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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Khaleda address today's rally in Khulna

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BNP-Vorsitzenden Khaleda Zia wird eine öffentliche Kundgebung in Khulna behandeln heute (Sonntag), mit dem Ziel, die öffentliche Unterstützung für die Opposition Nachfrage für die Organisation der nächsten Wahlen unter einer Regierung Nichtvertragspartei mobilisieren meldet Leinen

Die BNP-Vorsitzende begann ihre Reise für Jessore aus ihrem Gulshan-Residence am um 16:40. Sie soll über Nacht Jessore Circuit House am Samstag übernachten.

Dies wird die vierte aus acht 18-Parteien-Kundgebungen in acht Regionen des Landes an Bürger am Leben in ihrer laufenden Kampagne gegen die Regierung um die Regierung zwingen, jetzt abgeschafft geschäftsführende Regierung Systemwiederherstellung zur Überwachung der Umfragen zu erhöhen angeordnet werden.

Früher angesprochen der BNP-Chef Kundgebungen in Narsingdi am 8 Rangpur am 15 und Rajshahi am 16.

Nach Khulna wird Khaleda, auch der Führer der Opposition im Parlament am 5. Oktober eine Rallye in Sylhet befassen.


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Panesar in the spotlight again after ban

LONDON, Sept 28 (AFP): Questions about Monty Panesar's fresh character way make Friday when the England spinner accepted he had a "potentially threatening and intimidating" in the direction of the opponent was.

Only a few days after named in the squad for the upcoming ashes tour by Australia, Panesar received a suspended one-game ban Cricket Board disciplinary Commission of England and Wales after pleading guilty to a violation of policy 3.2 in the County Championship match between Essex and Worcestershire earlier this month.

The ECB has not specified exactly what Panesar to be charged, their statement on "two incidents" had caused which was probably a heated dispute with Worcestershire Batsman Ross Whiteley.

Experienced referee Peter Willey, which former test batsman, intervened during Essex Captain James Foster caused also the match officials.

Panesar will ban until the end of next season, to other violations against the ECB code used.

Friday which statement said ECB Panesar "had apologized for his behavior during the game".

But there was something Panesar and the England selectors Ciould have done, without the controversy of his test recall.

Last month, 31-year-old left-Armer who has taken 164 wickets to 33.78 in 48 tests, found himself making the wrong kind of headlines, after he for urinate on night club bouncer in Brighton on England's South coast was punished.

It was rival employers Sussex, who promptly Panesar dismissed, now finishing the season on loan at County Essex all too much for his then.

But the fact that bowler Graeme Panesar-England's second-best spinner behind off-break stays Swann from the miserable test debut by Lancashire left Armer Simon Kerrigan, whose eight wicketless overs in the drawn ashes final at the oval last month 53 runs is distinctly was.

England National selector Geoff Miller, himself a former test spinner, said in the ashes squad Monday announcement: "Monty had its problems, which we have worked hard to korrigieren-in the last six weeks, and he has.

"He is a proven international bowler who has shown what he is capable on many occasions for us."

Miller added: "he is very ready to speak for him his bowling can be, so I'm willing to accept." He is an experienced international player and it's up to him, which were supposed to produce for us."


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Poverty remains the main obstacle to reaching the UN target: ILO

Nizam Ahmed

Poverty is laid down by the United Nations (UN) for the Elimination of the worst forms of child labour probably the biggest obstacle to achieving the goal by 2016, remain according to a recent report issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The report follows, taking into account the Declaration of the ILO on fundamental principles and rights at work, a study found that the number of working children worldwide in aged between 5 and 17, in the last returned 13 years by one-third by 2012.

Despite the reduction of child labour in recent years the ILO has decided, for various reasons, including poverty not the goal of the Elimination of the worst forms of child labour until 2016 can be achieved.

You can find a large number of children in Asia-Pacific and Africa South of the Sahara regions, said the ILO report.

About 21 percent of children are involved as workers in sub Saharan area compared to 9.0 percent in the Asia, Pacific and Latin American countries and 8.0 percent in the Middle East and North Africa.

Released prior to the Global Conference on child labour in Brazil October take place, the report said the number of child labourers 168 million in 2012. The children as laborers were hired around 11 per cent of all children of the world.

168 Million child workers are girls 99.8 million while guys that make other 68.2 million.

In the year 2000 the number of child workers amounted to 246 million, which reduced to 215 million in 2008. The success in reducing child labour was remarkable between 2008 and 2012.

The decline of girls in child labour was particularly pronounced – there was a reduction of 40 per cent in the number of girls in child labour compared to 25 percent for boys.

Of the 168 million child workers, 85 percent of them in dangerous work involved that directly endangers their health, safety, and moral development.

According to save the children of Bangladesh in the South Asian country there is some 7.4 million child workers and of them, about 80 percent involved in non-formal categories including farm domestic helps.

By the ILO campaign in Bangladesh employers not children under 15 years in the apparel industry to engage, and make them more than five hours work a day. But some subcontractors employ children often and they are regulated in the same manner as compliant factories.

Most of Bangladesh's child workers engage in homes as domestic helps and get peasants and how work, especially girls, throughout the day, little access to education.

Parents of these children allow their stations in works out of poverty are involved. Almost one-third of the country's 155 million people live below the international poverty line or less than $2.0 per day.

According to the study, is the poverty should remain the greatest challenge to the ILO goal to eliminate hazardous child labour by 2016.


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Friday, October 4, 2013

PM\'s birthday celebrated

67Th anniversary of the birth of Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, was Saturday in the city celebrated, than anywhere else in the country with lavish programmes, BSS reports.

In celebration of the birthday of the PM, who is now at the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York garlanded Central leader of the AL and the U.S. Unit of the party her extensively in their Grand Hyatt hotel-suite, wanting that her longevity and success in politics.

