Full Coverage: Bangladesh

30.03.2006 Health service providers are getting hyperactive windows from the blessing of cybernetic connection. Newly developed computer based gadgets are best companion for doctors along with their traditional equipment like stethoscope and thermometer in many countries.

24.03.2006 Preparations for upcoming national elections in Bangladesh are providing a unique opportunity to resolve the protracted predicament of the countryÂ’s stateless Biharis, estimated to number as few as 240,000 and as many as 500,000, argue Maureen Lynch and Dawn Calabia.

17.03.2006 Bangladesh will immunize 18 million children three times in the next three months following the re-emergence of the polio virus after an absence of the disease for more than five years.
* MSF launches massive measles vaccination campaign for 550,000 children

09.03.2006 Bangladeshis have lost faith in their governmentÂ’s ability to protect human rights, fears Sayeed Ahmad, who calls for intervention by the UN Commission on Human Rights.
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08.03.2006 Sayeed Ahmad is concerned that the people of Bangladesh have lost faith in their governmentÂ’s ability to protect human rights. He calls for the UN Commission on Human Rights to intervene.

07.03.2006 Employment opportunities for slum women have increased in Bangladesh making them financially secure as well get a place in a male-dominated society. Researchers from Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra in Bangladesh, the London School of Health and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Bath in the UK try and find out if urban employment has made a difference to the lives of slum women.

05.03.2006 Sex workers at a rally yesterday placed an 11-point demand to resolve their various problems. These include stopping forced eviction from brothels, arrangement of alternative income and ensuring healthcare end education. Another demand was to raise the issue of trafficking at different forums and create awareness about their human rights.

03.03.2006 Bangladesh's foreign aid dipped 40 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year due to slow implementation of project aid. The government received total $ 488 million in foreign aid during July-December of FY06 against $815 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

02.03.2006 Some 2,400 imams are working with a local Bangladeshi NGO--something many have been reluctant to do in the past--to educate the public about human trafficking.