Full Coverage: Bangladesh
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The OneWorld Bangladesh Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Bangladesh
12.11.2009
As Primark’s new London store opened today, anti-poverty campaigners hung out the retailer’s “dirty washing” in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. .
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Trade] [Corporations] [Poverty] [Labour] Image: War on Want campaigns and policy director Ruth Tanner (foreground) with other activists from the charity hanging Primark's "dirty washing" in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. (Photo: Carmen Klammer)
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31.10.2009
A useful overview of how Bangladesh has developed its reputation as world leader on adaptation to climate change. Himal South Asian
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28.10.2009
Primark opens its new London store next month amid claims that Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer is expanding by exploiting overseas garment workers.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
15.10.2009
Withdrawal of Bangladesh army troops has begun in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. There is tension as the hill people also demand the removal of Bengalis from the region. Retired Brigadier General Hannan Shah discusses the situation.
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01.09.2009
As new floods threaten Bangladesh this week, this eyewitness account finds villagers still struggling with the aftermath of a cyclone in May. From Poverty to Power
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Emergency relief] |
05.08.2009
The launch of Primark’s second biggest UK store in Bristol next week will be marked by a demonstration over the conditions faced by 7p-an-hour workers making its clothes.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
03.08.2009
Despite promises by G8 leaders to prioritise food security, the World Food Programme is in trouble with its budget for 2009. Cuts in school feeding programmes highlight the contrast with school meals provided in richer countries.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Food] [Aid] [Children] Image: Organic beef and two veg provided by Hampshire County Council Catering Services
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30.07.2009
The Bangladesh government has announced the "biggest withdrawal" of army troops from the Chittagong Hill Tracts since a peace accord was signed over a decade ago in an attempt to bring stability to the long-troubled region.
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03.07.2009
Britain’s largest retailer Tesco today comes under fire over 7p-an-hour garment workers in Bangladesh as shareholders prepare to hail the company’s record £3 billion profits at its annual meeting.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
18.06.2009
Thousands of unregistered Rohingya refugees living in a makeshift camp in Bangladesh are being forcibly displaced from their homes, in an act of intimidation and abuse by the local authorities, says an international medical charity.
more...From: Médecins sans frontières |
30.03.2009
Two million Bangladeshi children are affected by acute malnutrition, says a UN survey, which warned that rising food prices are forcing many households into a spiral of debt.
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29.12.2008
Khaleda Zia attacks Sheikh Hasina, her main rival in today's Bangladesh election, but asks her to work together for development, while Hasina calls for an end to vengeance.
more...+ Cutting vote fraud in Bangladesh + Guide to Bangladesh |
13.11.2008
Almost one year after Cyclone Sidr ravaged southern Bangladesh, killing more than 3,000 people, over one million survivors are struggling without proper shelter and are at increased risk of disease, an international aid agency warns.
more...From: Oxfam International Image: Children in Dhaka after Cyclone Sidr, November 2007 © uncultured (flickr)
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08.07.2008
Barclays Bank has sold its shares in Global Coal Management – a British company building a controversial mine in Bangladesh – and should now remove all financial involvement in the project, says a leading UK development lobby group.
more...From: World Development Movement Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
08.05.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] Image: Mother and Child
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28.04.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Human rights] [Culture] Image: Peoples Theatre
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24.04.2008
Seven villages belonging to the 'Jumma' tribal were burned to the ground on Sunday by Bengali settlers, with the support of the Bangladesh army, in violence apparently arising from a controversial resettlement programme.
more...From: Survival International Italia Related topics/regions: [Indigenous rights] Image: Village in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
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23.04.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Education] [Conservation] [Environmental activism] Image: Campaign
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18.04.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Culture] [Freedom of expression] [Media] Image: Tazia in old Dhaka
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