Marking the day, special prayers were offered and Milad Mahfils organized in the various mosques including the Baitul Mukarram National mosque after Zohr asked. Special prayers were offered at Dhakeshwari national Temple and other places of worship, including the churches and pagodas at noon.

In the programmes of Central Dhaka City Awami League (AL) organized a Milad and Dua Mahfil and a discussion in the party headquarters of Bangabandhu Avenue in the town in the afternoon looking for divine blessings for long life and success of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Cooked food was distributed also among the inmates of various orphanages.

Awami League joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, Dhaka City AL President MA Aziz, General Secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Bir Bikram) or Joint Secretary advocate Quamrul Islam attended the program, among other things.

Milad Ganobhaban held

In the meantime, a Milad Mahfil on Ganobhaban that official residence of the Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, after ASR Saturday her 67th birthday held prayers BSS reported.

The Mahmood joined relatives, well-wishers, party leaders and officials and employees of the Prime Minister's Office and Ganobhaban.

A special Munajat was looking for good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League also offered Chief.


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Iraq violence kills 11

Baghdad, Sept 28: violence, the attacks on the security forces and their families killed 11 people in the Iraq taken on Saturday, officials said. In Tarmiyah, North of Baghdad, militants four houses blew up include policemen and soldiers while people slept inside. Four people were killed, including a soldier, and 15 injured. Southeast of the capital, a bomb on the roadside in a market one person killed and eight wounded, while a magnetic "sticky bomb" on a car an electricity Ministry employee in Baghdad itself killed. Â AFP

Top member of Britain's Conservatives held over rape claim

LONDON, Sept 28: top member of the Conservative Party of Prime Minister David Cameron on suspicion of the rape of a young girl has been arrested, British police said on Saturday. Arrested Deputy Party Chairman Alan Lewis, 75, in London on Friday, after a woman claimed he raped her in the 1960s in the city of Manchester, Northwest England, police said. Â AFP

Greece arrests neo-Nazi leader

Athens, Sept 28: Greek police on Saturday crashed on the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party arrest association management and hunting nationwide triggered the assassination of the left-leaning musician who after members in a RAID. The arrests came after a day that Golden Dawn threatened to legislators from Parliament, a movement, a political crisis in the recession-ridden could trigger. Â AFP

EU welcomes UN Syria chemical weapons resolution

Brussels, Sept 28: the European Union has a United Nations resolution to destroy Syria's chemical weapons storage facility for poison gas attacks praised "Set a standard" against perpetrators. The resolution represented "an important step in the direction of a sustainable and coherent international response to the crisis in Syria" would and EU "vigorously" support for non-compliance, foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton said late Friday in a statement. Â AFP

UN-Syria resolution "fails to ensure justice ': HRW"

BEIRUT, Sept 28: human rights watch on Saturday criticized a hard-won UN resolution the Security Council order to deliver the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal because of Justice for the victims of the conflict. "This resolution fails to ensure justice for the gassing of hundreds of children and many other serious crimes", said the New York Watchdog UN Director, Philippe Bolopion. Â AFP

Gaza Strip: Palestinians waiting at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday a short opening, so that special cases to cross, according to the Egyptian authorities the crossing closed "indefinitely" on the day before reasons. The measure has stranded hundreds of Palestinians on both sides of the crossing. -Attack AFP Kenya seeks missing week after Mall
NAIROBI, Sept 28: Kenyans Saturday marked a week since Islamist armed stormed a Nairobi Mall in attack that shocked the nation, but confusion over the fate of 61 people still missing remained. Kenyan and foreign researchers continue the carcass of the upscale West Gate shopping centre for clues to the perpetrators of the September RAID and subsequent four-day siege of comb. Sixty-seven people have so far confirmed have been on the attack, the worst in Kenya since 1998 US Embassy, on. -AFP
Nigeria Islamists release video of French hostage: website
LAGOS, Sept 28: Ansaru Nigerian Islamist group announced Friday a video of French nationals in December, which said tracking website SITE Jihad kidnapped. In the video, released online, the hostage identified Francis Collomp, engineer at the French company Vergnet, "25 September 2013 was kidnapped in Rimi in Katsina State on December 19, 2012 until today." as 63-year-old The hostage is shown wearing a white T-shirt, with an unknown person keep a gun in the background. -AFP
Set for worst ever lead Austrian main parties
Vienna, Sept. 28: middle of Austria's two-party coalition is expected to that Sunday, the power to stay, although a record bad find a third partner can force after the elections. He ruled the castle for decades, the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the conservative people's Party (ÖVP) look to fight to win a majority of votes and seats between them. -AFP
United States, Uganda, Kenya to discuss attack
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AL on surveys alone if BNP Selena ' t go: Nasim

Confirmed that the ruling party is ready to concede defeat, if people do not agree, Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Mohammad Nasim said on Saturday that she goes to polls alone, if the largest opposition party, the BNP does not report lines

"We will accept defeat, if not the choice AL that makes people. If they (BNP) to not take part in the polls, AL moved ahead alone, "he said.

Nasim, also a former Interior Minister, said this while addressing organized a discussion of Juba for Mahanagar Natya Mancha, marking the 67th birthday of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's Awami League.

"Place your suggestion in relation to the Transitional Government in the Parliament. If they (BNP) to not take part in the polls, we will participate only because together with people, "he said.

Nasim said that elections will take place according to the Constitution, and no one can resist. If BNP, Jamaat and Hefajat 5,000 people on the streets to remove, to thwart the polls, she AL resists with 50,000 party activists.

Awami Jubo League (AJL) Secretary General Harun or Rashid, among other things said on the program with his Chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury in the Chair held.

