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Here’s what Black Friday looks like in Bangladesh

Walmart stores are greeting long, revved up lines of people this morning looking to snag a Black Friday deal. The shopping day in the States is a much darker one in Bangladesh, where survivors and families are marking the second anniversary of a factory fire that killed and injured hundreds. That factory, Tazreen, manufactured Walmart’s Faded Glory clothing line. tazreen-2-apWalmart didn’t take any responsibility or publicly acknowledge the fire that left 112 dead when it happened on November 24, 2012. It was activists who exposed tha...

Traditional country boats nearing extinction

Bangladesh's traditional country boats are on the brink of extinction as after about four decades since independence, Bangladesh has developed a first class road infrastructure linking almost all rural villages under every union parishad, the lowest tier of local government in Bangladesh. The country, which was set target to become a middle income nation by the year 2021, has attached the utmost priority in its infrastructure development. country boatNow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government and her state machine appear particu...

Par panel approves bill on Indo-Bangla agreement

A parliamentary panel is learnt to have approved a bill to give effect to the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) recommending that the interests of state governments and the people be kept in mind. The “unanimous” report of the Standing Committee on External Affairs, headed by Congress member Shashi Tharoor, on the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill, 2013 is likely to be tabled in Rajya Sabha next week, informed sources said. bd-indiaThey said the report has taken into cognisance most issues raised by Trinamool Congr...

Steps to reduce poverty in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has set an ambitious goal to become a middle-income country by 2021—the year it celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence. Equally important to achieving the coveted middle income status is making sure that all Bangladeshis share in the accelerated growth required to achieve this goal, particularly the poor. The Government of Bangladesh’s Vision 2021 and the associated Perspective Plan 2010-2021 lay out a series of development targets that must be achieved if Bangladesh wants to transform itself to a middle income country. ... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Dark stain on $1b leather export industry    

The Hazaribagh, or “Thousand Gardens,” neighborhood in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka has no trees or flowers. Instead, the industrial area is saturated with toxic chemicals from more than 200 leather tanneries polluting the air, water, and soil. The stench of animal hides, garbage dumps, and furnace smoke is so foul, some locals wear face masks. “It’s a shameful way to live,” says Gul Dulali, 27, a mother of two living in a one-room shack next to a bubbling gray stream. Bangladesh’s leather exports are a $1 billion-a-year industry, according to the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau. Competitive prices and improved quality have attracted an increasing number of importers from Asia and Europe. Almost all of the country’s leather production, 80 percent, is exported. As with Bangla...

MSF responds to an upsurge in Bangladesh malaria cases

In the last three months the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated nearly 1,700 people affected by malaria in remote areas of southeast Bangladesh. In August, MSF launched an emergency intervention in Bandarban district in the Chittagong Hill Tracts – an area where malaria is endemic – to support the operations run in local clinics and hospitals by the Ministry of Health, and to help reach those communities living in the hardest to access villages. MSB14133Health workers often travelled long distance...
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