Bangladesh
Breastfeeding Centre All new shopping malls must have a breastfeeding and day-care centre: DNCC Mayor
Own Correspondent, Dhaka, March 9: Every new shopping center in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area must have breastfeeding and day-care centres, said Mayor Md. Atiqul Islam.
He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion organized by DNCC and The Carter Center on the occasion of International Women's Day at Nagar Bhaban, Gulshan-2 in the capital on Tuesday (March 8).
Mayor Atiq said there is no alternative of women in the development of a country and a nation. Today's women are not backward, women have learned to assert their rights. Women now know how to assert their rights.
He said that women have always been given priority in providing services in DNCC. Not only on Women's Day, DNCC is committed to providing respect and services to women 365 days a year. The person who has played the biggest role in making Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the father of the nation is also a woman. She is Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatun Nesha Mujib. Who always gave Bangabandhu inspiration and courage.
The meeting was attended by MP Shabnam Jahan Nahid Izahar Khan, Chief Executive Officer of DNCC Md. Selim Raza, Chief Health Officer Brigadier General Md. Jobaidur Rahman, Secretary Mohammad Masud Alam Siddique and others.
