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Prosecute CIA officials for torture: HRW  

The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report summary on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation program is a powerful denunciation of the agency’s extensive and systematic use of torture, Human Rights Watch(HRW) said today. The 525-page partially redacted summary, released on December 9, 2014, is part of a 6,700-page classified report that the committee has still not indicated it plans to release. Amnesty International konfrontiert Kinogänger mit WaterboardingThe summary documents numerous misrepresentations t...

Women’s allowance popularises breastfeeding in Bangladesh  

When her son was barely a year old in 2012, Ayesha Khatun, 16, was already expecting another baby. "I could not give him (son) rice regularly; he always howled for food," Khatun told Khabar South Asia. "I mainly took water to suckle him." She lamented how she would not produce enough milk without nutritious food, and another baby coming. "Allah knows what will happen to the new baby if my son takes all my breast milk," she worried. In August 2012, a social worker from the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs' local office in Niamatpur helped get her enrolled in a programme that provides an allowance of Tk 350 ($4.50) monthly for up to two years to lactating mothers in rural areas. [caption id="attachment_11266" align="alignleft" width="300"]

Ultra Mobile offers new calling rates for Bangladesh

Ultra Mobile continues adding value for its immigrant communities nationwide as the company today announced rate changes that make calling friends, family and associates in Bangladesh and India more affordable than ever. Ultra Mobile international mobile plans and services for keeping people connected with families and friends overseas ultramobileThe rate changes for the two countries come just in time for those who want to send well wishes to their extended families around the country or across the world around the New Year. Ultra M...

Markets in Bangladesh: Business Report 2014  

http://www.researchandmarkets.com has announced the addition of the “Plant Oil Market in Bangladesh: Business Report 2014” report to their offering. The organization also published reports on Animal Husbandry Equipment Market, Dried Vegetables and Mushrooms Market, Research and Markets: Mineral Fertilizer Market in Bangladesh. These reports are comprehensive research of markets in Bangladesh. vegetable-marketThe reports start with giving brief country profile for Bangladesh,...

Bangladeshi shot dead, Indian injured in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi muezzin opened fire at two expatriate workers in a mosque for failing to make a prayer call, killing a Bangladeshi and injuring an Indian worker, according to police. bd-ksaThe incident took place at 3.30 p.m. during Asr prayers in a mosque in Ortawwiyah, Majmaah district, 30 km from Riyadh, Arab news reported Thursday. When police arrived at the scene, they found Mohammed Rafiq Tajul Islam, 32, a Bangladeshi worker, in a pool of blood. The other worker, an Indian, was alive with two bullet wounds. He is undergoing treatment at King Khaled Hos...

Petty graft eats up 2.2pc of GNI in Bangladesh

Bangladesh loses 2.2 per cent of its gross national income due to petty corruptions at individual level, Transperancy International Bangladesh executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said yesterday. Speaking at a programme arranged by UNDP in Bangladesh, he hoped that the young people will take a stand against these practices. corruptionUNDP organised the event to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day 2014. Around 200 young people participated in the interactive programme held at the Russian Cultural Centre. The slogan for the An...
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