------------------------------------------------- Submission Date: 18th February‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Current Energy Landscape The Government of Bangladesh through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) bears overall responsibility for the power sub-sector in Bangladesh. Consumption of commercial energy per head in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in Asia‚ if not the world. A lack of commercially priced sources of electricity has been a major factor in deterring foreign
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BNP CALLS HARTAL IN RANGPUR FOR TOMORROW BNP will enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Rangpur district on 1st Dec 13 demanding release of its Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed. Earlier‚ police arrested Rizvi from BNP’s central office in the capital early this morning. SHIBIR MAN KILLED IN JHENIDAH COP FIRING An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir‚ student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami‚ was killed and five including three law enforcers were injured when police‚ after being attacked‚ opened
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ASA Bangladesh Research Brief History of ASA ASA stands for Association for Social Advancement‚ which is a non-governmental organization aiming at helping poor people to get out of poverty. Bangladesh earned its independence in 1971‚ but because of the war‚ the whole country needed to be reconstructed. The unstable and bureaucratic political system slowed down the speed of economic development. In the meantime‚ some small non-governmental organizations stepped into Bangladesh to help the local
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Colonization of Bangladesh Bangladesh‚ a developing country‚ is relatively unknown in the globalized world and is often confused with its dominant neighbor‚ India. The country as we see it now did not exist even 50 years ago. The purpose of this paper is to detail how the region was colonized‚ how Bangladesh came to be and a brief overview of how it is doing now. As most geographers know that there is an intense relationship between Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh‚ for good reason too. They were
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Women in Bangladesh Dana Hanson Women Around the World Women’s Low Status and Power Bangladesh is one of the world ’s most densely populated countries with 150 million people‚ 49 percent of whom live below the national poverty line. In addition‚ child malnutrition rates of 48 percent are the second highest in the world‚ a condition that is tied to the low social status of women in Bangladeshi society (THP). Even though women constitute almost half of the population in Bangladesh‚ their status
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The history of Bangladesh as a nation state began in 1971‚ when it seceded from Pakistan. Prior to the creation of Pakistan in 1947‚ modern-day Bangladesh was part of ancient‚ classical‚ medieval and colonial India. The area’s early history featured a succession of Indian empires‚ internal squabbling‚ and a tussle between Hinduism and Buddhism for dominance. Islammade its first appearance between the 8th-10th centuries when Muslim missionaries arrived. Later‚ Muslim rulers reinforced the process
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ICT in Health: Bangladesh Is Moving Ahead The Daily Star‚ the famous English daily newspaper in Bangladesh‚ in association with technology and business partners‚ organized a two-day leadership colloquium in Dhaka on 6-7 January 2012 on “ICT in Health.” This was the first colloquium of its kind in the country‚ with both international and national experts discussing the current practice of ICT in health care globally. The global experts further mentioned the Bangladesh’s potential to take the lead
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BANGLADESH INTRODUCTION by Abdul Wahab Akonda Area: 144‚054 sq.km. Population: 104‚000‚000 (1987). Bangladesh lies between latitudes 20°34 ’N and 26°38 ’N and longitudes 88°0l ’E and 92°41 ’E. It is bounded by India in the west and north‚ by India and Burma in the east‚ and by the Bay of Bengal in the south. Zoogeographically‚ Bangladesh is an interesting country lying at the junction of the Indian and Malayan sub-regions of the Indomalayan Realm. The country has a very long history of human settlement
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monopoly provider of telecommunications services the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB). Significant changes in the number of fixed and mobile services deployed in Bangladesh occurred in the late 1990s and the number of services in operation have subsequently grown exponentially in the past five years. The incentives both from government and public sectors have helped to grow this sector.It is now one of the biggest sector of Bangladesh. As a populous country‚ it’s huge market has attracted
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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Government budget deficit have been common in Bangladesh like other developing countries. When a budget deficit prevails in a given year‚ it means that government authorities cannot collect enough revenue from taxes and other sources to cover their annual expenditure. To over the deficit‚ the government must borrow funds‚ so that it can meet its expenses in the current fiscal year‚ thereby fulfilling its obligations. When the government borrows funds‚ it adds to its
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