28-04-2021

Imtiaj Rasel in the
running for Sovereign
Asian Art Prize
DHAKA : Bangladeshi
artistImtiaj Rasel is in the
running for a prestigious art
prize in Asia. He is, in fact,
among 30 artists from the
Asia-Pacific region who have
been nominated for this
year's Sovereign Asian Art
Prize, reports UNB.
With his artwork, 'Journey
by Bus', being shortlisted,
Rasel is now competing with
artists from India, Australia,
Pakistan, Philippines,
Taiwan, South Korea,
Malaysia, China, Japan,
Iran, Singapore, Thailand,
Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka,
Cambodia and host Hong
Kong for the prize.
Rasel holds an MFA
degree in painting from
Rabindra Bharati
University, Kolkata (2019).
He went to Kolkata for higher
studies after completing a
bachelor's degree in painting
from the Faculty of
Fine Art at the University
of Dhaka in 2015.
He is also he recipient of
the ICCR scholarship. Using
his travel experiences as a
visual language, Rasel
explores connections
between places, culture,
environment, time, and
memory. Through this practice,
he is instilled with a
sense of wanderlust,
through which new narratives
are created.
On his 'Journey by
Bus',Rasel told UNB, "My
travels instilled in me a wanderlust,
which makes me
explore the landscape from a
visual and research point of
view. I continued observing
people during those bus
journeys and made instant
drawings, sometimes captured
photographs. Later, I
painted those elements on
the bus tickets."
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Children and teenagers are jumping into the reservoir of Chandrima Udyan in the capital to get relief
from heat. They are soaking themselves at will.
Photo : Star Mail
Real business friendly environment more
important than EODB ranking: Speakers
DHAKA : Speakers at a webinar on
Tuesday said creating a real effective
business friendly environment is more
important than improving ranking in
Ease of Doing Business (EODB).
.They also suggested for coordinated
collaboration among the concerned
public sector entities as well as publicprivate
consultation, reports UNB.
The experts said that businesses
should be well aware of all government
circulars or notifications related to
trade and commerce.
Still there is a scope for improvement
in institutional and regulatory reforms,
they emphasized. BIDA should hear the
concerns of foreign investors to get an
idea of possible reforms needed, they
said.
Executive Chairman of BIDA Md.
Sirazul Islam said ease of doing business
is a bigger thing. "We do not like to
mainly focus on scoring rather we are
trying to create a business friendly environment.
Some of the reforms have
already been done by the government,
for which BIDA is coordinating," he
added.
He therefore requested the private
sector to go through the reforms and
report based on the real facts. BIDA
needs to be strengthened more. If you
have any observations on the reforms
made, you can tell us. Company to
company land transfer now can be
done by 7 days.
"There will be separate courts for dispute
resolution under enforcing of contracts,"
he added. Moreover, alternative
dispute resolution is also important.
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (DCCI) organized a discussion
meeting on the current reforms in the
ease of doing business in Bangladesh
and preparedness for the future.
Executive Chairman, BIDA Md. Sirazul
Islam joined as the chief guest and Md.
Billal Hossain, Additional Secretary
(Executive Member 5), BIDA joined as
special guest.
DCCI President Rizwan Rahman
said that after successful economic
graduation in 2026, Bangladesh will
lose most of the preferential trade facilities
which may hurt our competitive
export market.
In this context, the ease of doing business
is essential to reduce the cost of
business as global trade is getting more
competitive. Given this circumstances,
it is the high time to redress the bottlenecks,
reduce time, process and cost in
all criteria of the Doing business and
streamline the entire process towards
lifting the indicators of the Index," he
added.
UNICEF for maintaining positive child
immunization trend in Bangladesh
DHAKA : Despite initial disruptions during the first months
of the pandemic, Bangladesh restored routine immunization
services to pre-Covid-19 levels in June 2020 and has steadily
maintained this coverage, says UNICEF.
In addition, the country successfully held a mass immunization
campaign for measles and rubella from December
2020 to January 2021 that reached 36 million children and
overcame the additional challenges posed by Covid-19.
Now with the third and to date largest spike of Covid-19 in
Bangladesh, working towards maintaining this positive child
immunization trend will be key, according to UNICEF.
While immunization services have started to recover from
disruptions caused by Covid-19, millions of children remain
vulnerable to deadly diseases, the World Health
Organization (WHO), UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine
Alliance have warned during World Immunization Week,
highlighting the urgent need for a renewed global commitment
to improving vaccination access and uptake.
"Vaccines will help us end the Covid-19 pandemic but only
if we ensure fair access for all countries, and build strong systems
to deliver them," said Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General.
"And if we're to avoid multiple outbreaks of life-threatening
diseases like measles, yellow fever and diphtheria, we
must ensure routine vaccination services are protected in
every country in the world."
A WHO survey has found that despite progress when compared
to the situation in 2020, more than one-third of
respondent countries (37%) still report experiencing disruptions
to their routine immunization services.
Teen kills herself 5
days after getting
married
CHANDPUR : A newlywed
bride apparently committed
suicide just five days after her
wedding in the village of
Hossainpur in Chandpur's
Shahrashti upazila, reports
UNB.
She was identified as Meem
Akter, 18, daughter of Monir
Hossain of Saldhar village in
Comilla's Kotwali.
Shahrashti Police Station
OC Mannan said Meem used
to live at her grandparents'
house in Hossainpur village,
where she got into an affair
with Fahim. On April 21, the
affair was discovered by her
family members, who got
them married that very
night.Meem was supposed to
be taken to her in-laws' house
after Eid.
But this resulted in a family
dispute and on Monday she
committed suicide. Shahrasti
police recovered the body and
sent it to Chandpur Sadar
Hospital for autopsy on
Monday afternoon.
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'London School of Commerce' in
Dhaka running illegally: UGC
DHAKA : The University Grants Commission
of Bangladesh (UGC) has found that an unauthorized
study centre is operating in Dhaka
using the name 'London School of Commerce'.
The study centre named 'London School of
Commerce Dhaka (LSC Dhaka)' did not
receive permission from the government and
also the UGC to run here, said a UGC release
on Tuesday. The study centre offers different
diploma, bachelor and master and doctoral
degrees under three UK institutions ---
Wrexham Glynd?r University, University of
Bedfordshire and Scottish Qualifications
Authority, reports UNB.
The study centre opened a website
(https://www.lscdhaka.org/) in 2007.
Its admission ads have recently come to the
notice of UGC. The LSC Dhaka has been running
its operation since 2005. The LSC Dhaka
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opened two offices in Dhaka - one at Gulshan
Centre in Gulshan-2 and another at Ocean
Tower in Banani.
The centre offers BA (Hons) Business
Studies, Master of Business Administration,
Foundation in Business, Professional Diploma
in International Business degrees from the two
places. The duration of the courses is from
eight month to two years. The admission in the
courses will start in May next.
According to its website, LSC Dhaka in collaboration
with its partner universities has
been offering fast-track degrees like BA
(Hon's) and MBA at affordable fees.
It is said that the students of LSC Dhaka
would have scope to transfer their credits to the
international campus of its partner universities
located in different places including London,
Malta, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
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