B A N G L A D E S H

Governor says BB takes initiatives to promote SME lending

2014-04-14T20:50:00.004-07:00

Governor says BB takes initiatives to promote SME lending

The Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country’s central bank, has have taken a number of initiatives to promote small and medium enterprises (SME) lending, says BB Governor Atiur Rahman

In our country, 90% private sector enterprises are SMEs. 70 to 80% of the non-agricultural workforce in our country is working at SME sector. SMEs have a significant role in generating economic growth and job opportunities. SME sector of Bangladesh contributed up to 25% of Bangladesh's GDP last year. about 40% of gross manufacturing output, and around 25% of the total labour force in Bangladesh belongs to SME sector. They also make a significant contribution to exports. Uniquely, SMEs are also geographically widely distributed so they offer a good prospect for geographic diversification of the economy.

Bangladesh Bank, along with other relevant Ministries, and financial sector have been working relentlessly for the development of SME sector. The establishment of SME & Special Program Department, a separate department in Bangladesh Bank and the service provided through this department for further development of the SME sector is an evident of our efforts.

Moreover, as the Central Bank, we have taken a number of initiatives to promote SME lending. Within the SME credit policy in 2010 for guiding the commercial banks to be involved in SME financing, a number of initiatives have been taken, such as for banks’ to establish “Dedicated Desks” in branches for SMEs and “SME Service Centres”. Bangladesh Bank has fixed the targets for banks SME credit disbursements and an emphasis on providing loan to small entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs have been communicated.

Banks in Bangladesh are being supported in SME financing initiatives with refinance line from Bangladesh Bank, which has funded by Bangladesh Bank, Government of Bangladesh and development partners like IDA, ADB and JICA.

Under refinance scheme, Bangladesh Bank has provided 23.97 billion taka (as of July 2012) to different banks and NBFIs at subsidized interest rate. 15% of this fund (Taka 4.00 billion) is reserved for women entrepreneurs.

Bangladesh Bank and IFC undertook two key projects for SME sector development. Of these two, the SME Market Segmentation Database is first of its kind in South Asia. Under this initiative, information on SME sector will be generated and will be made available for all stakeholders of SME development.

Bangladesh bank has also issued directives to commercial banks for using the cluster approach for better targeting the SME sector. It is also worthy to mention that Bangladesh Bank is currently working in a research project to find out the impact of the SME financing activities undertaken by the commercial banks in Bangladesh. We are very much committed for developing SMEs in Bangladesh.

However, coordinated efforts are required to overcome SME financing challenges. Banks and NBFIs need to be motivated towards enduring engagement in SME financing. Concerned public authorities, banks, business community and civil society support groups need to engage effectively with the SMEs in understanding their needs and prospects.

Banks and NBFIs would need to have a tailored and explicit strategy for SME banking in place in order to build a solid SME banking strategy to facilitate sound growth and profitability in SME banking, and have a much better credit evaluation mechanism, product design, marketing skills, and knowledge of customer and product profitability.

The further development of financial institutions in light of their SME lending practices must, undoubtedly, be paralleled with further development in human resources. This, in turn, requires plans for training and qualifying trainers to enable financial institutions to undertake their important role in serving the national economy.

Thus, as the financial sector is expected to serve the growing financing needs of the SMEs, the availability of well-trained human resources would undoubtedly become one of the predicaments in successful SME banking operations.

Therefore, the development and organisation of seminars such as this, and various training programmes for the two main training institutions, namely, Bangladesh Bank Training Academy and Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, through the EU-funded INSPURED project, would be an important step in making sure that adequate trained human resources would be available, as well as an improved awareness is the special need of Bangladeshi financial sector in case of SME financing.

In today’s world, market development is a much more challenging task, which requires coordinated efforts by individual business enterprises and the Government. Bangladesh needs to maximize the benefits derived from the SME sector, as this sector plays a pivotal role in promoting and sustaining the industrial as well as overall economic growth.

The role of SMEs in providing productive employment and earning opportunities has emerged as an important concern among policy makers, and donor agencies. The implementation of the INSPIRED project is directly related to Bangladesh’spriority to foster SME development, and will undoubtedly support the different initiatives taken by the Bangladesh Government to encourage SME growth, which in turn will support the longer term objectives of sustained economic growth and poverty reduction.

Within the above contexts, I would very much like to express my appreciation for the valuable assistance and effort of Bangladesh INSPIRED project component-3, and we are confident that through such technical assistance, we would be able to contribute towards the sustainable and high-quality training in SME banking offered by our two prominent training institutions BBTA and BIBM. We are equally pleased to see the presence of the banking sector participants to utilize such training programs.

Today we have a unique opportunity to be stimulated by some strategic thinking ideas. The INSPIRED project component-3 has put together an exciting seminar designed to bring a fresh perspective on your bank’s strategic processes. I urge you to get the maximum benefit from this seminar. Our foreign banking expert,

Mr. Robert Patterson, brings a wealth of ideas and experience to us here in Dhaka. In conclusion, I can only reiterate my thanks to all those who have contributed to the progress and accomplishment of the project , in particular the management and staff of BBTA and BIBM, the Ministry of Industries for their effortless supervision of the project, and the European Union for its immense support and assistance.

