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- Development net cast
- Netbetar.com, the first Bangladeshi net cast radio channel hopes to reach all corners of the country through thousands of telecentres sprinkled across rural ...
- Children are highest casualties in Bangladesh cyclone
- Aid agencies have put the total death count at over 5,000 – more than half being children – four days after Cyclone Sidr wrecked Bangladesh’s southern coast. ...
- Let us compete in poverty eradication: Muhammad Yunus
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank, says Bangladesh will eradicate poverty by 2030 and wants India to take up the challenge ...
- Bangladesh CR handbook to guide development governance
- A handbook educating stakeholders about various aspects of community radio will soon be brought out in Bangla by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and ...
- Season of deprivation in Bangladesh
- Known as monga season when there are no crops to be harvested, farmers in several districts of Bangladesh reel under poverty due to lack of employment. ...
- Children of the black dust
- A child working in hazardous conditions is not an uncommon site in Bangladesh, or in other parts of South Asia. Freelance documentary photographer Shehzad ...
- Record 13 million Stand Up for MDGs in Bangladesh
- An unprecendented 13.23 million people including political leaders, sportsmen, artists, businessmen, teachers and students participated in the Stand Up And ...
- Bangladesh has world's highest malnutrition rate
- A new Unicef report says millions of children and women in Bangladesh are suffering from more than one form of malnutrition. The severity of the problem can be ...
- Global meltdown to affect Bangladeshi workers abroad
- For Bangladesh, remittances from overseas are a major source of foreign income. With the global financial crunch showing signs of sliding demand for its ...
- Synergising disaster preparedness and adaptation
- Identifying the most vulnerable locations and populations and strengthening local people's capacities has to be in the centre of any longer-term adaptation ...
- No more silence for Bangladesh's disabled rape victims
- Sexually exploited because of their vulnerability, the disabled are often considered weak to seek justice. Rape victims in Bangladesh, however, are no longer ...
- Bangladesh likely to end emergency before poll
- The military-backed interim government may end the state of emergency as the country moves closer to its election date in December. In power since January ...
- A social safety net for agriculture
- A briefing paper titled: Extreme poverty in Bangladesh: Protecting and promoting rural livelihoods by Overseas Development Institute notes that ...
- Emergency lifted in Bangladesh
- Just ahead of general elections in Bangladesh later this month, President Lajuddin Ahmed has lifted the state of emergency that was in place since January last ...
- Climate change stalks coastal Bangladesh
- Triggered by climate change, frequent cyclones and storm surges are sweeping away Bangladesh’s existing landmass. Rising sea levels and increased salinity have ...
- Children in Bangladesh suffer corporal punishment
- The children of Bangladesh are a vulnerable lot as they face physical abuse on a regular basis. According to a report by UNICEF, most children are beaten up at ...
- Millions of Bangladeshis at risk due to rising sea levels
- Scientific research indicates that around 20 million people in Bangladesh’s low-lying areas face threat from sea level rise. Prospective inundation and soil ...
- Dying rivers of Dhaka threaten residents
- Pollution has made the oxygen level dip so low in the four major rivers encircling Dhaka that no aquatic life can possibly thrive in them. Toxic sludge and ...
- Bangladesh girls: Too young to marry; too young to die
- In Bangladesh, according to UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2009 report, 64% girls marry before they reach the age of 18. As a result, both ...
- Bangladesh political rivals to unite against poverty
- Keeping aside their political differences, Bangladesh’s rival political figures will unite for MDGs tomorrow. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and leader of the ...
- Bangladesh demands living wage for all
- Raising the issue of poverty and price rise, INCIDIN Bangladesh in association with United Nations Millennium campaign launches the Stand Up Take Action ...
- Disabled in Bangladesh demand more opportunities
- People with disabilities in Bangladesh have demanded opportunities for skill development training and extended support from government in the form of ...
- No water for Cyclone Aila victims in Bangladesh
- Survivors of Cyclone Aila in southern Bangladesh are now faced with shortage of drinking water due to contamination of ponds, wells and tube wells. Relief ...
- Bangladesh: Missed opportunities and lost childhood
- Millions of children in Bangladesh are forced to work at an age when they ought to be playing and learning. Despite provisions in the country’s constitution ...
- Tough law against acid attackers sought
- At the 10th anniversary of the Bangladesh Acid Survivors Foundation, around 600 victims from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, Cambodia and the host country ...
- Digital knowledge festival raises hope for Bangladesh
- Gyan Utsob, which took place earlier this month, focussed on digitalising local administration, school education and community e-centres in Bangladesh. ...
- Brick kilns in Bangladesh to use clean energy
- The brick kiln industry in Bangladesh is all set to go green after the Denmark government and World Bank signed two agreements. These deals will pave the way ...
- The beautiful housewife and other stereotypes
- Anwara Begum’s new book takes a look at women in the Bangladesh media. She argues that TV ads don’t only sell products but also attitudes and in the process ...
- Bangladesh to set up war crimes tribunal
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought UN assistance in prosecuting people accused of war crimes during the country’s liberation struggle in ...
- Landslide victory for Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh polls
- In the country’s historic elections held after two years of emergency rule, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League led grand alliance has pulled ...
