Full Coverage: Bangladesh

27.02.2004 Bangladesh organisation, Proshika is promoting alternative agricultural methods amongst farmers, which are sustainable, productive, equitable and conducive to bio-diversity.

24.02.2004 At an international conference on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh last week, experts revealed that despite a seven-year effort, the country still tops the list of 23 arsenic affected countries with 85 million people exposed to the poison.

20.02.2004 This week, the Parliament in Bangladesh - labeled one of the world's most corrupt nations for three consecutive years - finally passed a bill to form an independent body to fight corruption.

19.02.2004 A quiet but profound transformation is now taking place in the knowledge, attitudes, social skills and self-confidence of a large group of adolescent girls in Bangladesh.

17.02.2004

Bangladeshi bride

When a troop of 13-year-old girls tackled their friend's parents, explaining why they should let her finish school instead of marrying her off, the parents were won over. Reading Centers organized by a local NGO all over Bangladesh are helping girls learn the life skills needed to negotiate for a better future.

16.02.2004 Banglabangla enables young people to learn about life in Bangladesh through information provided by young people with experience of the culture and community. The project is co-ordinated by the Humanities Education Centre in
Tower Hamlets.

16.02.2004 As extortionists and killers run riot in Bangladesh, driving away local and foreign investors, the business community has threatened to launch protests and stop paying taxes if the government fails to improve the law and order situation within a week.

12.02.2004 The Bangladesh government is likely to adopt a new law next week placing stringent curbs on nongovernmental organizations(NGOs), amid protests that it will cripple development projects worth US $500 million.

05.02.2004 Last month, poachers killed 30,000 migratory birds in Bangladesh's biggest wetland, Hakaluki Haor in the northeastern Sylhet region, where the total number of birds has fallen to 100,000 - one-tenth of the original figure.