Note: Speech by Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman at launching of SME banking strategy seminar held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on April 28.

Source :http://www.businessnews-bd.com/

Garment factories to submit architectural designs to IEB

2013-07-27T23:31:00.001-07:00

Garment factories to submit architectural designs to IEB

Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- A joint meeting on architectural design of garment factories was held at the office ofBangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on July 4.

Representatives from BGMEA, factory inspection department, ministry of commerce, RAJUK, IEB, IAB, BIP, and BUET attended the meeting, a BGMEA press statement said.

A decision regarding submission of architectural designs of 2,028 garment factories to the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh(IEB) for evaluation was taken in the meeting. IEB will inform the BGMEA if any fault is found in any design.

BGMEA president Md. Atikul Islam, former president Shafiul Islam, vice-president of the organization Shahidullah Azim, former VC of BUET and noted architect Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, IEB president Shamimuzzaman Bosunia, and IEB president Mobassher Hossain, among others, were present.

BBN/SSR/AD-07JUly13-1:15 pm (BST)

Bangladesh’s trade deficit narrows by 26% in eight months

2013-04-18T00:24:00.002-07:00

Bangladesh’s trade deficit narrows by 26% in eight months

Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh’s overall trade deficit narrowed by over 26 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2012-13 due mainly to lower import payments, officials said.

The overall trade deficit came down to US$4.70 billion in July-February period of the FY `13 from $6.38 billion in the corresponding period last fiscal, according to the central bank statistics.

"The country's overall trade deficit may narrow down further in the coming months due to a falling trend in the overall imports," a senior official of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told BBN in Dhaka.

During the period, export earnings stood at $17.07 billion against the import payments of $21.78 billion, the BB data showed.

The BB official also said the declining trend in import may continue until the prevailing confrontational political situationimproves.

The narrowing down of trade gap and higher growth of inward remittance have contributed to achieve healthy current account balance during the period under review, according to the BB officials.

Country's current account balance rose to $1.35 billion in the first eight months of the FY `13 from the deficit of $660 million in the same period of the previous fiscal, the BB data showed.

"….the large inflow of workers' remittances in the period contributed to a current account surplus of $ 1.35 billion during July-February 2013," the central bank said in its Major Economic Indicators: Monthly Update for April 2013.

The update also said this together with strong financial account surplus resulted in a surplus of $ 3.50 billion in overall balance of payments (BoP) during July-February 2013 against a deficit of $516 million during July-February 2012.

BBN/SSR/AD-18Apr13-10:40 am (BST)

2012-10-28T09:11:00.001-07:00

Price List
Ref: BJMC/PC-PL/54	Date 01/07/2012

HESSIAN:
FOB Price Per 100 Yds of Normal Hessian Cloth/bags are to be calculated at USD: 37.00 basis:
Quality	PXS	Packing	Shipment	Price
40/10oz/40 Normal	11X12	2000 Yds.	Jul'12 - Sep'12	35.00
40/10oz/40 Food Grade	11X12	2000 Yds.	Jul'12 - Sep'12	37.00

SACKING:
FOB Price per 100Yds/Bags of all Sacking Cloth and bags are to be calculated using following basis price:
Quality	PXS	Packing	Shipment	Price
Std. B. Twills Normal	6X8	300 Bags	Jul'12 - Sep'12	100.00
Std. B. Twills Food Grade	6X8	300 Bags	Jul'12 - Sep'12	102.00


CBC:
FOB Prices per 100Yds of all qualities of CBC (Carpet Backing Cloth) are to be calculated using following basis price:
Quality	PXS		Shipment	Price
150/5.5oz/36	9X8		Jul'12 - Sep'12	80.00

JUTE SOIL SAVER:
FOB Price per 100 Yds of following quality of Jute Soil Saver is as under:
Quality	PXS		Shipment	Price
48"- 1.22lbs/Yd. (In Bale)	6.5X4.5/10cm		Jul'12 - Sep'12	27.00
48"- 1.22lbs/Yd. (In Roll)	6.5X4.5/10cm		Jul'12 - Sep'12	28.00

JUTE YARN:
FOB Price per M.Ton of following qualities of Jute Yarns are as under:
Quality			Shipment	Price
CB 8 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	950.00
CB 10 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	810.00
CB 11 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	790.00
CB 12 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	770.00
CB 13 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	750.00
CB 14 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	730.00
CB 16 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	690.00
Sacking 28 Lbs/1Ply			Jul'12 - Sep'12	730.00

NB. Premium for each single ply USD: 20.00 to be added for all yarn items.
Notes : 1. Prices given above are in US Dollars per 100 Yds/Bags FOB Bangladesh Ports. 2. Differential Chart issued by BJMC on the 3rd Oct, 1996 along with its subsequent amendments will be applicable for price differentials. 3. Domestic price may be obtained from BJMC Local Sales Desk. 4. Prices given above for jute yarns are in USD per M-ton FOB Bangladesh Ports. 5. Prices will remain unchanged until further orders. CC: PS to the Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Jute (By Fax) PS to the Chairman BJMC.