BSS adds: Awami League (AL) joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif Saturday said his party is always still ready for talks with the opposition to resolve the political crisis, BSS reported.

He call for the BNP, to place their proposal, if they are present in the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) said, "The political crisis can be solved through negotiations,".

Hanif made this decision at the speaking as Chief Guest at a discussion organized by Awami Swechchasebak League (ASL) Dhanmondi road 32 in the town of AL President and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's 67th birthday. ASL President Attorney General Mollah Md Abu Kowsar moderated the discussion, also addressed, inter alia by the Secretary-General Pankaj Debnath and Organization Secretary Sajjad Ahmed.

The threat of the biggest opposition party BNP let election under Sheikh Hasina they don't stop anyone criticize the AL joint General Secretary said, "there is no advantage in the postural threats, to resist the survey. Development programs can not for the Government through such activities at risk."

Hanif, also a special assistant of the PM said, although BNP leaders are loud on the democratic multi-party system, there are even no practice of multi-party democracy in their party. The AL leader said, categorically, that the upcoming election according to the Constitution would take place.


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Miss Philippines crowned Miss World

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Sept 28 (AFP): Miss Philippines was on Saturday, the Miss World 2013 in a glitzy finale on the Indonesian resort island of Bali under tight security after weeks of hardline Muslim protests topped.

The five other finalists, including France and Brazil for the coveted title in a competition in more than 180 countries beat aired all over the world to win Megan Young.

She you thanked the judges for the election and promised to "Always be the best Miss World".

The 23-year-old promised "me in everything that I do what I know to share and educate people, be".

The decision to hold the parade in the world's most populous Muslim country had raised hardline anger. Heavily armed police and water cannons were guarded the venue in Nusa Dua, Bali southern.

Protest against the move had taken thousands of hardliners in the streets around the country in recent weeks, and radical group of the Islamic Defender committed protests against the move on Saturday of the stage.


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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Taiyo\ of jv insurance co proposal under home Regulator\ scanner

Jasim Uddin Haroon

The planned joint venture Summit Taiyo life insurance is to submit even the memorandum of articles and the IDRA, since investment proposal of life back is concerned Taiyo by Japan, which is a partnership with Summit Group of Bangladesh, under scanner of the controller to go home, said.

Ten other new insurers, which used to operate together with the Taiyo Summit licenses after submitting all required documents have already.

Taiyo Summit has the approval, but not the operating licence of the insurance development and regulatory authority (IDRA) due to the delay in the submission of the relevant documents.

The Taiyo life of Japan has permission from Bangladesh insurance controller - IDRA - a life insurance policy together with the Summit Group form on last July 04.

The IDRA consent sent letter in favor of the society earlier.

After the sending of the letter, the IDRA calls to provide memorandum items and associations. But it is still present and form a company.

The IDRA asked right before another 10 new insurance companies submit and they did accordingly.

Already, except the insurance company Taiyo Summit, 10 other insurance of the country have made the concerned according to rules and regulations.

The ten new insurance companies have also licenses by IDRA worked except the Taiyo-Summit.

M Shefaque Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of the IDRA, the FE said: "A delegation of Taiyo by Japan meets us two weeks back and informed us about the reason for the delay in the formation of the company."

"The team requires us to December can if she could get final approval of the regulatory authority in Japan after a review of their investment proposal."

Investment of life insurance is of vital importance, as most of the funds belong to the policyholders.

IDRA sources said this is the first step of the joint venture by Taiyo outside Japan.

"It seems to me that the Japanese regulatory authority shall consider all aspects before its final nod," Mr Ahmed said.

The Taiyo would like to invest TK 1.5 billion together with the Summit. But his entire paid-up capital is 2.5 billion or US$ 32,25 million TK.

TK 1.5 billion is 60 percent of TK 2.5 billion and the remaining TK. 1 billion for general shareholders are allocated on initial public offering (IPO).

Paid a minimum capital requirement is TK 300 million for the setting of a life insurance policy in accordance with the Insurance Act 2010.

Aziz Khan, Chairman of Summit Taiyo life insurance company, the question can be contacted, express...

However, he sought the company in the country to make time for the explanation of the delay.

The Japanese life insurers with more than 5 million policyholders is probably the fifth largest insurance company in Japan.

It is especially famous for its health-related products.

But it wants to promote micro-insurance strategies for rural communities here to savings between them.

Taiyo Summit want products and services in retail household in the country.

It offers protection-oriented products, medical and care at the Center.

It offers also products of that cover hospitalization because of women's diseases or lifestyle related disease.

The Taiyo has about $90 billion life funds and assets.


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BJMC Rangamati spielen in Nat\'l Women\ H\'Ball endgültig heute

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Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) will play Rangamati District in the final match of the Walton Invitational National Women's Handball Tournament at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu MP will be the chief guest in the final match and distribute the prizes. Additional Director of the meet's sponsor Walton FM Iqbal Bin Anwar and Director of BJMC Arif Khan Joy will also present as special guests.

In the day's first semifinal, BJMC booked a seat for the final crushing Dinajpur District by 21-1 goal after leading the first half by 8-1.

Shahida scored six and Rozina netted three for the winners. Later, Shahida of BJMC was adjudged the player of the match.

In the day's other semifinal, Rangamati District reached final defeating Dhaka District by 25-18 goals after dominating the first session by 10-4 goals.

Shilpi contributed nine and Bablee netted seven for the winners while Rabeya scored seven and Bilkis five for the losers. Later, Luxmi of Rangamati named as player of the match.


