Monday World Business News

Mahbub Jamil urges healthy business practice Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka
Special assistant to the chief adviser for ministry of industries Mahbub Jamil on Sunday urged the businessmen to practice healthy business ethics with sincerity to ensure rapid economic growth and make the country self-reliant ‘No changes in the society would be possible, if the country’s business endeavours are not enriched with all-out trade amenities. The government has been attaching top priority to the industries sector side by side providing with maximum supports to the sector,’ he said. Mahbub Jamil said this while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on ‘Impacts of Micro-nutrient in improving Nutrition and Health Status of School Children’ organised by Smithkline Beecham Bangladesh at a local hotel. Chairman of Mutual Group Mohammad Azimuddin gave the speech of welcome while Professor Meherbon Singh, head of the department of paediatrics and neonatology of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, presented the keynote paper on nutrition status in Bangladesh and India. Country director of Smithkline Beecham said Debashish Mukharjee also spoke on the occasion. Osman Jamil said the country’s per capita income stood at $499 from $300 in 2003, while the GDP growth has been projected at 6.5 per cent this year. In view of the macro-economic performance in the last five years, he said, the government has taken various steps to promote trade and commerce by bringing dynamism in the sector. Debashish Mukharjee said Horlicks, a century old beverage has come up with a new logo dubbed ‘Now Proven-taller, Stronger and Sharper’. The beverage with extensive 360-degree communication plan would effectively help ensure nutrition level of school students, he asserted. Quoting UNICEF Report 2007, Meherbon Singh said, the nutrition status of China is relatively higher than Bangladesh and India and stressed the need for providing the school children with adequate nutrition to ensure their better future.