Full Coverage: Bangladesh

31.05.2006 Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) on May 23, 2006, demanded allocation of at least Tk 25 crore in the budget for 2006-07 for women entrepreneurship development. They also demanded tax holiday facility for up to 10 years for the women entrepreneurs.

31.05.2006 Information and communication technology (ICT) is the best means to eliminate poverty. Microsoft Bangladesh Limited Country Manager Feroz Mahmud said this while speaking as the chief guest at the certificate distribution ceremony of the trainees of 'Partners in Learning.'

29.05.2006 THE strategies for poverty alleviation and development followed by the countries in Asia and the Pacific region have high relevance for Bangladesh where more than 80 per cent of its people have a rural existence and the majority of them remain below the poverty line. An opinion by Mustafa Jasim Ahmed.

26.05.2006 Poverty means all sorts of deprivations. In the context of Bangladesh, one such impediment is for the poor not having the resources to seek justice.

25.05.2006 Fortissime proteste dei lavoratori tessili sono in corso da alcuni giorni in Bangladesh: le forze di sicurezza sono state inviate dal governo a presidiare gli stabilimenti tessili della capitale Dhaka dopo che negli ultimi giorni si sono succeduti scontri tra manifestanti e forze dell’ordine, nei quali ha trovato la morte almeno due lavoratori e ne sono rimasti feriti almeno altri cento. Il dispiegamento di forze, secondo l’esecutivo bangladese, è una misura preventiva per evitare nuove eruzioni di violenza e assalti alle fabbriche, dopo che almeno 14 stabilimenti tessili sono stati dati alle fiamme. Il governo ha fatto arrestare diversi sindacalisti: uno è stato rilasciato, ma altri sono stati bendati e torturati - riporta la Clean Clothes Campaign che da tempo ha richiamato l'attenzione sulla necessità di adottare misure strutturali che pongano fine alle continue violazioni dei diritti nel settore tessile dove i lavoratori sono costretti ad orari e condizioni di lavoro inumani e ricevono salari da fame. La Campgna invita a mandare una mail all'Ambasciata chiedendo che si ponga fine agli arresti arbitrari e alle torture e che si salvaguardino i diritti dei lavoratori.

24.05.2006 The water resources ministers of Bangladesh and India will make on-the-spot surveys of riverine areas before meeting in Dhaka in June to resolve long-pending problems related to the rivers shared by the two neighbours.

24.05.2006 The slum population in Dhaka has doubled in a decade to reach 3.4 million in 2006 from only 1.5 million in 1996 following heavy rural-urban migration, according to a recent study.

23.05.2006 The recent initiative by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), The Daily Star and Prothom Alo to assemble a group of citizens to project a vision for the future of Bangladesh has generated both interest and controversy, says Rehman Sobhan, in The Daily Star.

19.05.2006 Farzana Chowdhury, a JCI Bangladesh Board member, has been selected to participate in 'Fortune/State Department International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership' programme, says a press release.

19.05.2006 CARE Bangladesh, a humanitarian organisation, has trained four more female drivers and two auto mechanics, raising their number to 14 in one year, as part of its efforts to promote gender equity in its Transport Services Department (TSD), says a press release.
The graduation ceremony of the second batch apprentices and reception ceremony for 10 new apprentices of the third batch were held at the CARE TSD office at Karwan Bazar in the city on Tuesday.

18.05.2006 Leaders of the world's eight largest Muslim countries--representing some 900 million people--declared the right of Islamic countries to peaceful nuclear energy at a summit in Indonesia last weekend.

18.05.2006 The Netherlands government plans to fund Bangladesh NGO BRAC for its new WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme) initiative in response to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). BRACÂ’s WASH Programme plans to achieve the Environmental Sustainability target set under the MDGs.

10.05.2006 The Bangladesh government plans to appoint female sub-inspectors of police at all police stations in the country, state minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar told the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday.

08.05.2006 Bangladesh has made notable progress in both income and human poverty reduction since independence, with national poverty dropping by nine percent in the last decade. But the level of inequality has increased, widening the rich-poor gap every year, posing a threat to social coherence.

04.05.2006 from sustainablog:
Solar power is transforming the lives of rural Bangladeshi communities. "How much more appropriate can you get?" asks Jeff McIntire.