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Mindestens 12 tote in leistungsstarken neuen Erdbeben in Pakistan

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PAKISTAN: Ein Überlebender pakistanische Erdbeben stellt für ein Foto in einem beschädigten Haus in der verwüsteten Bezirk Awaran. Â-AFP

AWARAN, Sept 28 (Agenturen): ein leistungsfähiges 6,8-Erdbeben getroffen Südwesten Pakistans Samstag, töten mindestens 12 Menschen in einer Region, die schon am Boden zerstört, von denen mehr als 300 Menschen tot in dieser Woche sagte der lokale Beamten zittern.

"Mindestens 12 Menschen starben und sieben wurden verletzt", sagte Abdul Latif Kakar, Leiter des provincial Disaster Management-Agentur AFP.

Beamten befürchten, dass die Zahl der Todesopfer in Samstag Beben in Awaran, der ärmste Bezirk in der südwestlichen Provinz Belutschistan, ansteigen könnten.

Das neue Beben schlug der entfernten Bezirk Awaran, in einer Tiefe von 14 Kilometer um 12:34 (GMT 0734) nach dem US Geological Survey.

"Es war kein Nachbeben, es war ein unabhängiger Erdbeben" Zahid Rafi, Direktor des nationalen seismischen Zentrum von Pakistan, sagte Geo TV.

Awaran, der ärmste Bezirk in der südwestlichen Provinz Belutschistan, wurde durch ein 7,7-Helligkeit-Beben am Dienstag zerstört wurde, die 359 Tote und mehr als 100.000 Menschen obdachlos.

Hilfsmaßnahmen dort haben betrogen durch aufständische Angriffe auf Konvois der Rettung, mit lokalen Beamten, die zugibt, dass Teams nicht Tausende von Überlebenden in den am schlimmsten betroffenen Gebieten erreichen konnten.

Ein AFP-Reporter im Awaran Samstag gesagt: Hunderte von Patienten, die in der Nachmahd des früheren Bebens behandelt ein Krankenhaus in Panik als die neue Tremor-Hit floh.

Pakistans Chef-Meteorologe Arif Mehmood sagte Express News, dass das Ausmaß der Samstag Beben 7,2 gemessen.

Deputy Commissioner der Awaran, sagte Abdul Rasheed Baloch Geo TV das Beben zerstört Hunderte von Schlamm Häuser im Bereich Mashkey sagen, dass "eine Menge Leute haben unter den Trümmern gefangen worden".

"TK-Anlage beschädigt wurde und wir sind nicht in der Lage, mit jemand zu sprechen und herauszufinden, die genaue Informationen über die Verluste... Aber wir haben Berichte über schwere Verluste in diesem Bereich", sagte Baloch.

Rettungsmaßnahmen in Mashkey, wo sich das Epizentrum des ersten Bebens befand, hatte bereits durch Rebellengruppen im Bereich erschwert worden, die ins Leben gerufen haben Angriffe auf Konvois Relief, mit lokalen Beamten sagen, dass einige 30.000 Überlebenden immer noch auf Hilfe warten.


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BERDYCH battles into Bangkok final with Simon defeat

BANGKOK, Sept 28 (AFP): Fought top seeded Tomas Berdych for nearly three hours before finally Frenchman Gilles Simon beat 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 7-5 Saturday in the final of the Thailand open.

World number six BERDYCH will be his third final of the season Sunday play, when he hit the winner from second seed and holder Richard Gasquet of France and the great Canadian third seed Milos Raonic faces.

His difficulties with the game by 14th Simon, compatriot GASQUET who was defeated by 2012 final had the Czech Republic.

BERDYCH seeks its first title since Stockholm last October, he is currently the lone Member of the ATP top 10 without a trophy this season.

The game requires lost after 74 minutes set a marathon effort from BERDYCH, the opening.

Simon, known did not stray for long games and extended passages of the game, type, how he work his opponent for the victory.

After a treatment on course for back pain Friday, Simon has used not his chair on the sidelines during changeovers in the match, BERDYCH.

"I was a bit unlucky in the first set," said BERDYCH, winner played in his third game of eight against Simon. "I stuck to my tactics, which had been successful.


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BSJA Media Cup Cricket rückt zum Halbfinale Bühne

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Pran-Frooto BSJA Media Cup-Cricket-Turnier auf die Halbfinale Bühne am fünften Tag des sechs-Tage-treffen im Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in der Stadt Samstag, erweiterte Berichte Leinen

Im Halbfinale (Sonntag), Dainik Samakal wird heutzutage Channel 9 während Kaler Kantho Rising BD, jeweils 09:00, am selben Ort gerecht wird.

Auch das Endspiel findet heute (Sonntag) um 11:00. Zwei ehemalige Kapitäne von Bangladesh Cricket team Naimur Rahman Durjoy und Khaled Mahmud Sujon und der Operative Geschäftsführer von der Meet' s Sponsor Pran-RFL Gruppe Anisur Rahman werden als Gäste anwesend im Finale.

Im Viertelfinale am Samstag, Kaler Kantho (77/0) eliminiert GTV (72/5) mit fünf Wickets; Steigende BD (71/3) besiegt Maasranga TV (70/1) mit zwei Wickets; Kanal 9 (41/2) schlagen die tägliche Sterne (40/5) mit drei Wickets während Samakal (81/3) Beat Radio heute (80/2) mit zwei Wickets.

Atiq Kaler Kantho, Mamun Rising DB, Faisal von Channel 9 und Rommel von Samakal wurden die Spieler des Spiels erklärt.

Ehemaliger Kapitän der Cricket-Nationalmannschaft Akram Khan und Präsident von Dhaka Reporter Einheit Shaheed Chowdhury verteilt die Preise im Viertelfinale am Samstag.


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Kvitova tames Kerber to win Pan Pacific open

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TOKYO: (C) Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and Angelique Kerber (R) of Germany hold trophies during the award ceremony after their final match of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament here Saturday. Kvitova defeated Kerber 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. Â AFP photo

TOKYO, Sept 28 (AFP): Czech Petra Kvitova recovered from a second-set meltdown to beat fellow left-hander Angelique Kerber 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 and capture of the Pan Pacific Open Saturday for her second title of the year.