News and Events of BJMC

2012-10-28T09:09:00.002-07:00

Web site Matters.

1. Re-opening of Closed Mills:

Honorable Prime Minister re-opened the closed Peoples Jute Mills of Khulna in the name of Khalishpur Jute Mills Ltd. on 05-03-2011 and Qaumi Jute Mills Ltd. Sirajganj in the name of Jatiya Jute Mills Ltd. on 09-04-2011.

Re-opening of these 2 Mills created employment of about 7200 workers, consumption of 3.98 lac quintal raw jute and 314.60 Crore taka Foreign Exchange earnings by producing and exporting about 38,000 M.Ton jute goods.

Further, one closed (Daulatpur) and & two leased out but subsequently returned (M.M. & R.R.) jute mills are under consideration for re-opening which will create opportunity for new employment for about 2600 man power, 95,000 quintal jute consumption and 78.00 Crore taka foreign exchange earnings by producing and export of 9000 M.Ton jute goods.

2. Establishment of New Mills:

A proposal for establishment of a 50 loom specialized jute mill in the premises of 2nd unit of closed Adamjee Jute Mills in Narayanganj for producing high value diversified jute products is under active consideration of the Govt.

Moreover, setting up of a 206 loom 2nd unit in Rajshahi Jute Mills will start very soon. Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory(BMTF), Gazipur, a concern under Ministry of Defense, Govt. of Bangladesh has been entrusted with the job.

3. Employment Generation:

Jute sector is a labor-intensive industry. Re-opening of 2 jute mills facilitated employment opportunity for about 7,200 man powers. Further, 3,026 terminated workers were re-appointed and 1,256 officer & staffs and 3230 permanent labors and 21,700 daily basis workers were newly appointed in the running Mills and Head office of BJMC.

4. Mandatory Packaging Act:

To ensure higher domestic consumption of raw jute and jute goods the present Govt has passed an Act for Mandatory use of jute goods in Packaging on 12th October, 2010.This will bring stability to the raw jute price, ensure market & reasonable price of raw jute to the farmers and most importantly increase the bargaining power for exports of jute goods in the world market.

5. Human Resource Development:

BJMC has restarted the two training centre situated in Chittagong (at Gul Ahmed Jute Mills) and Jessore ( at Jessore Jute Industries). The newly appointed officers and staff of BJMC & mills are given basic management and job oriented trainings to increase the knowledge and efficiency of the new recruits. Moreover, refreshers course for serving officers and staff will also be started very soon.

6. Indirect Employment Generation:

Every year BJMC opens more than 125 jute purchase centres through out the jute growing areas of Bangladesh. These centres besides ensuring fair price of raw jute to the farmers also creates employment for a good number of seasonal workers in the centres for carrying, handling, transportation of raw jute purchased.

This year 137 jute purchase centres have been opened throughout the country.

7. Future Plan:

a) Establishment of jute based pulp/paper mill:

Encouraged by fair price, the farmers are producing more jute every year. This may at one point generate an unmanageable surplus of jute resulting into price collapse. To avoid such a situation and also to ensure stable market for increased domestic production of jute one option could be producing pulp/paper from jute.

The Govt. has decided to convert the now closed North Bengal Paper Mill (NBPM) into a dry whole jute plant based pulp/paper producing mill. Contacts have been established with China Yunnan Corporation (CYC) in this respect. Already two delegations from CYC have visited Bangladesh and inspected the North Bengal Paper Mills during 20-26 July, 2011 and 14-19 September, 2011. They are expected to submit a proposal to Bangladesh Govt. very shortly.

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation

2012-10-28T09:08:00.001-07:00

Climate bestowed Bangladesh with the opportunity to become the natural home of the best quality Jute and for this Bangladesh is the world's largest grower of quality Jute. This gives Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation an advantage over other Jute goods manufacturer to produce and cater the needs of quality jute goods world over. Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, well known as BJMC is the world's biggest state owned manufacturing and exporting organization of all kinds of Jute goods. Research, innovative experimentation towards product development and modernization approaches are the other contributing elements to its unmatched success it has established over the years.

CARE, USAID Event to Highlight Dramatic Drop in Child Malnutrition in Bangladesh

2012-09-11T19:11:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2012) - An innovative program in Bangladesh that caused unusually large reductions in child malnutrition will come to life May 9 at an event featuring experts from the poverty-fighting organization CARE and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

They'll provide an inside look at a program called SHOUHARDO that combined nutritional support with women's empowerment initiatives to reduce child stunting, a key measure of malnutrition, by 28 percent in less than four years. That's twice the rate of the average U.S. government-funded food aid project of its kind.

