The Bangladesh Today (15-12-2017)

NEWS
FRIDAY,
Dr. KanChannmeta, Secretary of State of Ministry of Post and Telecommunication, Cambodia has
visited the Dhanmondi outlet of Daffodil Computers Ltd. (DCL) on December 6, 2017. During his
visit he has talked to the officials of the outlet about their activities and shared some guideline for
the business development of DCL. He also expressed his interest to strengthening relationship with
Daffodil Family and Cambodia.
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‘4 pc families turn
ultra-poor due to
treatment cost’
Health experts at a
programme in the capital
recently said that four
percent families in our
country turn ultra-poor,
while 13% families face
financial catastrophe to
bear the cost of their
medical care annually.
It is urgent to achieve
universal health coverage
(UHC) by increasing
investment in the health
sector, ensuring strong
health system and other
social services, and raising
awareness about health
among people in our
country, they said, a press
release said
"Through implementing
those steps, we can make
people of our country
healthy by reducing the
risks of communicable and
non-communicable
diseases".
They made the remarks
while addressing a views
exchange meeting with the
mass media and civil
society at VIP Lounge of
Jatiyo Press Club.
Public
Health
Foundation Bangladesh
(PHFB) and Rotary Club of
Bikrampur jointly
organized the programme,
marking the Universal
Health Coverage Day,
which was observed across
the world recently.
Chaired and moderated
by Prof. M Muzaherul Huq,
founder chairman of PHFB
and former advisor of
WHO South Asia region,
Prof. Dr. Sharmeen
Yasmeen, head of
community medicine
department of Bangladesh
Medical College and vice
chairperson of PHFB),
presented the keynote
paper
MAKS Masum, president
of Rotary Club of
Bikrampur, was present as
a guest.
Prof. Sharmeen, in her
presentation, said
Bangladesh at first needs a
suitable and peopleoriented
budget and its
proper implementation for
the UHC.
It would not be tough for
Bangladesh to achieve the
target of UHC by the year
2032 if steps are taken for
arranging required number
of qualified doctors and
relevant staff and those are
made available across the
country, she said.
Prof. Dr. Rashid-E-
Mahbub, Ex-BMA
secretary general, Dr.
Samir Kumar Saha,
executive director of PHFB,
Prof. Dr. Fatema Ashraf,
chairperson of PHFB,
among others, spoke at the
function.
Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited
Rangadia, Chittagong.
An Enterprise of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation
IUTA gets new
committee
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY :
Professor Dr M Mizanur
Rahman of Accounting and
Information Systems
Department and Professor Dr
M Wali Ullah of Dawah and
Islamic Studies Department
have been elected as president
and secretary respectively of
Islamic University Teachers'
Association (IUTA), reports
UNB.
Professor Dr M Kazi Akhtar
Hossen announced the results
as IUTA chief election
commissioner at the
university's Art's Faculty
Building around 9:30 pm on
Wednesday.
Professor Shaheed M
Rezwan was elected as the
vice-president of the 14-
member executive committee
while Professor Dr ASM Ainul
Haque Akondo as jointsecretary
and Professor Dr M
Asad-Ullah as treasurer.
The other members of the
committee are Professor M
Abdu Sina, Professor M
Tozammel Hossain, Professor
AKM Matinur Rahman,
Professor M Najibul Haque,
Professor Obaydul Islam,
Professor Nurun Nahar, AKM
Rashiduzzaman, Mustafizur
Rahman, Jahidul Islam and
Najimuddin.
A total of 312 teachers out of
356 casted their votes while
Professor M Mizanur
Rahman bagged 168 votes
and his rival Awami Leaguebackd
Shapla Forum and
Bangabandhu Parisad panel
Professor Ruhul KM Saleh got
114 votes.
3 hurt in
rival attack
BAGERHAT : Three people
were injured on Thursday as
their rivals attacked them in
Singrai village of Sadar
upazila over land dispute,
reports UNB.
Among the injured freedom
fighter Hasem Sikdar, 68, was
sent to Bagerhat Sadar
Hospital.
Hasem Sikdar alleged their
neighbors Bachchu Mallik's
relatives attacked him and his
wife and daughter in the
afternoon over a land dispute.
Officer-in-charge of
Bagerhat Police Station Md
Mahtab Uddin said they
arrested one Lutfar Rahman
from the spot in this
connection.