Seventh seed Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, burst from the blocks in the Tokyo final, storming through the first set, but inexplicably suffered the dreaded 0-6 'bagel' in the second.

She quickly rediscovered her poise in the decide, screaming in delight and pumping her fist as she put away a sharp volley to take a 4-0 lead.

The 23-year-old put fifth-seed Kerber out of her misery on her fourth match point, a blistering crosscourt forehand, ending the German's resistance after on hour and 39 minutes and giving Kvitova at 11th career singles title.

"I really want to qualify for the end of season championships but I want to enjoy this feeling first," said Kvitova, projected to rise from 11th to seventh in the new world rankings and closing in on sixth place in the race for next month's WTA Championships in Istanbul.

"I felt a bit tired," added Kvitova after her tour-high 32nd three - set match of 2013?? "Angie came back at me but I tried to stay focused and it's amazing to win such a big tournament."

It what title Kvitova's first since Dubai in February and winning the premier five event earned her $426,000. Kerber, who third title had been seeking a and first of the year, took home $213,000.

"It's tough to answer why I play so many three - set matches," Kvitova told after levelling from head-to-head record with Kerber to 2-2. "I've still not figured out why. I played two and that's not the reason half a but hours DEMA (in beating Venus Williams). "My game still is up and down but I keep fighting until the last point."

Kvitova voiced confidence she could push on and win another grand slam title in 2014.

"After winning Wimbledon I know what it takes," she said. "It's unbelievable feeling and I really want to experience it once more."


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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Owner of the local drugs in public hospitals

KHALILUR RAHMAN

Last week a private television channel an episode such as organized groups of employees at the orthopaedic hospital, popularly known as Pangu hospital life, local owners, medicines, gauge, bandages, syringes, etc., by that State health institution in the city. All of these drugs and many other items are sold adjacent hospital at half their prices on private clinics, to the orthopaedic.

The television crew entered the storeroom one such private clinic, where a large stock of medicines, diverted by the orthopaedic hospital, was found. Labels on bottles and boxes of drugs clearly showed that properties were the Government. The late-night TV watchers were surprised to see that the shop keeper Show names of employees of the hospital clinic of a registry with entries orthopedic with their cell phone numbers was maintaining, the drugs and other clinical materials regularly delivered. The amount of materials entered in the register.

One of the shop keepers admitted the TV reporter the clinic received regular supply of medicines and other materials from the orthopaedic hospital staff. A boy by the orthopaedic ward hospital, whose name has been found along with his cell phone number in the private clinic register, was chased by the TV journalists. The staff introduced himself as young ward of the orthopaedic hospital.

Appeared on the question of how his name with phone number in the clinic register, he replied that a hospital staff he visited often many private clinics and as such his name in the register could be observed. But the boy was found asked mother after several medicines against his name in the register. A further employee of the private clinic found store you swear on TV journalist, he would indulge in such a practice in the future. The Director of the hospital was the question, orthopaedic about theft of drugs from the hospital to the TV reporter with the assurance that he would try to stop the abuse. The Director (DG) health services, which also questioned said the reporter, theft of drugs in other hospitals, Government's going on. The DG informed that the reporters worry that 96% of patients drugs needed hospitals provided by the Government.

The assertion by the DG Health over the supply of medicines in State hospitals may be true, but it doesn't help the large number of patients, the participation of Government health facilities daily as unscrupulous hospital staff continue most of away on sale at.

Our Health Minister is Professor AFM Ruhal Haque never found in people says that nationwide, there was no shortage of medicines in State hospitals. He even repeatedly announced in the past who had to buy the patients in government hospitals not more drugs at their own expense. Civilian surgeons had, the Minister once quoted medicines at State hospital as we reported earlier in this article, when whatever he wanted, what they reported to send, which gave it enough supply of drugs available. The Minister claimed that adequate supply of medicines in the hospitals of pragmatic measures, which have been of the Government in the health sector of the country.

The Health Minister said, that change the color of the labels of medicines that the hospital was to ensure free distribution to patients. Once the public central medical store (CMS) which maintains the supply of medicines to public hospitals had to back essential drugs from 20 districts in December 2010. The civil surgeon of the 20 districts returned the meds for CMS, because those are not in hospitals were required. Later, the Ministry of health and the Director-General of health had two separate committees to the probe into the causes of the rejection of the civil surgeon the medicines via CMS made. The civil surgeon informed had contacted Ministry of health and Health Directorate that they send the CMS not to essential drugs, but in vain.

On the other hand, a large number of patients will often suffer in some other important public hospitals. Unscrupulous hospital staff recognize a part of money from helpless patients either for the provisioning of a trolley or allocation of a seat. In some hospitals as is claimed to go 'Dalals"(brokers or intermediaries) allure patients clinics on the assurance of a better treatment. A part of the doctors and hospital staff, which are associated with this specific clinics try, the patients for their own interests, make additional money to convince.

Furthermore, medicines for provided their way into the outer stores to sell public hospitals. Such practices are not new. These are continued in the years continue. The powerful general staff with politically connected groups are mainly responsible for this evil practice. How long it continues depends on the authorities concerned.

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Ershad denies calling a party hated

Former President and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad addressing a rally organized by JP on the Bir Shreshtha Hamidur Rahman Stadion in the kaligonj, Jhenaidaha district Saturday. Â focus Bangla photo

Former President and Jatiya Party (JP) President Hussein Mohammad Ershad denied he had called a certain political party "hated", BSS reported.