The event, to be held at the National Press Club, will include remarks from Dr. Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE USA, Faheem Khan, head of SHOUHARDO, Denise Rollins, deputy administrator for Asia at USAID, and Anne Marie Golla, senior evaluation expert at International Center for Research on Women. The panel also will present testimonials from five Bangladeshi families who participated in the program.

Implemented by CARE from 2004 to 2010, the first phase of SHOUHARDO was the largest non-emergency USAID food security program in the world. It holds particular significance in light of the President's fiscal year 2013 request of $56.2 billion for the international affairs budget, which represents an increase of 2.4 percent – or $1.3 billion – over fiscal year 2012. As the foreign aid budget comes up for discussion this year, SHOUHARDO demonstrates how effective programs and partnerships can make a sustainable impact on the lives of women, men and children.

The program was designed to reduce malnutrition among 2 million of the poorest people in Bangladesh. Researchers found that women who participated in empowerment interventions to help them fight sexual harassment, move about their communities more freely and gain a greater say in household decisions were less likely to have stunted children than women who received only direct nutrition interventions such as regular food rations.

In other words, the children of empowered women actually grew taller.

The astounding results of the SHOUHARDO program also come as USAID leads a social media campaign called "Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday." With almost 7 million children dying before the fifth birthdays, the campaign strives to stop these preventable deaths.

Ref: http://www.care.org

LIST OF MEDICAL COL 2

2012-09-10T12:56:00.003-07:00

§  Sheikh Sayera Khatun Medical College, Gopalganj

§  Govt. Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College

§  Govt. Homeopathic Medical College [mirpur-14,dhaka. #01721356343]

§  Abdul Kuddus Homoeopathic Medical College, Kishoreganj

§  Faridpur Homoeopathic Medical College,Faridpur

§  Gono Bishwabidyalay, Savar, Dhaka

§  Ad-din Womens Medical College, Dhaka^[4]

§  Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhaka^[5]

§  Bangladesh Medical College

§  Barind Medical College, Rajshahi

LIST OF MEDICAL COLLEGE 1

2012-09-10T12:56:00.001-07:00

§ Dhaka Medical College

§ Chittagong Medical College

§ Sir Salimullah Medical College

§ MAG Osmani Medical College

§ Mymensingh Medical College

§ Rajshahi Medical College

§ Sher-E-Bangla Medical College^[3]

§ Kalihati Medical College,Tangail

§ Comilla Medical College

§ Khulna Medical College

§ [[Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College]

§ Rangpur Medical College,

§ Dinajpur Medical College

§ Faridpur Medical College

§ Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College

§ Pabna Medical College

§ Armed Forces Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh[Under Ministry of Defense]

§ Noakhali Medical College

§ Cox's Bazar Medical College

§ Jessore Medical College

§ Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College, Kishoreganj

§ Kushtia Medical College

§ Satkhira Medical College: Satkhira Medical College started its journey with 53 students on Friday. Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhal Haque inaugurated the college at its temporary campus at Maddhyakatia in the district town. Addressing the function, the minister said rejecting the traditional method of education new education system has been introduced in the medical colleges under digital system. He said the present government established four medical colleges in the country where 3500 students got chance to prosecute their studies. Led by acting principal Dr AZ Atique, among others, National Prof Dr. M.R. Khan, Dr. A.K.M. Asaduzzaman and local lawmaker MA Jabbar, spoke at the programme.

ref: en.wikipedia

Bangladesh Tea Association AGM held

2012-08-24T11:43:00.005-07:00

The annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Tea Association was held at its office in the city's Agrabad area on Tuesday.

Presided over by its chairman Safwan Chowdhury the 52nd AGM approved the audited accounts for the year 2011 and the newly elected executive committee for 2012-14.

Safwan Chowdhury was re-elected chairman of the new committee, while Ardashir Kabir was elected senior vice chairman and M Shah Alam was vice chairman.

Elected members of the committee are: SS Iftikhar Ahmed, HSM Ziaul Ahasan, Siraj Uddin Ahmed, M Nurul Alam, Kazi Istiaque Ahmed, SN Taher, M Samad Chowdhury, M Wahidul Huq, Mir Mahbubul Hoque, Fahmida Hossain Khan, Golam Mostafa, Morshdul Alam Quadery and M Salman Ispahani as ex-officio member.

BBN/SSR/SI-16Aug12-12:30 am (BST)

Banks asked to open donation accounts for Padma Bridge

2012-08-24T11:37:00.003-07:00

The central bank of Bangladesh has asked all commercial banks to open collection accounts on behalf of the government to receive donation for implementation of the Padma Bridge project, officials said.

Two accounts - one for local currency and another for foreign - will be opened with the state-owned Sonali Bank Local Office to receive the money deposited with the banks.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country’s central bank, issued a circular in this connection on Wednesday and asked the chief executives and managing directors of all commercial banks to open the accounts properly.

“The banks will open collection accounts at all their branches on behalf of the government and will maintain those until further notice,” the BB said in the circular.

Talking to BBN, a BB senior official said the central bank has issued the circular in line with the advice of the Ministry of Finance.

