Staff CorrespondentDuring the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced $1.1 million to survey blood leadlevels in children under five years of age in Bangladesh through UNICEF’s 2024 Multiple IndicatorCluster Survey, according to a press release.Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of lead poisoning. Administrator Power also calledfor more resources and action toward this widely neglected, yet highly tractable issue affecting one intwo children in low- and middle-income countries.“This initiative is an important step in measuring the extent to which lead exposure affectsBangladeshi children, and mobilizing action to protect kids and…
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Staff Correspondent This week, the French pharmaceutical company Servier celebrated the 30th anniversary of itspresence in Bangladesh, through a solid distribution partnership with Transcom Group led by GroupCEO Ms. Simeen Rahman. Mr. Bradley Lloyd, Managing Director (Greater Chinese Area, South Asiaand Australia), Servier was also present at the event. Economic counsellor of France Embassy laudedthe excellence of Servier, that also manufactures medicines locally with ACI Limited and Eskayef.“France is strengthening the cooperation in the health sector, tackling both non-communicablediseases as well as climate-related diseases.” He added.
Staff Correspondent Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud today urged the countries in the global South to stand in solidarityand unity to achieve the ultimate goals of sustainable development in his address at the General Debateof the Third South Summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China in Kampala, Uganda. Underlining theongoing global crisis due to climate change, wars and sanction-counter sanction, debt crisis, andescalating protectionism, he also said that the Member States of G-77 and China must leverage South-South cooperation to overcome these challenges. He recalled the historic address of the Father of theNation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered…
Staff CorrespondentKorean Ambassador Park Young-sik invited recently Dr. Hasanul A Hasan, Founder of AmericanInternational University Bangladesh (AIUB), and Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna, Founding Vice Chancellor ofAIUB to host residence to discuss ways of encouraging students to learn the Korean language andculture through programs including the King Sejong Institute.
Staff CorrespondentChinese Ambassador Yao Wen called on recently State Minister of Information Mohammad AliArafat, according to a press release.The two sides had in-depth discussion on people-to-people exchanges, communication, and mediacooperation. Zhang Jing, Political Director of the Embassy, was present at the meeting. Ambassador Yao congratulated Mohammad Ali Arafat for his assumption to office, and reiteratedChina’s consistent and unswerving support for Bangladesh in safeguarding national sovereignty,independence, territorial integrity, unity and stability, and in opposing external interference. Underthe joint guidance by the two leaderships, the China-Bangladesh Strategic Partnership of Cooperationhas kept advancing. Over the past years, personnel and cultural exchanges have become…
Staff CorrespondentAmbassador of Nepal Ghanshyam Bhandari welcomed a 30-member Nepali delegation recently fromSukuna Multiple Campus of Morang, Nepal, at Embassy.In a brief interaction, Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari highlighted the importance of educationalexchanges in consolidating the people-to-people contacts, which constitute the bedrock of Nepal-Bangladesh relationship.
To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…
To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…
To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…
To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…
