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Habitat inaugurates community center in Mymensing

Habitat for Humanity International-Bangladesh arranged an inauguration ceremony of the “Bondhon community Center” at Gandropa union of Mymensing district, which was completed in April 2015, in order to enrich community members quality of life, by providing education facilities, access to water supply and sanitation facilities including tube well, public baths, toilets and rain water harvesting system and gathering place. ???????????????????????????????The project has been conducted with financial aid of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOI...

Map-up event for city elections held

The Asia Foundation hosted a map-up event for the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, in partnership with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) in Bangladesh on Saturday. Approximately 2000 schools and other institutions will be used as polling stations in the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, DSC_0439but unfortunately, there are currently no visual applications that maps these polling stations so that the citizenry can easily visualize the locations of their polling stations. The Asia Foundation is trying to fill this gap by hosting ...

Grameen Foundation provides risk management tips

The speed and convenience that make digital services attractive to clients can bring a host of new risks for financial institutions that serve the poor. For customers, digital services offered via third-party agents eliminate the need to carry cash long distances, and give them more visibility into their accounts through their mobile phones. For mobile moneyfinancial institutions, going digital means more transactions at a much faster rate with much less direct contact with clients. This can create risks in three key areas:

Asia Foundation to organize map-up event for CCEs

The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh will host a map-up event for the upcoming city corporation elections (CCEs) in the capital, in partnership with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) in Bangladesh. asia foundationApproximately 2000 schools and other institutions will be used as polling stations in the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, but unfortunately, there are currently no visual applications that maps these polling stations so that the citizenry can easily visualize the locations of their polling stations. The Asia Foundation is t...

British aid ‘being used to stamp out political opposition’

British aid money may have been used to help corrupt regimes stamp out political opposition, a damning report warns today. The study by the government’s aid watchdog warns that a £52 million programme to help strengthen Bangladesh’s security services could have been used to target opponents of the regime. [caption id="attachment_13702" align="alignleft" width="300"]british aid The study by the government’s aid watchdog warns that a £52 million programme to help strengthen Bangladesh’s security services could have been used to target opponents ...

Sightsavers helps to regain eyesight of 5 lakh poor  

Some five lakh poor people would get a chance to regain their eyesight as the Sightsavers, National Eye Care Centre (DGHS), BRAC and 12 other associates private organizations is going to conduct cataract operation activities free of cost in their hospitals across the country. DSC_6001The participatory based initiative that is going to start from this January would be continued till December, 2019 at all the District Sadar Hospitals of Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna divisions and Dhaka Division (Gopalganj and Rajbari districts) and 21 other hospita...
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