The scheduled banks will provide such services without any charges, he said, adding that anyone can give their donation to the accounts, opened at any bank branches.

One of the accounts will be titled "Voluntary donation (residents) for construction of the Padma Bridge" where local currency will be deposited.

Another account will be a foreign currency account in the same title in the overseas and authorised dealer (AD) branches of all banks for receiving grants from the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs).

The circular also said any expatriate can send their grant through any bank abroad or AD branch of any Bangladeshi bank through exchange houses.

"All banks will have to submit monthly financial statement on donation to the central bank and forward a copy to the executive director of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority to ensure proper monitoring of the fund," the central banker noted.

"The deposited money would not be allowed to be spent on other purposes, and the Bridge Division will inform the Prime Minister's Office, the Finance Division and the Planning Commission about the status of the accounts and collected money after every three months," the finance ministry said in a notification earlier.

If any amount of the collected fund remains unutilised after the implementation of the project, it (the amount) will be spent on other infrastructure development work or to be deposited with the Consolidated Fund, it added.

BBN/SSR/AD-09Aug12-11:05 am (BST)

Bengal Gallery wins Top Influential Galleries Award in Beijing

2012-08-24T11:32:00.003-07:00

Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts has won the Top Influential Galleries Awardat the 15th Beijing International Art Expo 2012.

The 15th Beijing International Art Exposition was inaugurated on August 16 last at the China World Trade Centre, which was organized by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. Over 130 galleries from 16 countries took part at the five-day festival.

Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka in collaboration with the Embassy of Bangladesh in Beijing arranged the Bangladesh booth at the expo, where 30 artworks including oil, acrylic, drawing and video installation were exhibited, according to the organizers.

The participating Bangladeshi artists were Quayyum Chowdhury, Rafiqun Nabi, Monirul Islam, Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Maksuda Iqbal Nipa, Yasmin Jahan Nupur and Biswajit Goswami.

Subir Chowdhury, director of Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts; artists Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Maksuda Iqbal Nipa and Biswajit Goswami attended the expo.

BBN/SSR/AD-24Aug12-2:20 pm (BST)

Ambulance News

2012-07-13T19:59:00.003-07:00

হঠাৎ করেই অসুস্থ হয়ে পড়তে পারেন আপনার প্রিয়জন। হাতের কাছেই তাই রেখে দিন অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিসের প্রয়োজনীয় নানা তথ্য।
আলিফ অ্যাম্বুলেন্স
সব ধরনের রোগী ও মৃতদেহ বহন করা হয়। গাড়িতে শীতাতপনিয়ন্ত্রণ ও অক্সিজেনের ব্যবস্থা আছে। ফোন: ৯১৩১৬৮৮; ০১৮১৯২৫৩৭৭৭।
আল মারকাজুল ইসলাম
ঢাকা ও ঢাকার বাইরে অপেক্ষাকৃত কম মূল্যে অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সুবিধা দিয়ে থাকে আল মারকাজুল। আর যারা দরিদ্র, তারা চাইলে অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সেবা পেতে পারেন বিনা মূল্যে। ফোন: ৯১২৭৮৬৭ , ০১৮১৮৭৩২৯০৫।
রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটি
সেবামূলক প্রতিষ্ঠান রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির নিজস্ব অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিস রয়েছে। শুধু ঢাকার ভেতরে যেকোনো সময় রোগী পরিবহন করে ৪০০ টাকার মধ্যে। ফোন: ৯৩৫০৫৯৮; ৯৩৩০১৮৮।
গ্রিন লাইফ হসপিটাল
শুধু ঢাকার ভেতর সেবা দেয় গ্রিন লাইফ অ্যাম্বুলেন্স। ফোন: ৯৬১২৩৪৫; ০১৮১৩১৪০২৪১।
কমফোর্ট অ্যাম্বুলেন্স
বাংলাদেশের সব অঞ্চলেই রোগী পরিবহন করে তারা। মৃতদেহ বহনের ব্যবস্থাও আছে। ফোন: ৮১২৪৯৯০; ০১৭১৬২৬৬০১৮।
শমরিতা অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিস
শমরিতা অ্যাম্বুলেন্স ঢাকা কিংবা ঢাকার বাইরে রোগী পরিবহন করে। এসি ও নন-এসি আলাদা গাড়ির ব্যবস্থা রয়েছে। ফোন: ০১৮১১৮৭৯২৬০; ০১৭২৬৩১২৯৩২।
আঞ্জুমান মফিদুল ইসলাম
তাদের নিজস্ব কিছু অ্যাম্বুলেন্স রয়েছে, যা দরিদ্র রোগীদের বিনা মূল্যে সেবা দেয়। মৃতদেহও বহন করে। যোগাযোগ: ৯৩৪৬৯৭০; ৯৩৩৬৬১১;
ল্যাবএইড
শুধু ঢাকার ভেতরে অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিসের ব্যবস্থা রয়েছে ল্যাবএইড হসপিটালের। ফোন: ৮৬১০৭৯৩-৮; ০১৭১৩৩৩৩৩৩৭।
স্কয়ার হাসপাতাল
২৪ ঘণ্টাই রোগী পরিবহন করে তারা। ফোন: ০১৭১৩৩৭৭৭৭৩-৫, ৮১৪৪৪৭৭।
বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল হাসপাতাল
অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিস পেতে যোগাযোগ করতে পারেন। ফোন: ৮৬১৮৬৫২; ৯৬৬১০৫১-৫৬৮৬১৪৫৪৫-৪৯।
পপুলার ডায়াগনস্টিক হাসপাতাল
এই হাসপাতালের তত্ত্বাবধানে এম এম অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিসে অক্সিজেনসহ এসি, নন-এসি দুই ধরনের গাড়ির ব্যবস্থা রয়েছে। ফোন: ০১৮১৯২৭০১৫৭; ০১৭১৬২৬৯০৩৮।
বারডেম ও ইব্রাহিম কার্ডিয়াক হাসপাতাল
তাদের অ্যাম্বুলেন্স শুধু এখানে ভর্তি রোগীদের পরিবহনের ব্যবস্থা করে থাকে। মৃতদেহের জন্য ফ্রিজিং গাড়ি রয়েছে। ফোন: ৯৬৬১৫৫১-৫; ৮৬১৬৬৪১-৫০।
ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল
ফোন: ৮৬২৬৮১২-১৯।
ন্যাশনাল হার্ট ফাউন্ডেশন হাসপাতাল
শুধু ঢাকার ভেতরে ও নিজস্ব হাসপাতালের রোগীদের জন্য অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিসের ব্যবস্থা রয়েছে। এ ছাড়া এক হাসপাতাল থেকে অন্য হাসপাতালে পৌঁছে দেওয়া হয়। ফোন: ৮০৬১৩১৪-৬।

