Tag Archives : Bangladesh

In the countdown to the much-awaited and carefully-prepared for climate summit to be held in Copenhagen towards the end of 2009, ‘the United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty that, it is now widely acknowledged, [...]

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has developed an index of economic shock and food entitled ‘Economic Shock and Hunger Index.’ Based on a study of the five countries of Armenia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, and Nicaragua, the responses of households reveal a rather similar pattern: reduction in the number of meals, option for cheaper but [...]

The wind driven cyclone Aila has caused enough damage in Bangladesh and the death toll has been reported to up to 62. The storm has battered the coastal areas and has displaced thousands of people living in the costal areas. The winds that travel 90 km an hour have caused havoc in these areas. More than 500 fishermen are said to be missing. The tidal [...]

The fight against human trafficking was the subject of the very recent Third Bali Regional Ministerial Conference On People Smuggling, Trafficking In Persons and Related Transnational Crime, held on the Indonesian island of Bali and attended by delegates from over 60 countries. The social malaise has reached unprecedented proportions over the recent [...]

These are truly bad times for South Asian people. Apart from recession, poverty, unemployment, lack of good governance these countries are grappling with growing internal strife, conflicts and terrorism. A huge untamed monster is waking up again and one wonders how much more will be devoured and destroyed. In Sri Lanka military is flushing LTTE out [...]

The violence spread outside of the capital before it was contained. About fifty people died in Dhaka in the shooting on Wednesday, 25 February. The mutiny was undertaken by rebels of the paramilitary unit Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). The rebels began surrendering their weapons shortly after midnight to the Minister of the Interior after the Prime Minister [...]