Full Coverage: Bangladesh

14.11.2006 An exhibition of photographs taken by disabled people in Bangladesh, Cameroon and the UK is being held in London in the week following the International Day of Disabled Persons 2006 (3 December).

13.11.2006 Eighty percent of incidents of violence against women take place within the family, and the media is mostly responsible for aggravating the situation, speakers at a workshop observed yesterday.

10.11.2006 The number of poor people in Bangladesh fell to 40 percent from 49 percent in the last five years, beating the rate of poverty decline in neighbouring India and Pakistan, the World Bank study said.