Author: ATIFA ANJUMAN
Nutritional deficiency is a significant public health issue that affects children worldwide, particularly in low and middle income countries. Proper nutrition is essential for physical growth, cognitive development, and overall health. Deficiencies in essential nutrients during critical stages of growth can lead to a range of short-term and long-term health problems, hampering a child’s potential and contributing to the cycle of poverty and poor health. Globally, under nutrition is underlying or associated cause in at least half of all childhood deaths. Prevention of under nutrition in children is one of the top priorities in efforts to reduce childhood mortality. The…
The Rotary Club of Agrabad and Al Manahil Nurture General Hospital jointly organized a meeting on a 10-day free modern plastic surgery and operation for cleft lip and burn patients at the Club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday. President of the Club, Rotarian Dr. Purnendu Biswas Saha chaired the lively event successfully conducted at the spontaneous initiative of Chattogram Rotary Center President, Rotarian Osman Gani Mansur. Speaking at the event, Rotarian Past President Khairul Mustafa highlighted the RotaFirst innovation and action plan as well as ethics of Rotary Club , capability and well-being of deformed people. President Purnendu Biswas Saha expressed…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched its Regional Presence Office (RPO) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in Alexandria, Egypt, according to IMO’s release, according to PortNews. The new office will coordinate technical assistance for countries in the region in areas like maritime safety, security, and environmental sustainability. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez emphasized that the RPO will bring IMO closer to the region, fostering collaboration and ensuring the needs of MENA countries are represented globally. The RPO will implement IMO’s technical cooperation activities, focusing on enhancing maritime safety, security, and environmental sustainability. It will also act…
Port operations in the Pilbara region in northwest Australia resumed during the day on Monday, January 20, after a two-day interruption as a powerful cyclone approached. The ports handle exports of iron ore as well as liquified natural gas, condensate, and salt, The Maritime Executive reports.. Pilbara Ports, the world’s largest bulk export port authority, reported as of midday the storm “has moved far enough west to no longer affect the Pilbara or offshore waters.” The storm however is expected to continue to gain strength while it is also expected to move to the southwest away from the coast during…
Moira Donegan At noon ET on Monday, the US presidency changed hands, and one of the largest governments in the world rearranged itself in service to the petulance and vulgarity of the nation’s new president. At the Pentagon, a portrait of a general who Donald Trump had found insufficiently deferential to him in his first term was removed from a wall; photographs of the empty spot circulated on social media. Trump was set to sign a bevvy of executive orders, pledging to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, to revoke policies promoting wind energy and electric cars, and…
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the chief of the committee on White Paper on the state of Bangladesh’s economy, has cautioned that the pro-reform sentiment in Bangladesh may wane if the interim government does not accelerate its reform agenda. “That means the people who are now in favour of reforms at one stage might step aside from the balanced reforms due to the economic insecurity,” he said on Saturday. He urged the interim government to leave behind three critical legacies to help steer the nation back on track. The legacies he outlined are: making the gravity of corruption clear, tackling malgovernance and…
A shocking 49.4% of students (310) who died by suicide in Bangladesh in 2024 were school students, according to a study by Achol Foundation, a non-profit organisation. The data highlighted the severe mental health challenges faced by young learners and the vulnerability of adolescents to emotional distress, the organisation said in its report titled ‘Students committed suicide in 2024: Need coordinated initiatives’. At least 310 students of schools, colleges, universities and madrasas died by suicide in 2024, according to the study. The number of students who killed themselves across the country was 513 in 2023 and 532 in 2022. College-level…
Atifa Anjuman In 2024, Bangladesh witnessed a significant student-led movement known as the ‘Anti-Discrimination Students Movement’; which played a pivotal role in the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The movement began as a protest in 15 July as students of Dhaka University were sitting with placards and flags peacefully in response to the reinstatement of a quota allocation for government jobs in Bangladesh. They demanded an end to a controversial government job quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for the families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan in 1971 which many students…
Israel on Saturday approved a ceasefire deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas that involves release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli forces struck in the enclave before the agreement’s scheduled start on Sunday. The agreement is set to halt a 15-month-old war between Israel and Gaza’s rulers Hamas that has decimated the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and destabilised the Middle East. The war was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies. More than 400 Israeli…