Full Coverage: Bangladesh

31.08.2007

30.08.2007 Cheap school uniforms sold in major UK supermarkets are being produced by women workers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka earning as little as five pence (10 US cents) per hour and working over 70 hours per week, according to a new report.

29.08.2007 The report 'Strategy for Sustained Growth' says that Bangladesh could join the ranks of middle income countries by 2016. It has the necessary assets, much-improved economic fundamentals, rapidly growing labor force, an established entrepreneurial culture and an impressive record of achievement in harnessing sound economic and social policies to pioneering social entrepreneurship.

27.08.2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dismayed by the assault, detention, and harassment of local journalists by the security forces and members of the interim government in Bangladesh, that have resulted in widespread self-censorship, particularly among broadcast outlets.

23.08.2007

23.08.2007 The President of Bangladesh has launched on-line Electronic University U21 Global, which compiles 19 world leading universities to provide on-line education and training to the students, academicians and researchers.

22.08.2007 Bangladesh's caretaker government ordered withdrawal of the army camp from Dhaka University campus by today and a judicial enquiry into two days of violence in which over 250 people, mostly students, were injured.
From Daily Star

22.08.2007 Weeks of heavy rain flooded over 30 percent of the country and left hundreds of homeless in Bangladesh, which is experiencing some of the worst flooding in recent years and terribly affecting day to day life. The estimation shows around 10 percent of the countryÂ’s 80,000 primary schools had been affected due to floods.

21.08.2007 A second day of violence erupted on the Dhaka University campus when hundreds of students confronted police as they protested against the caretaker government and the army, burning an effigy of the army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed.
From: The Daily Star

17.08.2007 The devastation caused by monsoon flooding in Bangladesh affected more than 9 million people in 39 districts. Emergency supplies are being provided to hardhit areas by UNICEF, the World Food Programme and non-governmental organizations.

17.08.2007 Bangladeshin tulvien tuhot tarkentuvat sitä mukaa kun vesimassat vetäytyvät. Viime viikonloppuna Kirkon Ulkomaanavun sisarjärjestöt jakoivat ruokaa ja lääkkeitä lähes 600 perheelle.

14.08.2007

14.08.2007

14.08.2007

09.08.2007 AMSTERDAM, Aug 9 (OneWorld) - Amid United Nations warnings of an impending health crisis, calls from humanitarian groups are on the rise to help millions of South Asians affected by torrential rains and devastating flooding.

07.08.2007 A prominent international development group has warned that time and money are running out for relief operations in south Asia, where floods have affected 30 million people according to the World Health Organisation, and up to 50 million according to some officials.
+ 'We have never witnessed this before'
+ Millions of children on brink of a health crisis

05.08.2007 A leading children's charity is appealing for at least £2 million for its emergency response to floods in South Asia which have put at risk at least 10 million children in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

03.08.2007 Relief International-Schools Online (RI-SOL) in partnership with different organisations is hosting a one day conference titled ' ICT and Disability: The Context of Bangladesh' on 14 August 2007 at 10:00am at BRAC Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

01.08.2007 On a series of Sanglap (Dialogue), a ground-breaking discussion programme in Bangladesh, the BBC World Service Trust has launched the third programme in the series in the run up to the general elections in Bangladesh. Elections will take place towards the end of 2008 and the BBC programme gives the people an opportunity to engage in a direct dialogue with their political leaders.