Archive for July 27th, 2007
Global knowledge to the village in Sri Lanka
Tele-centres are opening up communication-challenged areas in Sri Lanka. Rs. 6 million package initiative to create 20 Internet ‘Nenasalas’ in the island nation, part of plan to create 1,000 centres by 2008. The problems posed by domestic strife has not distracted Sri Lankans from trying to bridge their own ‘digital divide’ and opening up the […]
Why must Khalishpur die?
Author: Hameeda Hossain July 27, 2007: Last week, I accompanied members of the “Jatiyo Tran Committee” (a voluntary group headed by Justice Gholam Rabbani, formed to provide assistance to distressed citizens) who had collected funds to help the jute workers of Khalishpur tide over the very difficult times they faced, with the sudden termination of […]
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