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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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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M icrocredit in Bangladesh : Achievements and Challenges Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Managing Driector Palli Karma - Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Bangladesh. 1. Introduction In recent years‚ microcredit‚ in its wider dimension known as microfinance‚ has become a much f avoured intervention for poverty alleviation in the developing countries and least development countries. There is scarcely a poor country and development oriented donor agency (multilateral‚ bilateral and private) not
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1.1 BACKGROUND & RATIONALE OF THE STUDY: Nestlé Bangladesh Limited is a leading food company with lots of global strategic brands operating in Bangladesh. NIDO is one of the strategic brands of Nestlé Bangladesh Limited. In Bangladesh‚ NIDO is one of the largest profit-making categories of Nestlé Bangladesh Ltd. To reach to more consumers and to better satisfy the needs‚ NIDO is trying to implement some of the exceptional promotional programs such as ‘Ashun NIDO Pushti Jagate’ and ‘NIDO Growth
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Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations in the Context of Recent Developments in Myanmar 3. Bangladesh-Myanmar relations: Challenges and Opportunities Bangladesh and Myanmar share approximately 200 kilometre of land border. Both the countries have a long history of sharing political‚ cultural and economic affairs prior to their emergence as modern nation states. They have also common heritage of British colonial experience. However‚ after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971‚ Myanmar expressed willingness
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Introduction Biman Bangladesh Airlines created in February 1972 using vintage aircraft‚ Biman enjoyed an internal monopoly in Bangladesh aviation industry until 1996. In the decades following its founding ‚ the airline expended both its fleet and its horizon (at its peak Biman operated flights to 29 international destinations as far away as New York. John F. Kennedy International Airport ( New York City) in the west and Tokyo. Narita in east‚ but suffered heavily owing to mass corruption and frequent
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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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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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consumers must take a share of the responsibility for the deaths in the Bangladeshi clothing factory. By: David Blair Published By: The Telegraph Date: 25 Apr 2013 Summary: This article is about the distressing incident which took place in Bangladesh where 228 people died in the fall down of eight storey’s Rana Plaza. Rana Plaza had shops‚ offices and factories crowded with many people. But due to its substandard construction building got collapsed and fell down killing many people. While
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The Ganga‚ especially‚ is the river of India‚ beloved of her people‚ round which are intertwined her memories‚ her hopes and fears‚ her songs of triumph‚ her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization‚ ever changing‚ ever flowing‚ and yet ever the same Ganga." - Jawaharlal Nehru‚ First Prime Minister of India‚ born in Allahabad on the Ganges Ganges (Hindi Ganga)‚ major river of the Indian subcontinent‚ formed in the southern ranges of the Himalaya
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