Ref: Daily Prothom Alo

LAW & ORDER/ Weather

2012-06-14T11:33:00.000-07:00

Law an order
Bangladesh is a peaceful country. But now a days the overall law & order is questionable. Because Elias Ali, BNP Leader, Sagar & Runi Murder and Others few activities observed in Bangladesh and Our POLICE, RAB, DB all are fail to make good conclusion by findings the clue.

Weather
Presently the weather is very hot and No chance for rain soon. Childrens are sufferings lot. Cold fever from hot weather is spread house to house.

MAP OF BANGLADESH

2012-05-06T21:26:00.001-07:00

Bangladesh is located in southern Asia. Bangladesh is bordered by the Bay of Bengal, Myanmar (Burma) to the east, and India to the east, north, and west.

Cities:
Agartala, Bhola, Chittagong, Habiganj, Jamalpur, Jaria, Jessore, Khulna, Narayanganj, Nawabganj, Pirganj, Rangamati, Rangpur, Sylhet and Tangail.

Locations:

Barkal Lake, Bay of Bengal, Brahmaputra River, Jamuna River, Kabadak River, Karnaphuli Reservoir, Madhumati River, Meghna River, Mizo Hills, Mouth of the Ganges, Padina (Ganges River), Swatch of No Ground and Tista River.

Environmental Issues:

Bangladesh has severe overpopulation, therefore many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land. There are environmental issues, which include water-borne diseases prevalent in surface water, and contaminated ground water by naturally occurring arsenic. The country has water pollution, especially of the fishing areas, which resulted from the use of commercial pesticides. In the northern and central parts of the country there are intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables. Bangladesh also has soil concerns with deforestation, erosion and soil degradation.

FOR YOUR BUSINESS 5-STEP GUIDE TO MAKING DIVERSITY WORK

2012-05-03T03:28:00.003-07:00

The report looks at the experiences of some of the world’s leading companies, The following recommendations for creating a successful, diverse finance function:

Understand cultural differences. You may have a team that looks different, which looks good in your CSR reports, but your team is consequently going to think and work differently too. For companies expanding overseas, new markets bring their own customs, . Get to grips with each market how to integrate working practices into corporate model.
Diversity starts with recruitment. Working effectively with HR is crucial and recruitment policies must be effective and engaging.
Nurture diversity where it doesn’t already exist. A wide range of experiences and perspectives are needed to develop the finance leaders of the future: it’s no longer the corporate career ladder, but the corporate career lattice. Managers from developed markets should be given the opportunity to spend time in emerging markets and vice versa.
Embrace open ways of working. Finance leaders that promote a diversity of thinking, and encourage their teams to express different views, will be better able to identify risks and opportunities.
Manage the tension between standardisation and diversity. Finance leaders need to think carefully about the right global/local balance for an optimal finance function.

