Naim Ahmed, a father of two, has been struggling to get the new digital 17-digit birth registration (BR) certificates for himself, his wife and children. All of them already have the old 16-digit BR certificates, and passports which were issued against them.
Unified efforts can build a healthy city: KCC mayor
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KHULNA, Feb 18, 2021 (BSS) – Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque today said coordinated efforts of all government and non-government organisations are needed to implement a health friendly city.
“KCC cannot be done everything alone; many barriers have been prevailing here to make a healthy city. We should reach our cherished destination after finding out its problem,” he said while presiding over a meeting of the advisory committee of healthy city at a city hotel.
KCC, World Health Organisation (WHO) and Directorate of Health jointly organized the meeting.
The government has formed a health advisory committee aiming to implement Health Environmental City: Metropolis Administration for Good Health and Prosperity at the KCC area under the uninfected disease control unit of the Directorate of Health Programme.
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Journey, Challenges and Future Direction-Khulna Division, ICE Center, University of Dhaka STAFF CORRESPONDENT STAFF CORRESPONDENT
On January 18, 2021, Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Center of University of Dhaka organized a webinar titled Closing Ceremony of the Eight Divisional Webinars and CMSMEs in Bangladesh: Journey, Challenges and Future Direction-Khulna Division as part of its REVIVE Project, a joint collaboration of ICE Center and UNDP Bangladesh starting from 9 AM in the morning. This webinar is the final of the eight webinars organized as part of discussing the stories, challenges and future direction of CMSMEs in different regions of Bangladesh.
Dr. Mashiur Rahman, the Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister, Government of Bangladesh was present in the webinar as the chief guest of the session while Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Md. Sira
Speakers at a virtual discussion yesterday suggested that channels alternative to banks be used to disburse government stimulus funds among cottage, micro, small and medium (CMSME) enterprises in a faster and even manner. So far, a little over 30 per cent of the government CMSME stimulus fund has been disbursed in efforts to offset the Covid-19's fallouts while almost all