Saima Wazed to assume office of WHO Regional Director today

AP,NEW DELHI The newly elected Regional Director for South-East Asia of World Health Organization (WHO) Saima Wazed, a global mental health expert, will take office for the next five years today. The member states voted to nominate Wazed to the post during a meeting at the 76th session of the WHO Regional

‘Hawa’ served legal notice for breaching tobacco control law

 A Supreme Court lawyer Saturday sent a legal notice to the creators and lead performer of the film "Hawa," including director Mejbaur Rahman Sumon and protagonist Chanchal Chowdhury, for "violating tobacco control law." The film did not show anti-tobacco messages while showcasing smoking as per the rules, Lawyer Jewel Sarkar said

Rick Haque Sikder becomes NBL director again

Rick Haque Sikder has become the director of National Bank Limited (NBL).  The Banking Regulation and Policy Department (BRPD), Division-2, of Bangladesh Bank on October 2 gave an approval in this regard, NBL said in a press release.  Earlier, the board of directors of NBL in a meeting approved the reappointment of

Ananta Jalil responds to ‘Din: The Day’ director’s allegations

Actor-producer-businessman Ananta Jalil has refuted the complaints of Iranian filmmaker Morteza Atashzamzam about the film "Din: The Day" regarding its actual budget. He made the response in a video message posted on his verified Facebook page on Saturday. According to the film contract, Ananta was supposed to pay all the

Directors should stay away from banks’ operations: BB Governor

Directors should not interfere with the operations of banks to ensure proper management, says Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder. If they intervene in matters outside their purview, it will only harm the institutions, he said at the opening ceremony of the Annual Banking Conference, organised by the Bangladesh Institute of

Tania appointed as a Director of Bank Asia

Tania Nusrat Zaman has recently been appointed as a Director of Bank Asia Ltd. She began her career in 1987 as a young professional with UNDP. After stints in policy and programming in New York, Nepal and Vietnam, she joined the International Health Policy Program, housed in The World Bank, in