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IOL News
21-05-2025
- Health
- IOL News
Professor Shahidul Islam: a leader in diabetes research and UKZN Fellow
Internationally-renowned diabetes expert Professor Shahidul Islam is among UKZN's newest cohort of Fellows for his contributions to diabetes research and commitment to finding sustainable, natural treatments for one of the most pressing global public health challenges. The Fellowship of UKZN is awarded to professors and senior professors in recognition of distinguished academic achievement and the production of high-quality, original and creative scholarly work. Islam has consistently featured in the global top 2% researcher list and is currently ranked as the top 0.014% global researcher in the field of experimental diabetes mellitus by His research focuses on Type 2 diabetes and obesity, with an emphasis on developing innovative therapeutic strategies. He has established novel and alternative animal models to study these conditions and conducts intervention trials using functional and medicinal foods, alternative sweeteners, medicinal plant extracts, and both natural and synthetic pure compounds. Islam aims to uncover their antidiabetic and anti-obesogenic effects and underlying molecular mechanisms, with the goal of developing improved food supplements and alternative antidiabetic drugs for more effective disease management. The nature of his work, which has applications worldwide, has attracted collaboration from countries, including the USA, Australia, China, Switzerland, India, Japan, Nigeria and Tanzania. 'I would like to thank the university for recognising me as a Fellow for my contributions over the last 16 years. I feel honoured and privileged to receive one of its highest honours,' said Islam. 'It will inspire me significantly to make even better contributions through research, teaching, administration and community service, not only to the university but also to the people of South Africa. I would like to thank all my colleagues, mentors, postgraduate students and fellows, research collaborators, family and friends for their support in achieving this milestone.' Islam serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Diabetes and a guest editor for Frontiers in Pharmacology and Frontiers in Chemistry, with editorial duties on Bioresearch Communications and the Food and Nutrition Report. He has been awarded a C1 rating by the National Research Foundation of South Africa, has an h-index of 47, and more than 10 141 citations. THE POST
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
TNZ Group's garment workers in Bangladesh demand missing wages
Workers from three garment manufacturing facilities owned by the group — TNZ Apparels, Apparel Plus Eco, and Apparel Art — have been protesting at the Shrom Bhaban in Dhaka for the past five days, demanding payment of wages owed to them for the last three months. The workers highlighted the recurring breaches of trilateral contracts, which were established to resolve salary and benefit disputes among factory proprietors, labourers, and government authorities, pertaining to the three manufacturing facilities. Local news publication The Financial Express reported that the workers received just above Tk10m from the outstanding dues. The distribution of Tk10.5m was also confirmed through an official release. Meanwhile, local news publication The Business Standard (TBS) claimed workers at the three garment manufacturing units reported outstanding dues amounting to approximately Tk177.8m for unpaid salaries, bonuses, and additional benefits, yet they only received a collective payment of Tk10.5m on 27 March. The report details the workforce at TNZ Apparels is awaiting over Tk69.4m for February and March wages, alongside more than Tk16.9m designated for Eid bonuses. Furthermore, 826 individuals employed by Apparel Eco Plus are collectively owed about Tk67.5m encompassing January to March salaries, Eid bonuses, and other financial entitlements. In another case, Apparel Art has an outstanding balance of Tk20.4m in arrears for a three-month period covering wages, Eid bonuses, and allowances for its 240 workers. The employees from TNZ Group have voiced their discontent with the government's handling of the situation regarding their financial compensation. TNZ workers were quoted by TBS as saying: "On the one hand, the government is terming the workers' protests as 'incitement', and on the other hand, the government is ignoring the peaceful movement day after day. "In this situation, if we do not receive our dues, including Eid bonus, we will continue our programme. If our dues are not paid before Eid, if necessary, we will go to the chief advisor to present our demands." Following a meeting with labour and employment secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman at the Shrom Bhaban, the company committed to arranging the amount, by selling some of its machinery, The Financial Express reported. However, TNZ Apparels' cutting operator Shahidul Islam stated that workers would persist with their protests until they receive all owed payments. The labour secretary noted that he plans to convene another meeting on 8 April after the Eid holidays to address issues concerning the TNZ Group. TNZ Apparels and The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) had not responded to Just Style's request for comment ahead of going to press. However, TBS reported that BGMEA has released data suggesting that of the 2,107 active factories, with 1,769 located in the Dhaka area and 338 in Chattogram, nearly all have completed salary disbursements for February. Specifically, the report noted that 99.53% of these factories have settled February's wages. For the month of March, 83.20% of factories have issued either partial or complete payments to their workers. Additionally, ahead of Eid, 94.78% of factories had distributed bonuses to employees. A small fraction, representing 0.47%, are in the process of finalising February's wage payments. However, there are still 149 factories that need to address outstanding wage payments for March, either partially or in full, the report added. In February this year, the Government of Bangladesh reportedly resolved to find alternative employment for 40,000 workers affected by Beximco Group factory closures. "TNZ Group's garment workers in Bangladesh demand missing wages" was originally created and published by Just Style, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
