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Unlocking Char Potential: Economic Policy and Technological Adaptations
- Hosted by Rural Development Academy (RDA) and National Char Alliance (NCA) in collaboration with Unnayan Shamannay The Rural Development Academy (RDA) and National Char Alliance (NCA), in collaboration with Unnayan Shamannay, organized a seminal roundtable...
অর্থনৈতিক উন্নয়নে ভারত-বাংলাদেশ এক সঙ্গে কাজ করতে চায়
- চট্টগ্রামের উন্নয়ন ও কানেক্টিভিটি: সম্ভাবনা ও চ্যালেঞ্জ বিষয়ে অনুষ্ঠিত এক সেমিনারে বলেছেন ভারতীয় হাই কমিশনার প্রনয় ভার্মা চট্টগ্রামের উন্নয়ন ও কানেক্টিভিটি: সম্ভাবনা ও চ্যালেঞ্জ বিষয়ে অনুষ্ঠিত এক সেমিনারে বক্তারা বলেছেন, ভারত ও বাংলাদেশের মধ্যে সম্পূরক অর্থনীতির...
Amendment of the tobacco control act needs to be finalized as soon as possible.
- Civil society leaders at Unnayan Shamannay’s dialogue session The Government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has developed a draft to further strengthen the existing tobacco control act, which is awaiting finalization. This amendment proposes to ban...
চ্যালেঞ্জিং বাজেট বাস্তবায়নে গতানুগতকিতা থেকে বেরিয়ে আসার বিকল্প নেই-
- উন্নয়ন সমন্বয়ের বাজেট পর্যালোচনা গোলটেবিল বৈঠকে অর্থনীতিবিদবৃন্দ আসছে ২০২৩-২৪ অর্থবছরের প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটে সচরাচর যে পরিমাণ রাজস্ব আদায় করা সম্ভব হয় তার তুলনায় অনেক বেশি রাজস্ব লক্ষ্যমাত্রা নির্ধারণ করা হয়েছে। এর পাশাপাশি মূল্যস্ফীত ৬ শতাংশে ধরে রাখার যে লক্ষ্য...
Now is the ideal time for effective tobacco taxation
-Speakers at pre-budget discussions of Unnayan Shamannay Increasing the retail price of all tobacco products, including cigarettes, and imposing a higher rate of supplementary duty on them will reduce tobacco consumption on the one hand, and increase government...
Transforming geographic proximity into economic potential
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh highlights the need for enhanced multimodal connectivity at Unnayan Shamannay's seminar While most of the countries in the world are maintaining strong connections with their neighboring nations due to holistic economic benefits,...
Tobacco Control Act needs to be strengthened and enforced immediately to save the young generation
-Civil Society Representatives in a press conference by Unnayan Shamannay The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has attempted to reinforce the draft amendment of “Tobacco Control Act” with an aim to make the pledge “tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040”. In order to...
Must increase budget to reduce out-of-pocket health expenditures
-Participants in discussion on the health budget Current Health Expenditure in Bangladesh as a share of its GDP is just 2.5 percent, and this ratio is lowest in South Asia. Due to lower government allocations for the health sector, the country's out-of-pocket health...
Citizens and policymakers should work together to strengthen tobacco control law
To make tobacco-free Bangladesh as per the commitment of the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the law structure needs to be strengthened, and the factors that are encouraging the general people need to be prohibited. In continuation, Designated Smoking Areas...
The tobacco control law amendment will be supported whole-heartedly
Honorable Minister for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting- Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said that the government has initiated further strengthening of the tobacco control law to realize the honorable Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Tobacco Free Bangladesh’ by 2040. He...