Full Coverage: Bangladesh

31.08.2006 From caste discrimination to forced disappearances and torture, participants at a conference on human rights in Asia detail the abuses faced in 12 Asian nations.

24.08.2006 World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report despite a remarkable decline over past 15 years, the current levels of child under nutrition in Bangladesh are still extremely high, said a press release.

24.08.2006 DHAKA, Aug 23 (Reuters): Bangladesh on Wednesday sought international assistance, including from the United States, to help find a new home for thousands of refugees from Myanmar, saying it couldn't afford to keep them any longer. Some 21,000 Rohingya Muslims from mainly Buddhist Myanmar have been living in two camps in Cox's Bazar district, 450 km (280 miles) southeast of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka for more than a decade.

21.08.2006 The Commonwealth Secretariat is assisting the Government of Bangladesh's 20 million taka (£153,000) initiative to develop four rural information and communication technology (ICT) access centres in the South Asian nation to promote the use of ICT for community development and commerce.

21.08.2006 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh said the developing countries need support in evolving new technologies and methods, particularly for making drugs available and affordable, at cheaper prices.

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08.08.2006 Gender relations in Bangladesh have been undergoing a process of considerable transformation over the last two decades as a part of broader processes of economic transition and social change. Although progress has been considerable in many spheres, womenÂ’s changing roles have also given rise to a range of new challenges that require shifts in policy making and program implementation as well as the various social and cultural values which have informed and shaped implicit societal understandings of womenÂ’s roles and responsibilities.

04.08.2006 Only one month after completing three Polio National Immunisation Days (NIDs), the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has ordered a further three Polio NIDs this year in response to at least 10 new cases of Polio being detected in the country.