Community Notices

Massage on Call

Suvira Chaturvedi recommends Rani for a relaxing home massage. “She has 13 years experience in massage techniques and has worked with a large number of expatriate women. Rani speaks good English and you can communicate well with her. She arranges appointments and comes to your house as planned. She is a very pleasant, reliable woman who keeps appointments. Rani charges Tk 450 per hour. Tel. 018-256 6631.”


New Boutique in Town

VY Collection at House 12, Road 12, Baridhara, is a newly opened boutique of women’s clothes, handbags and table linen. There are ready-made clothes, both Eastern and Western, and sarees and salwar kameez imported from India, as well fabric, table clothes and napkins. Each item is one of a kind, some hand-embroidered and sequinned. If you are looking for a special gown for the festive season, the tailors will make it for you. If you have plain material, designs can be screen-printed on it. Handbags can be made to order. There are children’s clothes as well.


Buy a Card and Help a Cause

The Mennonite Central Committee is ready with its stock of Eid, Christmas and New Year’s cards made with handmade paper. It also takes orders for customized cards and calendars. The Mennonite Central Committee creates employment for disadvantaged people in Bangladesh, focusing on poor, rural women by providing them with business opportunities. Your purchase will help disadvantaged women producers to get fair wages within a clean healthy and safe environment.