Bangladesh is one of the first countries to legislate on acid attacks with the enactment of the Acid Control Act in 2002 while the Supreme Court of India directed earlier this week to all States and Union Territories to put in place draft rules to regulate the sale of acid by this fiscal-end has once again brought to light India’s sluggishness in addressing acid crime.
In fact, India has long lagged behind first Bangladesh and then Pakistan in spec...
About 2,000 men toil over huge, half-finished ships in a shipyard on the coast of southern Bangladesh. The clatter of grinders, drills and hammers fills the air and the smell of fuel, dust and sweat is everywhere. Workers are building vessels that will be used to ferry thousands of passengers along the maze of waterways that make up the delta that runs through the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.
One of the workers is a little different from the rest. Her long dark...
A New York (NY) based investment firm namely Tau Investment Management Inc., has announced the commitment to raise $ 1 billion help for Bangladesh and other garment-manufacturing nations in order to construct factories with better safety and protection of workers.
According to a statement issued by Tau Investment Management Inc., the NY firm announced its commitment at the 9th Annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Meeting in September 2013, a four-day annual meeting, organized by former US President Bill Clinton’s foundation, that brings together sitting heads of state, business leaders, non-profit organizations and celebrities from around the globe to discuss the world’s most pressing problems.
Oliver Niedermaier, founder ...
