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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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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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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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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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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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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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been receiving phenomenal attention from many governments. Bangladesh is not lagging behind from it. Economic development for the developing countries like Bangladesh is largely dependent on FDI. The major challenges for the host country are to ensure an eye-catching and conducive investment climate to foreign investors for FDI inflow. In recent years‚ Bangladesh has been devoting efforts for attracting FDI offering a lot of lucrative incentives and benefits
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1.1 Introduction As a developing country‚ Bangladesh needs FDI for its ongoing development process. It is a potent weapon for developing the economy and achieving the country’s socio-economic objectives. The climate for investment is determined by the interplay of a whole set of factors: economic‚ social‚ political‚ technological and environmental that has a bearing on the operation of businesses. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has the potential to generate employment‚ raise productivity‚ transfer
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Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) provides a package of services to private sector entrepreneurs in Bangladesh in the small and cottage industries sector. It was created through an Act of Parliament in 1957 which was later amended in 1992. BSCIC has developed a total of 74 industrial estates throughout the country to foster the growth of SCIs in a balanced manner and also construction works for good number of estates including special type like Tannery‚ API (Active Pharmaceutical
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