Press and political Secretary, which former President Sunil Shuvo Roy in a press release Saturday said that the statement by JP Chairman, distorted some newspapers, which he at a glance Jatiya Jubo Sanghati session release, delivered on Thursday.

By the way, Ershad not said that AL would get 60 seats in the next elections to the Parliament. In fact added as the former President says that when AL won 60 seats, although it 40 percent votes in the national polls in sacks, Sunil.


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Law \'ensure Production\ increases proposed seeds"

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The Government is going to seed Act-2013 ensuring a rational participation by both in the public and the private sector to increase production through the use of quality seeds to formulate, officials said at a workshop Saturday.

The proposed seed Act-2013 will integrate issues such as punishment for adulterated seeds, trade, compensation payments to farmers, if not expected return on cultures, development and marketing of seed, its import / export criteria, etc. offer a particular seed.

At a workshop in the style, it was announced that organized by the Ministry of agriculture with the support of Bangladesh investment climate Fund (BICF) wing seed a city hotel, "seed sector in Bangladesh: growth through regulatory reform" instead.

The Agriculture Ministry SM Nazmul Islam ' at the talk as Chief visitor said, that the challenge for the farming of the land-fall in arable land with increasing number of people.

"So, it's a must, to the challenge to ensure seed quality can give the expected crops" he said.

The seed wings Director General Anwar Fahad presided over the program. He said that new law will change the seed seed regulation 1977.

The new seed law will make sure rational supply participation of the private and public sectors to improve the quality and variety of seed.

He said "opinion and suggestions from the public and private sector, experts, students and researchers before entry into force of the law be taken".

Farmers, scientists, seed technologists, private seed companies, Bangladesh seed Association (BSA) representatives attended the workshop session.

A total of three papers on proposed seed Act were presented in the workshop.

FH Ansary, Executive Director of ACI is presented a paper that said share of the private sector in the rice-seed business, now 16 percent while it is dominated by hybrid seeds. It is almost 90 percent, noted the paper.

The paper said strict rules and regulations for the private seed companies to import, development and marketing of seed varieties hinder the growth of the sector.

"People can now test vegetables year-round thanks to the initiative of the private sector. Are sold the future seed companies in the private sector so that the new seed law should be more private sector-friendly, "the newspaper said.

Director of the seed certification agency (SCA) presented a paper that focuses on some key points of the draft of law A H Iqbal Ahmed.

The clause on compensation to the farmers appreciate it when they get not expected harvest from a registered seed marketed by private or public sector.

The paper also revealed that the Bill has proposed to bring all kindergartens under registration on energy supply of quality seeds and plants for people.

The paper is also pointed out that the punishment of adulterated seed companies is very low.

"The draft law highest 30 days imprisonment and TK 30,000 penalty for the marketing of adulterated seeds involved dealers has proposed," the newspaper said.

"The proposed seed Act-2013 for seed sector growth in Bangladesh" was a further lecture by Prof Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan, President of Sher-e-Bangla agricultural University plant breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh (PBGSB).

The paper found some anomalies associated with the use of some "Bangla words and phrases" should be changed.

Dr Baker demanded the participation of PBGSB from under the new Act seeds will be technical Board of.

Chief scientific officer of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Dr. Md Anser Ali pointed out that if the proposed seed law imposes restrictions of less importance on budgetary levels, much more, which help supply chain of seeds and plants in natural disasters, would affect the farmers there.

"If beds of seeds and seedlings of flood affected, thousands of small farmers supply seedlings for other farmers and maintain the production." If you have prior to the registration effort, it seeds supply might influence in time of crisis, "he said.

Answers to them, the seed was to wing head Faruqe said the marginal farmers sell and seedlings at the village level can continue their efforts market under the law.

Kamal Uddin, Director General of Bangladesh jute Research Institute (BJRI), Rafiqul Islam Sebastian, Director-General of BRRI, BSA President M Anis UD doula, BSA Secretary Syed AKM Asadul Amin Dadon, BICF M Masroor Mahbub, Program Manager, inter alia also said have the opportunity.


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DALiM elected president, Saif secy of RUPC

RU correspondent

RAJSHAHI University, Sept 28: the 24 Board of Directors election for Rajshahi University Press Club (RUPC) took place today.

The election on November 11 and 12 in the Central University cafeteria ended.

Post-election RUPC Advisor and choice, Commissioner Professor Fazlul Hoque announced the names of the elected officers.

DALiM Hossain Shanto of daily Dinkal and Saif Shipon daily Natun Provat/weekly 2000 were elected as President and Secretary or.


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RMG Besitzer, Arbeiterführer Konsens über 5 Punkte

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Readymade garment (RMG) factory owners and labour leaders Saturday pledged to work together against any child of volatility in and conspiracy against the garment sector.

At a joint press briefing in the city of Bangladesh garment manufacturers' and exporters Association (BGMEA) and labour leaders said they have reached a consensus on five points.

According to the consensus, both the parties would work together to calm down the worker unrest which recently created a volatile situation in the sector.

They therefore agreed to thwart any child of domestic or international conspiracy against the industry.

At the press briefing, the leaders said some opportunists were spreading rumours for their personal problemkrediten which the owners and the labour leaders would foil jointly.

The leaders therefore urged the government to find out the culprits and bring them to book.

At the briefing the owners promised to clear payment of salaries and festival bonus before Eid ul Azha.

The labour leaders urged the wage board authorities to declare new wages for the workers. They were assured that all the owners would thus implement new wages in their respective factories immediately after they are declared.

BGMEA president MD. Atiqul Islam, former president Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, and over 40 trade union leaders were present at the press briefing.

10 more RMG units

shut in Gazipur

Meanwhile, UNB from Gazipur adds: tracks what suspended at 10 readymade garment (RMG) factories in Gazipur city and on its outskirts Sripur on Saturday morning as minimum wage over violence erupted afresh.

