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UN Volunteers at Dhaka to curb gender based violence

The 16 days of activism campaign is a global initiative to raise awareness and combat all forms of gender based violence. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme joined the 2014 campaign in Bangladesh and decided to focus on an issue often raised during discussions with Bangladeshi citizens: gender and public transportation. [caption id="attachment_11379" align="alignleft" width="300"]Bangladesh_2014_UNV_and_Gender_and_public_transportation_1 UN Vo...

Tackling climate change in flood hit areas  

The flood we experienced last year was devastating. But this year, we did not have to move from our home, as our homes are on higher and safer ground.” said a smiling thirty-five year old Sharifa Begum, standing in front of her thatched home on a small plot of elevated land in Datiar char, Chilmari. Elevation from the ground saved her home from the flood that inundated Northern Bangladesh during August and September 2014. “In earlier years, my husband and I had to shift homes, even seven times on year, as the rush of the flood water had destroyed our makeshift homes,” she added. Her home, one among a cluster of homes built on an elevated foundation on a sandbar, look like they are on an island.

Is China economy really the largest in the world?

For the first time in more than 140 years, the US has lost the title of the world’s largest economy - it has been stolen by China, according to the IMF. But how reliable are the statistics underpinning this claim? The BBC’s economics editor, Robert Peston, explains lower down why China matters to all of us. The Chinese economy is now worth $17.6tn, slightly higher than the $17.4tn the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates for the US. So for the first time since 1872, when it overtook the UK, the US has been knocked off the top spot. The IMF calculated these figures by using purchasing power parity (PPP) which enables you to compare how much you can buy for your money in different countries. As money goes further in China than in the US, the figure for China is adjusted up...

Pakistan journos recall horror of atrocities in Dhaka

The creation of Bangladesh is one of the most sensitive and tragic chapters in the history of Pakistan. While the trauma of partition may now be behind us, stories of 1971 still raise hackles among anyone who lived through that era. While there are two, very forceful narratives on what exactly happened, history is unequivocal. Perhaps this is why journalists who lived through the painful partition of Pakistan are best placed to recall and ruminate on the mistakes that were made in that fateful year. On March 23, 1971, the flag of Bangladesh was put up in East Pakistan. At the time, Ali Ahmed Khan was a journalist in Dhaka. “I worked for a progressive Urdu weekly, Pasban, which promoted the rights of East Pakistan and consistently campaigned for the restoration of democracy unde...

Nation observs 44th Victory Day  

The 44th Victory Day of Bangladesh is being observed today with due solemnity and rich tributes paid to the martyrs of the Liberation War of 1971. The day commenced with a 31-gun salute followed by rich tributes of President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at National Mausoleum in Savar in the early hours. A colourful parade heralded the day, which began at 10:00am, in participation of freedom fighters, members of armed forces and other law enforcing agencies. PositiveBangladeshPresident Abdul Hamid atten...

BHBFC celebrates Victory Day                  

Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) paid tribute to the valiant freedom fighters on the Victory Day by placing bhbfcwreaths at the National Memorial at Savar and at the portrait  of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi led by its Managing Director, Dr Md. Nurul Alam Talukder along with other employees.
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