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BD economic success story excludes millions masses

Dressed in cheap, worn-out clothes, Farida Begum looks much older than her 30 years. Her pale face is etched with worry as she sits in her tiny bamboo-fenced shack next to a railway track in Tejgaon slum, in central Dhaka. The shack has been home for her three-member family for the past four years. It has electricity but no running water, while the local slumlord charges them 1,400 taka (US$18) a month for rent. [caption id="attachment_20715" align="alignleft" width="650"]bd success Despite significant socioeconomic progress in the past decades, about ...

Policy to end child marriage must in Bangladesh

Fifteen months after pledging to end child marriage in her country, Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, seems determined to lower the age of marriage in Bangladesh. In July 2015, at the Girl Summit in London, United Kingdom, Sheikh Hasina announced plans to end child marriage under 15 in Bangladesh by 2021, and to end child marriage under 18 by 2041. These commitments were very welcome given the high rate of child marriage in Bangladesh: 29 percent of girls are married by age 15, the highest rate in the world. By age 18, when they should be graduating from high school, 65 percent of girls are married. A horrifying

Sailing season fuels new smuggling fears

Abu Bakkar relied solely on the money he earned as an agricultural day laborer to pay for the expenses of his five-member family. It was rarely enough. Like many of his neighbors, Bakkar, 33, a Muslim from the Chandanaish area of Bangladesh’s Chittagong district, was desperate for a better way of providing for his family. So in early May, he joined a group of 14 from his village to set off for Malaysia in search of better prospects. [caption id="attachment_20227" align="alignright" width="540"]Andaman_Saling_670-1 The coming end of the...

Forcibly displaced people reaches 60m worldwide

As we continue to see headlines and editorials almost every day about migrants and refugees, it’s not surprising when UNHCR reports that the number of forcibly displaced people has reached 60 million worldwide for the first time since World War II. This figure includes internally displaced people, refugees, and asylum seekers. While many are on the move as refugees, others migrate willfully at rates that have also reached unprecedented levels. Below, I’ve explored some trends in regional, country- and economic-level migration and refugee data. But first: What’s the difference between a migrant

Tea workers fret over development plan

The government plan to acquire hundreds of hectares of agricultural land from a tea estate for a special economic zone has triggered strong opposition from activists, including church leaders. Officials in northeastern Sylhet’s Habiganj district are in the final phase of acquiring 511 hectares of land at the Chandpore Tea Estate. Authorities plan to develop the land into an economic zone. [caption id="attachment_19935" align="alignright" width="540"]Bangladeshi tea workers are mostly indigenous people from India who migrated during British rule. They are among the most deprived and margi... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Dr Baker’s dedication to Bangladesh

Albert Schweitzer (14 January, 1875 – 4 September, 1965) was born in France but spent his life in Gabon in Africa. He, who he married Helene Bresslau, daughter of the Jewish, built the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon. It is an internationally acclaimed leading research hospital working to end the scourge of malaria and serving as a highly regarded training institute for African physicians and scientists. Albert was a German—and later French—theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary in Africa. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. Mother Teresa (26 August, 1910 – 5 September, 1997) was born in what is now Macedonia but lived in Kolkata in India to serve humanity. She founded the Missionaries of Charity which is now active over 100 countri...
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