Police said workers of a garment factory demanding minimum wage of TK 8,000 brought out a procession in Etahata area of the city in the morning and then put up barricade on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway, disrupting vehicular movement.

Later, the agitating workers vandalised a factory named Celsius SQ.

On information, police rushed to the spot and dispersed the workers by charging baton and lobbing teargas canisters.

Apprehending further trouble, areas of five factories in the area declared holiday for their staff for Saturday.

On the other hand, workers of three garment factories blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Nayonpur MC Bazar area of Sripur upazila for half of hour in the morning and later they were dispersed by police.

As sequel to the incident, authorities of five garment units in the area declared holiday for the day.

Required number of law enforcers, including BGB and RAB, were patrolling the areas to thwart any untoward situation.


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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Gesetz-Kommission kritisiert für ihr Schweigen über \'black laws\ "

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Vorsitzender des parlamentarischen ständigen Ausschusses Recht Ministerium Fazle Rabbi Miah am Samstag kritisiert der Law Commission für seine scheinbare Stille über einige "schwarze Gesetze" des Staates, Berichte Leinen

"Der Law Commission hat lobenswert Arbeitsplätze durch die Einreichung der Berichte über einige veraltete Gesetze gemacht, aber es gibt noch einige weitere schwarze Gesetze. Sie müssen auf der Special Power Act, arbeiten, die ein schwarzes Gesetz ist,"sagte er ein Programm.

Fazle Rabbi nachts nationale Seminar auf die ' Rolle of Human Rights Defenders: Schutz und Förderung der Menschenrechte in Bangladesch ", organisiert von der nationalen Menschenrechtskommission ein City-Hotel.

"Der Vorsitzende oder die Mitglieder der Law Commission sollte nicht Schweigen zu diesem Thema, insbesondere, wenn sie Einrichtungen in ihrer Fähigkeit zu genießen sind. Egal, ob die Regierung es akzeptiert oder nicht, sie einen Bericht mit Empfehlungen an den special Power Act eingereicht haben sollte", sagte Fazle Rabbi.

Er empfahl, dass der Law Commission für schlägt Änderungen einige mehr veraltete Gesetze, einschließlich der Strafprozessordnung (CrPC), des Landes arbeiten müssen.

Er meinte auch, dass das Gesetz-Ministerium Dynamik in diesem Zusammenhang trotz der Führung der Gesetz-Minister Shafique Ahmed, fehlt, eine dynamische Person selbst ist.


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BKSP unterhält Vorherrschaft im Nat\'l Altersgruppe schwimmen

BKSP manages the absolute predominance in the Basundhara 29 age group swimming Cup 41 secure gold, 29 silver and bronze medals 23 on the second day of the three-day competition at the national swimming complex in Mirpur Saturday, reports linen

Gold, 13 silver and nine were Bangladesh Ansar in the distant second with nine bronzes, while Sagarkhali swim, swim team, Lalon Shah and Meherpur Cannstatt bagged four gold medals.

Four new record were on the second day, Saturday, raising the national record tally to eight in the first two days.

Zahidul Islam of BKSP won the Gold Medal with a new record in the young 100 meter butterfly for 13-14 age group 01: 04.17 seconds clocking; Nayan Ali of Lalon Shah Cannstatt clinched the Gold Medal with a new national brand boys 200 m freestyle for the age group of 11-12 years with a timing of 2: 22.30 seconds.

Rasheda Khatun Meherpur swimming club picked up the gold medal, the national brand girls 50 m freestyle for 10-year age group 36,59 seconds clocking, while Marium Khatun took the gold medal in the girls 200 m butterfly with national record in the age group 15-17 years with a timing of 03: 03.17 seconds set.

President of Bangladesh swimming Federation and Chief of Bangladesh Navy Vice Admiral M Farid Habib will meet chef Gast of the function of the three-day Sunday and the prices to distribute.


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United Nations resolution ordered chemical weapons destroyed Syria

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (AFP): The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution, landmark Friday the destruction of chemical weapons, Syria and a murderous gas attack in Damascus to condemn the order.

The great powers overcame a lengthy deadlock to the first Council resolution on the conflict to approve, which is now 30 months old with more than 100,000 dead.

Leader who United Nations Ban Ki-moon, who called the resolution "the first hopeful news about Syria for a long time" said that he hopes to convene a peace conference in mid-November.

Resolution 2118, which gives the result of negotiations between the United States and Russia, crushing international binding force one of the two established plan to eliminate chemical weapons to President Bashar al Assad.

The plan calls for Syria's estimated 1,000 tons of chemical weapons provided under international supervision by mid-2014.

International experts should work beginning in Syria next week to meet the tight deadline. Britain and China offered to finance the disarmament operation.

"The regime does not act, will be the consequences," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned the 15-Member Council after the vote, sealing a US Russian agreement.

But Kerry welcomed the resolution.

"The Security Council has shown that if we for the common policy aside, we are good in capable of doing great things," he said.

Human Rights Watch was impressed but not with the deal.

"This resolution fails to ensure justice for the gassing of hundreds of children and many other serious crimes", said the Watchdog UN Director, Philippe Bolopion.

Efforts to destroy Syria's chemical weapons "not the reality that conventional weapons killed the vast majority of the estimated 100,000 people who have died in the conflict to speak," Bolopion said.


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Wie wichtig ist die aktuelle Sitzung der VN-Generalversammlung?

Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is an annual ritual exercise, is that heads of State and Government at the global body for the month of September for discussions on the political, economic, social, and other important questions of humanity.

Generally, the Foreign Ministers of the respective countries lead their delegations to almost three months of deliberations in the UN headquarters in New York, and the Member States when comes the contemporary global situation in the year under review will have the opportunity to vent their views on issues that affect them.

