bangladesh

The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a South Asian country that is bordered by India, Burma and the Bay of Bengal. Its most populous city and capital is Dhaka, which is also the country's most important political, cultural and social hub.

Bangladesh is a unitary parliamentary democracy, whose incumbent president is Zillur Rahman. Although highly praised by the United Nations for its progress in human development, Bangladesh still maintains a high poverty rate.

Although the country gained its independence from Pakistan in 1971, the ensuing years were filled with political turmoil, natural disasters and widespread poverty. After the installation of democracy in 1991 however, Bangladesh has seen a relatively calm and steady social and political progress.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “bangladesh”

• in Politics
  Shahbag Protest Sparked by Social Media
  A new protest in Bangladesh for the death penalty of war criminals.
  by ssdt / on Feb 11, 2013
• in Lifestyle
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  by amohit / on Mar 19, 2012
• in Sports
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  by amohit / on Mar 16, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “bangladesh”

 

• Turkish Airlines flies US couple to Bangladesh instead of Senegal

  
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  Two US holidaymakers found themselves a long way from their intended destination after an airline confused two airport codes. read more
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• Do Americans Really Care How Their Clothes Are Made?

  
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  Just two more months, the daughter promised her mother by telephone, then she’d be home for good. Making shirts in this packed metropolis of 12 million people, Sheuli Akhter, 20, made decent money — about $140 a month — by the impoverished standards of rural Bangladesh. But she missed the family benefiting from ...
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• President Obama, Bangladesh Has Faced Enough Tragedy, Don’t Take Away Jobs, Too

  
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  Sumon Yusuf/Polaris/Newscom Since late last year, workers in Bangladesh have been beset by tragedy after tragedy. First there was a factory fire that killed over 100 garment workers in November. Then last month a garment complex collapsed, killing over 1,000 people . Now, as if to add insult to injury, the Obama ...
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• Li Keqiang visits New Delhi and vows to end disputes on border with India

  
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  China and India agreed yesterday to launch a fresh round of talks to settle their long-running border disputes. They also pledged to draw up a roadmap to reach a “dynamic balance” in trade between the two emerging economic powers. We need to improve the border mechanisms…and make them more efficient Li Keqiang, ...
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• Cyclone Mahasen a ‘dress rehearsal’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims

  
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  Myanmar’s victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon season weeks away. Myanmar’s Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people – mainly Rohingya Muslims – ...
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• The World’s Best Investment Location In Bangladesh Part-01

  
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  Bangladesh is a combination of competitive market, business-friendly environment and cost structure that can give the best returns. Bangladesh offers a well-educated, highly adaptive and industrious workforce with the lowest wages and salaries in the region. 57.30% of the population is under 25, providing a youthful ...
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• A Tale of Two Factory Disasters: What Cambodia Can Teach Bangladesh

  
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  As the final death toll of the Bangladesh factory collapse reached 1,126 last week, a small section of the second floor of a shoe factory in Cambodia gave way. Two people died, but witnesses said it was a stroke of luck that the number wasn’t much higher. Then, on Monday, ten more workers in Cambodia, including a ...
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• News in Asia

  
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  This week’s edition of “News in Asia” is having computer problems. Actually, it’s having Internet connectivity problems. One of the things I miss most about living in South Korea is Internet speed. I could download an episode of Scandal  in 3 minutes and an entire season of a show in about 10-15. Ah well, ...
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• Monday Links

  
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  *  I have recently asked my colleagues at UCSD questions such as: How many adjunct/contingent/non-tenure track faculty are there in your department? Can you name them? Have you met any adjuncts for coffee or lunch on campus? Are they invited to the homes of ladder rank faculty? Do they have office space? Do they ...
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• Bangladesh: Industry And Human Rights – OpEd

  
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  By Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Last week, thousands of mourners gathered at the remains of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died when it collapsed on 24 April. The poignant remembrance of the victims of this dreadful tragedy came amid a ...
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• Cambodia factory accident injures 23

  
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  A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, ...
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• Joining the dots in Bangladesh: #eyesonashulia, Development as Deceitfulness and a Muzzled Press

  
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  The Internet upload throttle idea has been shelved by the Bangladesh government in favor of a ban on a month-long ban on all forms of meetings, processions and demonstrations.  The reasons given by the government range from law and order to smoothing relief and rehabilitation work in the wake of cyclone Mahasen. ...
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• Thailand urges more efforts to solve Rohingya problem

  
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  CHIANG MAI, May 20 – Thailand today asked Bangladesh to help verify the nationality of Rohingya ethnic people on its border with Myanmar. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra raised the issue during bilateral talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the Second Asia-Pacific Water ...
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• Garments of Bangladesh , who will pay

  
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  | by Swadesh Roy ( May 20, 2013, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) Bangladesh is the second highest exporter of manufacturedgarments,and one of the poorest countries in the world. This is a contrast, but it is also true that, there are some miracles dissimilarly in Bangladesh. Such as,it is the poorest country in ...
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• Pupils ‘need early porn warnings’

  
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  Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say. Follow this link: Pupils ‘need early porn warnings’
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• Briton facing child death charges

  
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  A 48-year-old British man living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children, aged five and 10. Go here to see the original: Briton facing child death charges
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• Hot-air balloon collision leaves two dead in Turkey

  
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  The United Nations estimates that 700 people were killed in Iraq in April - the highest figure in almost five years. Tensions between Iraqs Sunni minority and Shiites, who lead the government, have reached their highest level since US troops pulled out in December 2011. At … … Read More
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• The International Call for Fashion Safety - Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh

  
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  MAY 13, 2013  Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh The undersigned parties are committed to the goal of a safe and sustainable Bangladeshi ReadyMade Garment ("RMG") industry in which no worker needs to fear fires, building collapses, or  other accidents that could be prevented with ...
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• IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 20

  
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  The scene in a Kabul store selling burqas, a garment that has come to exemplify the many limitations women in Afghanistan face.
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• POD | Zuma Press 16 May 2013

  
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  ©Monirul Alam May 16, 2013 – Chittagong, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi police urge people to move to safer areas ahead of the arrival of tropical cyclone Mahasen in Chittagong, Bangladesh. People living in coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar are being evacuated as cyclone Mahasen is expected to make landfall ...
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