26-11-2021

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State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatunnesa Indira delivered
the inaugural address of the `16 Days of Activism against Gender
Based Violence' at the conference hall of Bangladesh Shishu Academy in
Dhaka on Thursday.
Photo: PBA
UNGA confirmation of Bangladesh's
graduation from LDC is a landmark
success: Kamal
DHAKA : The United Nations General
Assembly has adopted a historic resolution
to graduate Bangladesh from the LDC
category to a developing country, a move
hailed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa
Kamal as a "landmark success."
The UNGA confirmation has come
during the 40th plenary meeting of its 76th
session where the Economic and Social
Council or ECOSOC placed the
recommendation for Bangladesh's
graduation, reports UNB.
"This is recognition of the incredible
socioeconomic progress that has been
attained under the prudent leadership of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the
years", he said in his reaction on Thursday.
Kamal also mentioned that this success
has been achieved thanks to the nation's
efforts at fulfilling the dream of the Father
of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman.
"This is an international recognition of
the indomitable progress made by
Bangladesh under the direction of the
prime minister. People from all walks of
life of this country have contributed to this
historic success", Kamal added.
Earlier, the Committee for Development
Policy (CDP) of the United Nations
recommended Bangladesh for LDC
Graduation during its triennial review
meeting held on 26th February this year.
CDP also recommended providing an
extended preparatory period of five years
for Bangladesh spanning from the year
2021 to 2026. The recommendation had
been duly endorsed by the ECOSOC of the
United Nations on 08 June 2021.
It is notable that Bangladesh is the only
country that has been recommended for
LDC graduation by fulfilling all three
criteria set by the United Nations. This
achievement will further brighten the
overseas image of the country and will
accelerate the ongoing development pace.
Bangladesh has been recommended for
graduation at a time when the whole
country is celebrating 50 years of its
independence as well as the birth
centennial of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman.
As per the rules of CDP, a country can
enjoy three to five years long preparatory
period after being recommended for
graduation.
Since, Bangladesh has received a fiveyear
preparatory period for graduation as
per the recommendations of CDP, the
country will formally graduate from the
LDC status in 2026.
During this preparatory period,
Bangladesh would be entitled to enjoy all
the international support measures
reserved for LDCs.
In addition, as per the existing provisions,
the country would also remain eligible to
enjoy duty-free and quota-free access in the
European Union market for three more
years lasting until the year 2029.
With a view to continue the international
support measures received as an LDC in the
aftermath of graduation as well as to ensure
a smooth and sustainable graduation-the
government is taking various policy
measures under the leadership of the Prime
Minister's Office, in partnership with private
sector and development partners.
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Brace for a foggy
weekend!
DHAKA : Bangladesh may
well see visibility dipping on
Thursday night and Friday
early morning, with the
weather department
predicting light to moderate
fog in the next 24 hours,
reports UNB.
According to the
Bangladesh Meteorological
Department (BMD),
weather may remain mainly
dry over the country in the
next 24 hours. Night
temperature may fall slightly
but day temperature is likely
to remain nearly unchanged
over the country.
On Wednesday, the
minimum temperature was
recorded at 13.0 degrees in
Srimangal of Sylhet division
while the maximum was
33.0 degrees in Kutubdia of
Chattogram division,
according to weathermen.
Meanwhile, a low pressure
area is likely to form over
southwest Bay of Bengal and
adjoining areas in the next
12 hours as a trough of low
extending from South Bay
persists over North Bay,
according to a Met office
bulletin.
The ridge of subcontinental
high extends up
to West Bengal in
neighbouring India and
adjoining areas, it says.
Woman's body
found in Chattogram
septic tank
CHATTOGRAM : Police
recovered the decomposed
body of an unidentified
woman from the septic tank
of a house in Fatikchhari
upazila of Chattogram on
Thursday noon.
Jewel, a domestic help,
spotted the body around
10am when he went down to
clean the septic tank.
On information, police
recovered the body.
Md Azharuddin, Officerin-Charge
(OC) of Bhujpur
police station said they
visited the spot and found
the decomposed body the
woman aged between 32-35
inside the septic tank.
The body was sent for an
autopsy, the OC added.
Love transcends all
Mexican woman flies
to Bangladesh to
marry Jamalpur man
JAMALPUR : A Mexican
woman has flown over
15,000 km to arrive in
Bangladesh to marry her
heartthrob, a man of
Jamalpur district, reports
UNB.
Gladys Niley Toribio
Morales, a 32-year-old
daughter of a Mexican
businessman, converted
from Christianity to Islam
to tie the knot with 29-yearold
Robiul Islam Ruman
last week.
Like in many other
instances Facebook has
played the matchmaker.
Robiul, a freelance
diploma mechanic from
Pogladigha village at
Sharishabari in Jamalpur
district met with Morales, a
graduate from Meritorious
Autonomous University in
the Mexican city of Puebla,
on Facebook in 2019.
After a few days of chats
and exchange of personal
photos the two could not
resist from falling in love.
As the relationship
deepened Morales
proposed to marry Robiul
to which he immediately
said "Yes.'
The wedding was delayed
by the pandemic that has
prevented Morales to come
to the land of her
sweetheart.
Finally, their long and
anxious wait ended at 8:30
am on November 21 when
Morales landed at Shahjalal
International Airport in
Dhaka.
After welcoming the
would-be in-law Robiul's
family immediately drove
her to Dhaka Judge's Court,
where she converted to
Islam and got married with
her
boyfriend.
long-distance
Biden picks women of color to
lead White House budget office
NANTUCKET : Two women of color
are President Joe Biden's picks to lead
the White House budget office, a
milestone for the powerful agency after
his first choice withdrew following
criticism over her previous attacks on
lawmakers from both parties, reports
UNB.
If confirmed by the Senate, Shalanda
Young would become the first Black
woman in charge of the Office of
Management and Budget, while Nani
Coloretti, a Filipino American, would
serve as Young's deputy, making
Coloretti one of the highest-ranking
Asian Americans in government.
"Today it's my honor to nominate two
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extraordinary, history-making women
to lead the Office of Management and
Budget," Biden said in a video
announcement released Wednesday
while he spends the Thanksgiving
holiday on Nantucket island in
Massachusetts.
"She has continued to impress me,
and congressional leaders as well,"
Biden said of Young, who has been
acting director for most of the year.
Biden turned to Young after his first
nominee for budget director, Neera
Tanden, came under bipartisan
criticism.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia
Democrat who has become a pivotal
1160
vote for Biden's agenda in a chamber
split 50-50, was the first Democrat to
oppose Tanden's nomination and,
lacking the necessary votes, she
ultimately withdrew from
consideration.
Biden later gave Tanden a job in the
White House, where she is staff
secretary and a senior presidential
adviser.
Young faces a Senate confirmation
vote, though it was not immediately
clear how soon it would be scheduled.
But she was confirmed as deputy
director in March on a 63-37 vote, with
backing from more than a dozen
Republicans.
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