Start of the UN General Assembly meeting - typically in the early second half of September - draw witnesses who turns the presence of many world leaders and global reach to them as their respective talk in plenary, applause and criticism.

The 68th UNGA, currently in session, is Iran's nuclear program, etc. because no exception and the discussions of this time are heavily dominated by such critical issues as the Syria crisis. In addition, a variety of other issues, from militarisation or development of weapons to who are inextricably linked with socio economic uplift - also come for discussion in regard to the injection to make happier effective and healthy fresh ideas and thoughts to the world.

Noble thoughts and fantasies are galore-, if the fact that the global scenario is dominated by mistrust, bitterness and a sense of frustration in advance among many present delegations due to their own version or interpretation.

Nevertheless, UN General Assembly serves as inspiration for the maintenance of world peace and tranquility. Skeptics say the routine of UNGA hardly a meaningful gathering. However, it is assumed that this meeting provides the opportunity for member countries to bring it, despite their differences exchange views on many topics.

Head of Government: Sheikh Hasina leads a large delegation from Bangladesh to the this year's UNGA, where in addition to addressing the session, she has held talks with several important figures on the edge of the event.

As a Convention, the Chief Executive of host of the United Nations - United States - President launches the effective procedure the UNGA. This time also urged President Barack Obama in his speech before the UN General Assembly session, the world for unremitting efforts for peace and stability. He mentioned the many questions the Syrian civil war, in which his country has taken an anti-regime stance by supporting rebels.

Was the US President address this time particularly important for the incumbent, as Mr. Obama in the first year of his second and final four-year term as President of the United States is the most powerful country in the world. For this reason, Washington exerts considerable influence on global affairs. Apparently President Obama address presented now and in the near future the foreign policy of the United States.

The 2013 session has seen some new leaders in the United Nations as Hassan Rohani, the new President of Iran, whose moderate farming on the "West" has raised hopes for a reduction of tensions with the United States and its allies on various important issues of Tehran's nuclear program.

Last year was the presence of the former Egyptian President Mohammad Moorsi, the first elected leader of the most populous Arab nation, a remarkable event for the UN General Assembly. But he has the army been discontinued a few months ago. In 2012 the focus is also on the then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was growing confrontation due to his nation, particularly with the West on Tehran's nuclear program. The Achilles tendon attention of Iran in the Middle East - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - was also present. He is there this time also make this year the scenario in the UN General Assembly.

President of the Palestinian Authority of Mahmud Abbas is also very much in focus in his talks with President Obama over peace in the Middle East volatile.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the UN General Assembly session, among other South Asian Heads of State and Government participate. In her speech she did a wake-up call for a safer world, free of tension and hostility.

There are also Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's new Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, who has won the last national election to the Prime Minister for the third time.

Undeniably, a positive aspect of this is international meetings of bilateral contacts among the leading companies on the sidelines of the meeting; This helps to develop personal relationship as well as the improvement of the relations between their countries. Indeed, such informal meetings carry sometimes essential to on improving relations between the countries, the strains in their ties due to many factors. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh has several such meetings with some important figures during their stay in New York.

Although, the UN General Assembly session is largely an exercise routine. But it is also important for the simple reason that it is a landmark annual event which helps Member States closer, despite the fact that the world of differences between broken and at odds with the Member countries on many issues of importance. These countries have different perceptions about the whole scene.

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Fear of losing the EU GSP system still not over

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German Ambassador to Bangladesh Albrecht Conze cautioned Bangladesh Saturday that the fear of losing Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) privilege in the EU countries has not yet been over as it does not depend on the decision of a national government.

He also said Bangladesh would have to face more severe effect out of cancellation of the GSP advantages than the US decision to cancel it.

"Would Europe consider suspending GSP privileges for Bangladesh, it would have much more tangible effect than the American decision because US decision effect was for many things but not for garment," Mr Conze said.

"I cannot say that the thunderstorm has gone away from the Bangladesh's sky which could erupt would Europe come to a decision to suspend," he added.

Mr Conze was speaking at the inaugural session of a roundtable discussion on 'Multi Stakeholder Consultation on National and International Initiatives for Workplace Safety in the RMG Sector in Bangladesh'. Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) jointly organised the discussion at the Brac Centre Inn in the city.

BILS Vice Chairman Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan chaired the session while Labour Secretary Mikhail Shipar, BILS Secretary General Nazrul Islam Khan and FES Resident Representative Henrik Maihack were present, among others.

Describing the changed scenario and damage of the image of Bangladesh to the German buyers after the two tragic incidents in Rana Plaza and Tazreen Fashions, the ambassador said the image of the country has suffered a severe blow in his country due to the media reports which held both the buyers and the Bangladeshi garment producers responsible for the incidents.

"The decision of suspending or keeping (GSP advantages) does not lie with the national governments in Europe," said he.

He explained the GSP affair is the EU's commercial policy which is 100 per cent centralised in Brussels.

"EU has been closely monitoring the situationÂ?.There is a reputational problem for this country now which gives headache for both Bangladesh and their foreign friends," said the ambassador.

He said if the national governments fail to do anything effective relating to improvement of the situation, media will force them to do it (cancellation of GSP).

"The heat is on and I hope everybody who is responsible fully understood this," said Mr Conze.

The ambassador noted six challenges that Bangladesh has to face with regard to the RMG industry and its future.

The first one is the need for overall coordination among the various international initiatives which can only be tracked down by specialists and not general people.

"Fund is not a problem now. The problem is implementation which can only be ensured when all these initiatives will have coordination," said Mr Conze.

BILS Assistant Executive Director Sultanuddin Ahmed made a power point presentation on 'Safety in RMG industry -- Recent Experiences, National and International Initiatives: An Overview'.


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