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Homeless child inspired him to help hundreds

It was a day playing with plastic bottles that changed Korvi Rakshand’s life. Named one of 10 inspirational Bangladeshis last year, Rakshand was born to a wealthy family. But he turned his back on money and for the past eight years has been running an NGO in one of Dhaka’s biggest slums. [caption id="attachment_18406" align="alignright" width="612"]jago foundation Korvi Rakshand (fourth from left) with the first class of children taught at his school. Photograph: Jaago Foundation[/caption] He talks freely about the moment that changed everything...

Food for Hungry makes lasting impact in Bangladesh

“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” That’s a philosophy Food for the Hungry follows in their various programs, and so far, they’ve been proven right. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a community called Dumni has been continuing the work started by FH five years ago, including various savings and care programs. Since 2010, when the community was graduated from the program, locals have been able to sustain and expand each program within the community. food for hungryCurrently there are 43 ...

BD must demand UN political body on global tax matter: NGOs

Several non-governmental organisations here on Wednesday demanded that Bangladesh delegation to the UN Addis Ababa Conference on Finance for Development should propose a UN political body on global tax matter that will support elimination of all sorts of loophole for an equal taxing and stop illicit finance flow. They also demanded inclusion of political leadership in the Bangladesh delegation to the conference. ngosThe demands came at a seminar jointly organised by 30 organisations at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital. The organisatons include Online...

All BBIN-MVA documents should be available on websites: CPD

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday said all relevant documents, including the BBIN-Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA), protocols, permit forms, information about fees, surcharges and user-fees should be freely available, on dedicated websites to ensure transparency in all steps. “It’s not enough to design the implementation modalities to ensure win-win outcomes. It’s also equally important that this is perceived to be so by the citizens,” said CPD Executive Director BBINProf Mustafizur Rahman highlighting the importance of access to informati...

Reducing violence against women through religious leaders

The Asia Foundation Bangladesh, with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), organized project-closing workshop on “Reducing Violence against Women through Religious Leaders in Rangpur” initiative on Tuesday at Baridhara in the capital featuring 60 participants from Rangpur and Dhaka, and discussants from University of Dhaka, BRAC University and Development Research Initiative (DRI). 08To address this issues, The Asia Foundation (the Foundation) initiated a project on Reducing Violence against Women (RVAW) in Rangpur S...

USAID’s new programme in for RMG workers

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a three-year Worker Empowerment Programme in Bangladesh to support labor rights, union organizing, and women’s empowerment in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. The announcement coincided with the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Dhaka that killed over 1,100 rmg222workers and injured over 2,500, USAID said in a statement. “USAID’s Worker Empowerment Program demonstrates the United States’ vigilance in promoting fundamental labor rights, including w...
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