Bangladesh in Transition Emily Drew Introduction On February 3‚ 2001‚ half a million Bangladeshi citizens gathered in Dhaka to participate in a social movement that demonstrated against human rights abuses‚ economic injustice‚ and political corruption. At “The Peoples’ Grand Rally‚” the United Citizen’s Movement (UCM) presented a 10-point declaration that demanded “strengthening democracy‚ ensuring good governance and free election‚ fighting communalism and corruption‚ empowering women‚ …and resisting
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Export processing zone Type of free trade zone (FTZ)‚ set up generally in developing countries by their governments to promote industrial and commercial exports. In addition to providing the benefits of a FTZ‚ these zones offer other incentives such as exemptions from certain taxes and business regulations. It is also called development economic zone or special economic zone. An export processing zone is defined as a territorial or economic enclave in which goods may be imported and manufactured
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Pakistan Army. He was commissioned in the Corps of Army Engineers and later served in the Corps of Artillery. In the beginning of 1970 he was deputed to EPR Sector Head-Quarter at Chittagong as Adjutant of the sector. In March 1971‚ he joined the Bangladesh Liberation War‚ and was one of the pioneer freedom fighters. During the Liberation War‚ he was Commander of Sector No. 1 of
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Digital Bangladesh Digital Bangladesh means a computerised Bangladesh which is yet to be fully for Bangladesh or any other country going digital is no lunury but a necessity in the 21st century. Realing this fact our admistration under the able leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken up Digital Bangladesh as its slogan. The modern era is ofter called the informatin age or computer age. The digitalisation of century began in the developed countries in the 20th century. Now almot the
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1. Trade Dependency: Bangladesh is dependent on many countries of the world for a lot of commodities and this dependency arises out of the local incapacity to produce these goods. Some of the areas in which Bangladesh is dependent are food items‚ petroleum‚ capital goods‚ mineral products‚ different kind of chemicals‚ raw materials for the textile industry and the pharmaceutical industry‚ plastic products etc. 1.1 Food Dependency In the year 2003-2004 the total amount of food imports amounted
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Bangladesh is a developing country. She achieved independence 42 years ago but still she depends on foreign helps regarding many issues. She is trapped in a lot of problems such as poverty‚ over population‚ unemployment‚ corruption‚ health hazard‚ food and accommodation crisis‚ illiteracy etc. But‚ the present government has promised and started taking steps to change the situation and has determined to build a “Digital Bangladesh”. The sense of Digital Bangladesh is not clear yet. We assume that
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Bangladesh is Located in the north-eastern part of South Asia. The majestic Himalayas stand some distance to the north‚ while in the south lays the Bay of Bengal. There is West Bengal border on the west and in the east lie the hilly and forested regions of Tripura‚ Mizoram (India) and Myanmar. These picturesque geographical boundaries frame a low lying plain of about 1‚47‚570 square kilometer criss-crossed by innumerable rivers and streams. Mighty rivers are the Padma (Ganges)‚ the Brahmaputra (Jamuna)
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The Constitution of Bangladesh The Constitution of Bangladesh is the supreme law of Bangladesh. It proclaims Bangladesh as a secular democratic republic‚ declares the fundamental rights and freedoms of Bangladeshi citizens‚ spells out the fundamental principles of state policy‚ and establishes the structure and functions of the executive‚ legislative and judicial branches of the republic. Passed by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on November 4‚ 1972‚ it came into effect from December
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ADR in Bangladesh During the Hindu period in ancient India‚ Hindu society‚ institutions and beliefs gradually developed and define shape was given to them. Many important beliefs and doctrines of today are deep-rooted in the Hindu ideology; one of those is Alternative Dispute Resolution. In villages‚ the local village councils or kulani‚ similar to modern panchayats‚ consisted of a board of five or more members to dispense justice to villagers. It was concerned with all matter relating to endowment
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was above 6% but it has started to decline and is expected to go down below 5.7%. This is mainly because of the fall in export since export consist of 20% of GDP in Bangladesh. Moreover‚ investment and consumption also is decreasing along with the decline in growth in manufacturing and service sectors. The growth of GDP in Bangladesh depend mainly on the industrial and the agricultural sectors. In FY2006-07‚ the growth rate was 6.43% that was estimated to be 6.42% by the BBS. This is mainly due
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