Full Coverage: Bangladesh

31.05.2005 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be the perfect vehicle through which poverty alleviation and improvements of the socio-economic structure can be easily accomplished," said Science and ICT Minister Moyeen Khan.

23.05.2005 Recent attacks and threats against the Ahmadiyyas, a religious group scattered across Bangladesh, have prompted human rights organisations in the country to put pressure on government and police authorities to enforce the rights of minority groups granted by the constitution.

17.05.2005 Post and Telecommunications Minister Barrister Mohammad Aminul Haque on Monday said the ministry has undertaken a project to install 900,000 new land phones in Dhaka, district headquarters and upazila sadars with the financial help of the Chinese Government, reports BSS.

16.05.2005 The First IEEE International Conference on Next-Generation Wireless Systems (ICNEWS 2006), to be held in Dhaka , Bangladesh during 2-4 January, 2006, will focus on addressing challenging issues in design, implementation and management of wireless communications, networking, and mobile computing systems.

10.05.2005 BRAC and Emergence Energy, Inc. of the USA recently signed an agreement to conduct a pilot research on energy and environment called ‘Project Emergence.’ The project will look at producing environmentally-sound energy locally and also create sustainable jobs.

10.05.2005 BRAC and Emergence Energy, Inc. of the USA recently signed an agreement to conduct a pilot research on energy and environment called ‘Project Emergence.’

10.05.2005 The Global Media Award by the Population Institute (PI) was presented to BCCP in December, 2004 in Rabat, Morocco.

09.05.2005

Pondicherry fishing village after the tsunami © M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

Latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO) puts the number of people displaced by last weekendÂ’s the tidal waves at five million. Eleven countries across six time zones were affected, including Seychelles, Kenya and Tanzania. More than 80,000 people are confirmed dead, with more than 32,000 occurring in the Indonesian regions of Aceh and north Sumatra. Nearly 30 international organizations are already providing relief services in different communities. The UN launched an initial appeal for $130 million ahead of a much vaster appeal scheduled for January 6.

09.05.2005 New generation computer Pentium 4 and other kinds of CPUs with different price tags have been introduced in the country under the brand name of Aamar PC by means of the assembling skills of hardware engineers from West Bengal.

04.05.2005 3rd May, 2005 is the World Press Freedom Day. VOICE and Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) organised a seminar entitled "Independent Journalism: Media and Good Governance" at National Press Club to observe the day. Reports AHM Bazlur Rahman, BNNRC.