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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Urdu as the official state language‚ protest erupted throughout the eastern wing. On 21 February 1952 (8 Falgun 1359 in Bangla calendar) students protest led to killing of ordinary citizen by the police. More people were killed the next day. In Bangladesh 21st February - ’Ekushey February’ in Bangla - is observed as ’Shaheed Dibosh’ (Martyr’s Day) whilst the United Nations declared it officially as "International Mother Language Day". The Shaheed Minar (Martyr’s Column) in Dhaka‚ and other replicas
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Term paper On Tourism in Bangladesh On ENG 101 Submitted to Farhana Zareen Bashar Lecturer Dept. of English East West University Submitted by Name:Marufa khan ID :2009-3-10-043 DEPT:BBA Submission Date: East University West Introduction Tourism is often synonymous to traveling for pleasure and education. It is also a business of attracting tourists and providing for their accommodation and entertainment. In many countries‚ tourism is an industry for earning Inland Revenue and foreign exchange
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“Bangladesh Railways: Problems & Prospects and Its Importance to the Development in Tourism Industry” Submitted to : Mr. Saud Ahmed Lecturer Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka Submitted By : The WhizzKidz Name Roll
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The cost of good intentions: “solidarity” in Bangladesh The cost of good intentions: “solidarity” in Bangladesh Naila Kabeer 24 June 2004 How can the lives and conditions of women garment workers in Bangladesh be improved? Naila Kabeer questions whether the workers themselves benefit from the campaigning approach of Anita Roddick and the National Labor Committee. Anita Roddick writes on openDemocracy with passionate anger about the conditions of women workers in the export garment sector based
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Digital Bangladesh “Digital Bangladesh” and “Vision 2021” are catch phrases in Bangladesh these days. The buzzwords are no longer confined to the lexicon of information and communication technology (ICT) enthusiasts‚ but have entered the vocabulary of the educated section of the population. In its election manifesto leading up to the Ninth Parliamentary Elections in 2008‚ the Awami League (AL) coalition envisioned a Digital Bangladesh by 2021. The alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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The Consequences of the Bangladesh Genocide In the beginning of 1971‚ West Pakistan attempted to eliminate the Bengali culture in Eastern Pakistan. With the formation of the Bengali nationalists creating their own country‚ the liberation war occurred in Bangladesh which caused the genocide. In reality the liberation war was a smoke screen to hide the genocide that was being committed on the Bengali people‚ from the Pakistan government. Over three million people were killed and over fifteen million
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Introduction Bangladesh is enriched with extensive and huge qualitative water resources distributed all over the country in the form of different types of ponds‚ beels‚ lakes‚ boropits‚ small and large rivers and estuaries covering an area of about 4.34 million hectare (ha.). There are four categories of major fisheries resources: these are- 1) Inland open water‚ 2) Inland closed water‚ 3) Brackish water‚ and 4) Marine water. Fisheries sector has been playing a significant role from time immemorial
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Foreign Direct investment: impact on sectoral growth in BanglaDesh iftekhar ahmed robin introDUction Until the1980s‚ most developing countries viewed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)1 with great suspicion. In recent years‚ however‚ FDI restrictions have been significantly reduced. Most countries offer incentives to attract FDI‚ such as tax concessions‚ tax holidays‚ accelerated depreciation on plants and machinery‚ export subsidies‚ import entitlements‚ etc. Many theoretical and empirical studies
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If I had the opportunity to travel back in time and witness a specific moment in our history‚ I would want to experience the Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1970’s. In previous generations‚ women were limited to only family life and were barred from many opportunities that allowed them to work outside of the house. The Women’s Liberation Movement wanted to break that mold and advance into a society where women could pursue the same goals and work alongside their male counterparts equally. As a
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