A LOVE IS GOING TO DIE AND DEAD (LAST EPISODE)

2011-12-22T02:18:00.000-08:00

অনেক আগেই বলেছিলাম অন্ধ বিশ্বাস এর সুযোগ নিয়ে মেয়েটি নোংরা শারীরিক চাহিদা মেটানোর অভিপ্রায়ে অন্যের বিছানায় যেতে লাগলো| . সংসার জলাঞ্জলি দিতে তার কুন্ঠাবোধ হলনা| ছেলেটি তার সংসার টিকানোর জন্য যার পর নাই চেষ্টা করল | কিনতু সৃষ্টিকর্তার মন গল্লনা| মেয়েটি অত:পর সিদ্ধান্ত নিল | ভালবাসার স্বপ্ন কে মাড়িয়ে | অপবিত্র করে মেয়েটি তার খন্শ্তাই সিদ্ধান্তের উপর ভর করে আর একটি জীবনের নষ্ট করার লক্ষে, নতুন অভিযান এ নেমে পড়ল |

আর একটি বিয়ে করার সিদ্ধান্ত | পথের কাটা হয়ে থাকা সেই বহু বছরের ভালবাসার ছেলেটির জীবনকে তসনস করে দেবার অভিযান এ নামল| মিথ্যে অহমিকা আর অর্থের দাম্ভিকতায় সে তার মনুষত্বকে বিসর্জন দিয়ে তার ভালবাসার মানুষটির ক্ষতি করতে উঠে প রে লাগলো এখনো লেগেই আছে | স্বামী হিসেবে কোনো প্রাপ্তি যোগ না হতেই তাগের বিশাল ভান্ডার যোগ হলো তার জীবন এ| তাদের সন্তানের ভবিষ্যত মানুষিকতাকে দাবা খেলার মত মেয়েটি খেলতে চাইছে |

আমি জানি সত্যের জয় হবেই | আজকের এই বিসর্জন আমার ওই বন্ধুটি কে আর ও শক্তিশালী করে দিয়েছে | ধংশ হোক সকল নোংরা মানুষিকতার মানুষ | জয় হোক সত্যের |

ভালবাসার এই করুন পরিসমাপ্তির জন্য আমি মেয়েটিকেই দায়ী করব | সৃষ্টিকর্তা মানুষের শরীর কে একটি নির্দিষ্ট মেয়াদের জন্য পাঠিয়েছেন | অফুরন্ত সময়ের জন্য নয় | জৈবিক চাহিদা আর ও অল্প সময়ের জন্য | তাই আজ যে অপবিত্রতা একটি স্বপ্ন কে ধুলিসাত করে দিল এর শাস্তি যেন হয় চরম ভয়ানক, এই কামনা করি সৃষ্টিকর্তার প্রতি |

Alove is going to die update

2011-08-14T23:02:00.000-07:00

সেদিনের সেই সুন্দর দিনগুলোতে ছেলে ও মেয়েটি খুঁজে পেয়েছিল তাদের ভালবাসার ঠিকানা তারা আবদ্ধ হলো বিবাহ বন্ধনে | যেন হটাত করেই বড়লোক বাবার খেয়াল হলো তাই মেয়েটিকে বিয়ে দিল ওই ছেলের সাথে | ভালই কাটছিল তাদের সংসার | ভালবাসার আনন্দ ভরে তাদের এলো একটি সন্তান | সন্তান বড় হতে লাগলো | কিন্তু মেয়েটির ভেতরের আসল মানুষটি যেন খুলতে শুরু করলো | মেয়েটি তার ভালবাসার মানুষটিকে যেন কিনে নিয়েছে ভেবে যা ইচ্ছে তাই ব্যবহার কর তে লাগলো | কিন্তু ছেলেটি যে মেয়েটিকে ভালবাসে | তাই সে নরম থেকে নরম হতে লাগলো | সয়ে যেতে লাগলো দিনের পর দিন | ছেলেটি বুঝতে পারেনি আশলে এর পেছনে কি আছে | কিন্তু সময়ের সাথে সাথে সব কিছুই পরিষ্কার হতে লাগলো| মেয়েটির নোংরা মানুষিকতা প্রকাশ পেতে লাগলো আমার সেই বন্ধুটির কাছে | সময়ের পরিক্রমায় দশটি বসর কেটে গেল | অনেক কিছুই আমরা দেখলাম| মেয়েটির শানিত মুখের ধার যেন তরবারির ধার্কেও হার মানে| মিথ্যে টাকার অহংবোধ তাকে এমন পর্যায় নিয়ে গেল যে সে সবাইকেই তুচ্ছ তাচ্ছিল্য করতে লাগলো| বন্ধুটির অন্ধ বিশ্বাসের সুযোগ কে কাজে লাগিয়ে মেয়েটি নোংরা মানুষিকতায় প্রবেশ করতে লাগলো|

চলবে........