HC drops
writ against
RCC mayor
candidate
DHAKA : The High
Court on Thursday
dropped from its cause list
a writ petition challenging
legality of BNP mayoral
candidate Kawsar Zaman
Babla to contest in
Rangpur City Corporation
(RCC) election.
The HC bench of Justice
Salma Masud Chowdhury
and Justice AKM Zahirul
Hoque passed the order
after hearing of a writ
petition filed by Sonali
Bank challenging legality of
his candidature on charge
of loan default, reports
UNB.
Barrister Bodruddoza
Badol, lawyer of the BNP
candidate, said that
following the HC order,
now there is no legal bar for
the candidate to contest for
the RCC mayor post.
Badol explained to
journalists that the court
took into consideration
that the election is just a
few days away and the
Election Commission was
not served with any prior
notice on loan default in
this regard.
On November 27, the
Sonali Bank submitted a
petition to the returning
officer to cancel his
candidature on charge of
loan default after the
returning officer accepted
the candidacy of Kawsar
the previous day.
However, the returning
officer rejected the petition.
Then, the bank appealed
to the divisional
commissioner of Rangpur
against the returning
officer's decision but the
official also rejected the
appeal on November 30.
Later, the bank
authorities filed the
petition with the HC on
December 12.
The election will be held
on December 21.
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SNV enters into deals
to improve RMG
workers' health
DHAKA : SNV Netherlands Development
Organisation on Thursday signed
partnership agreements with trade bodies
and NGOs to leverage a collaborative
approach to improve the health and wellbeing
of Bangladesh's readymade garment
workers, reports UNB.
The contracts were signed with
Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies
(BILS), Better Work Bangladesh, Dutch-
Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(DBCCI), Fair Wear Foundation (FWF),
Phulki, SAJIDA Foundation and UCEP
Bangladesh at a city hotel.
The collaboration is established under
'Working with Women-2' project
implemented by SNV Netherlands
Development Organisation with the funding
support from Embassy of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands.
The project will work with 200 factories
through different mechanisms and
platforms to ensure health, including sexual
and reproductive health and rights, for the
garment workers.
DBCCI President Faruque Hasan, Chief
Technical Advisor of Better Work
Bangladesh Louis B Vanegas, SAJIDA
Foundation Director Fazlul Hoque, CEO of
UCEP Bangladesh Tahsina Ahmed, BILS
Executive Director Syed Sultan Uddin
Ahmed, Phulki Executive Director Suraiya
Haque, FWF Country Representative Md
Bablur Rahman, SNV Bangladesh Country
Director Jason Belanger and Team Leader of
Working with Women Project Farhtheeba
Rahat Khan were, among others, present at
the contract signing ceremony.
Bowali village in Gaibandha
abuzz with making of
lentil dumplings
GAIBANDHA : Bowali
village in Sadar upazila of
the district, popularly
known as 'Bori village' for
producing delicious
'Daaler Bori' or lentil
dumplings, is now
reverberating day and
night with the sound of
grinding and pasting
lentils to make the popular
food item, reports UNB.
This 'Daaler Bori', which
is one of the most popular
and traditional items in
Bengali cuisine, is a must
for the food lovers,
especially in winter.
At the Bowali village, the
preparation for making
these 'bori' begins at dawn
and continues till night.
Some wash lentils while
some paste and grind
those and some other mix
lentils and rice powder
together and lay the
dumplings under the sun
for drying them. Once the
dumplings are dried
properly, they are ready
for eating.
According to locals,
dealing in 'Daaler Bori' is
an inherited business.
Though it takes a lot of
hard work, there is no risk
of loss.
There is a good demand
for dumplings at home
and abroad. If the lentil
price had been less, the
dumplings would have
cost less too, said the
locals, adding that it is not
that much profitable now.
Over three hundred
families are earning their
bread and butter from this
business. Even small
children help their parents
in the work alongside their
study.
The production cost of
each kg of bori is Tk 175
while it is selling at Tk
250-300 per kg.
Each family can produce
up to 10 kg of bori a day.
If the government
provides assistance to the
families, the production
can be boosted using
modern technology and
the dumplings can be
exported abroad after
fulfilling the local demand.
'Daaler Bori' can be fried
and eaten as snacks, but is
mainly added to fish or
vegetable dishes to add to
the taste.
A discussion meeting was held at Government KC college yesterday marking Martyrs Intellectuals
Day.
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