh and Dr. Rigoberta Menchù Tum from Guatemala. Opening the round table discussion, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said that when people disrespect peace and wage war, "they set themselves in a direction opposed to creation and, by killing their fellow human beings, they not only assault the dignity of others but their own as ...

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‘Natura Care’ started journey with Promise of Purity

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Ensuring the promise of purity in the case of cosmetics is quite difficult in our country. 'Natura Care' has entered the fray with hundred percent assurance of purity; with the promise of Unconquerable, Impassable, Invincible to introduce you to the world of natural wellness. Unsafe makeup can take away real beauty! Most cosmetic products are made of chemicals. But the ingredients of each product of the 'Natura Care' brand are 100% tested natural. Which will ensure natural wellness, beauty and purity. Recently the brand was unveiled at a grand function held at the CCULB Resort and Convention Hall in Kaliganj. At that time, Managing Director (MD) Asif Wahab Khan, CEO Mohammed Nazim Uddin, Head of Business Strategy Aditya Shome, Head of Marketing Shams Arifeen Auvi, Head of Sales Md. Imti...

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Emphasis should be placed on protecting family values: Land Minister

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Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda said, we have to emphasize on protecting family values.Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda said this while speaking as the chief guest at the "Ratnagarbha Ma Samman Smarana 2024" (Mothers of Talents Honor Award 2024) organized by Uttara Public Library at Uttara Ladies Club Hall on Sunday afternoon on the occasion of World Mother's Day.Mentioning that the parents of the established children are also seen living in old age homes, the land minister said, "This is contradictory to our tradition. Now the importance of joint families is also being talked about in Western countries."Mentioning that today's youths, who are also the parents of children or adolescents, will be elderly in the future, the Land Minister urged them, the way you want resp...

May122024 by No Comments

Remove unfair clauses for equal opportunity in public procurement

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The government should remove discriminatory tax structure for the local companies to ensure level playing field for all domestic and foreign firms in the public procurement process, said speakers at seminar on 12 May, Sunday. They came up with the observations at the seminar titled “Public Procurement Act-Challenges and Opportunities’ organized by International Business Forum of Bangladesh at its conference room in city.Speaking as chief guest, State Minister for Planning Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker said the current government has introduced electronic government procurement to ensure transparency at the very primary level of procurement. “E-gp has turned the procurement process 180 degree,” he said adding that there are more ways to go in terms of transparency and accountability. The stat...

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Letter to 296 MPs for tobacco tax and price increase in the budget

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Kazi Rafiqul Alam, President of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), has recently written a request letter to 296 MPs to take a role in formulating and implementing a strong tobacco tariff policy for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal year budget to increase the price of all tobacco products including cigarettes and to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh 2040 as announced by the Hon'ble Prime Minister.In a letter addressed to each Member of Parliament separately, Kazi Rafiqul Alam said, "Since 2009, the current government has carried out massive socio-economic development, as well as tobacco control activities, has been strengthened." Tobacco use has decreased by 18.5 percent in 2017 (relative reduction) as compared to 2009. Although this reduction in tobacco use in a short period is a sign of the govern...

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565 public transport drivers trained by DAM and BRTA jointly

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With the aim of proper implementation of the Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products (Control) Act (Amendment-2013) initiative of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority-BRTA and Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Health Sector training has been provided to 565 public transport drivers at the Zoar Sahara BRTC Bus Depot in the capital on 6th and 9th May’24.Adut Rahman Emon, Program Officer of the Tobacco Control Project of the Health Sector of DAM, presented a documentary on the implementation of the Tobacco Control Act and health damage among professional drivers.In the training public transport drivers (Bus, CNG, Laguna, Tempu) are informed about the bad effects of direct and indirect smoking, health hazards, and tobacco control laws. Passengers, especially women and children, are indirectly exposed ...

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iFarmer, Winrock to work together for farmers’ climate resilience

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iFarmer Limited and Winrock International recently signed an agreement on May 08, 2024, at iFarmer Limited’s headquarter. Both the parties expressed commitment to working closely on a range of initiatives through the B-PEMS AugroJatra Climate Change Project, funded by the US Department of State. The partnership will encompass both agriculture and aquaculture by ensuring that farmers benefit with information on climate-smart farming practices, agri-inputs and tailored financial assistance.The agreement was signed by Fahad Ifaz, CEO of iFarmer Limited and Nasir Chowdhury, Project Director, B-PEMS AugroJatra Climate Change Project, Winrock International. Zakia Naznin, Senior Technical Lead-Climate Change; Layel Md. Zahirul Islam, Livelihoods and Skills Development Specialist; Nusrat Khan,...

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Health Promotion Initiative a Must for Sustainable Health Development- Speakers at a Journalists’ Workshop

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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart attack, stroke, cancer, and diabetes etc. are responsible for about 70 percent of total deaths in Bangladesh. Tobacco consumption, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption and air pollution are some of the major risk factors of NCDs. Adoption and implementation of a health promotion initiative would enable the country to reduce the above-mentioned risk factors and also slash the number of NCD-attributable deaths. Such recommendations have been made today (09 May 2024, Thursday) during a journalists' workshop titled 'Health Promotion for a Sustainable Health Development: Bangladesh Perspective" held at the BMA Bhaban of the capital. A total of 25 journalists from both print and TV media have participated in this workshop.It...

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ActionAid Bangladesh webinar A call for women’s empowerment to ensure sustainable renewable energy

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The participation of women in the renewable energy sector has increased significantly at the global level. Although the participation of women in this sector has increased in the context of the Bangladesh, gender inequality still exists at the policy-making level, in national policies on this subject, including employment. There is no alternative to empowering women in the renewable energy sector to achieve the target set by the government to generate 40 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2041 to ensure a sustainable energy sector.The call was made at a webinar titled 'Empowering Women in Renewable Energy: A Feminist Perspective from Bangladesh and Beyond' organized by ActionAid Bangladesh on Wednesday (May 8).Tanvir Shakil Joy, MP, president of Climate Parliament Ban...