Alove is going to die update

2011-08-14T22:46:00.001-07:00

সেদিনের সেই সুন্দর দিনগুলোতে ছেলে ও মেয়েটি খুঁজে পেয়েসিলো তাদের ভালবাসার ঠিকানা তারা আবদ্ধ হলো বিবাহ বন্ধনে | যেন হটাত করেই বড়লোক বাবার খেয়াল হলো তাই মেয়েটিকে বিয়ে দিল ওই ছেলের সাথে | ভালই কাত্সিলো তাদের সংসার | ভালবাসার আনন্দ ভ রে তাদের এলো একটি সন্তান | সন্তান বড় হতে লাগলো | কিন্তু মেয়েটির ভেতরের আসল মানুষটি যেন খুলতে শুরু করলো | মেয়েটি তার ভালবাসার মানুষটিকে যেন কি নে নিচে ভেবে যা ইচ্ছে তাই ব্যবহার কর তে লাগলো | কিন্তু ছেলেটি যে মেয়েটিকে ভালবাসে | তাই সে নরম থেকে নরম হ তে লাগলো | সয়ে যেতে লাগলো দিনের পর দিন | ছেলেটি বুঝতে পারেনি আশ লে এর পেছনে কি আছে | কিন্তু সময়ের সাথে সাথে সব কিসুই পরিষ্কার হতে লাগলো| মেয়েটির নোংরা মানুষিকতা প্রকাশ পেতে লাগলো আমার সেই বন্ধুটির কাছে |

চলবে........

A LOVE IS GOING TO DIE - A TRU LOVE STORY (UPDATE)

2011-08-04T02:09:00.001-07:00

BABAR KADHE LASHER BOJHA PAHARER CHAITEO VARI

2011-07-12T03:43:00.000-07:00

FAMILY RELATION STORY

2011-06-28T00:53:00.000-07:00

FAMILY RELATION IS THE ROOT OF HUMAN

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score good grades.

The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "None."

The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees."
The director asked, "Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner."
The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"

The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly.

His tear fell as he did that.
It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and
there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his
mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that
washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises
in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his
graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all
the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: "Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes."

The Director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."

The youth said,
Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not
be the successful me today.

Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done.

Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, "This is what I am looking for to be my manager."

I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but
eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?

You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.

You would have forwarded many mails to many and many of them would have back mailed you too ... but try and forward this story to as many as possible .... this may change somebody's fate...

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2011-06-27T06:14:00.000-07:00

আপনার পেন ড্রাইভের ভেতরের ফল্দের দেখতে পারছেননা? তা হলে ছবির বির্দেশনা পড়ুন এবং সেভাবে সমাধান করার চেষ্টা করুন.

A LOVE IS GOING TO DIE - A TRU LOVE STORY

2011-06-21T23:53:00.000-07:00

পর্ব-৩

আজ থেকে বিশ একুশ বছর আগের কথা | একটি ছেলে ও একটি মেয়ের ভালবাসার পূব আকাশে সুর্য উঠেছিল | এক রক্তিম আভা ছড়িয়ে পরেছিল ভালোবাসার সৌরজগতে | যেন এক কপোত কপোতির পবিত্র বন্ধন | ছেলেটি মেয়েটির ভালোবাসা পাবার জন্য যার পর নাই চেষ্টা করতে লাগলো ভালোবাসা স্বার্থক রূপ দেবার জন্য | সারাদিন যেন তার পানেই তাকিয়ে থাকা, অলস বসে থাকা, কোনো কিছুই বাদ গেলনা | এভাবে সময় পেরিয়ে যাই মেয়েটির মন পাবার পরীক্ষায় যেন পাশ মার্কস আসছিলনা | রাতের ঘুম হারাম করে দিয়ে, সকালের খাবারের মাঝে মেয়েটির মুখ দর্শনই যেন ভালবাসার অসুখে পরিনত হলো | সকল বধুদের সাথে আড্ডার সময় গেল কমে | বন্ধুরা বুঝতে পারে না কেন !| যে বন্ধু সবসময় আড্ডা দিত , সে বন্ধুটির এখন কি হলো!! বন্ধুটির যেন চোখে ঘুম নেই ঠায় দাড়িয়ে, বসে অপলক তাকিয়ে থাকে মেয়েটির দিকে | বাসায় তো সকলেই অবাক পরিবর্তন আসছে ওই দুরন্ত ছেলেটির মাঝে কিন্তু কেন! ছেলেটির বাসার সকলেই যেন স্বস্তি ফিরে পেল ছেলেটির পাগলামি কমেছে দেখে |

চলবে ...............

AZAM KHAN IS NO MORE

2011-06-05T23:32:00.000-07:00

আজম খান আর নেই

আজম খান গাইবেননা আর কোনদিন, গুরু গুরু বলে আর আওয়াজ তুলবেনা কেউ, চলে গেলেন আমাদের ছেড়ে , একজন মুক্তিযোদ্ধা , একজন বিনয়ী ,নম্র চলে গেলেন , ভাবতেই অনেক কষ্ট হচ্হে, আজম ভাই ইন্তেকাল করেছেন গতকাল, একটি নক্ষত্রের বিদায় হলো, রেল লাইনের ওই বস্তিতে আর গাবেননা, সবাই আমরা মর্মাহত, আমরা শোকাহত, আমরা কামনা করি আল্লাহর কাছে তার আত্মার মাগফেরাত ও শান্তি