Category: South Asia
Girls gone missing
Hyderabad, India (Oct 29): A four-country UNFPA study released today at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights in Hyderabad warns that sex selection and son preference in the Asian region will “affect the stability of the marriage system”.The global impact of this sex ratio scenario will impact families. With […]
4th APCRSH begins with 1,300 delegates representing 52 countries
HYDERABAD: Youth and their sexual and reproductive health issues will be the focus of the three-day Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSH) which begins at the Hyderabad International Convention Centreon Monday. The impact of religious fundamentalism on woman’s sexual and reproductive health and rights will be another issue to be […]
GKP recalls commitment to bridge digital divide
Last few years we are looking for the best info-tech for the benefits of rural people. Indeed still the technology is so expensive for them because we have no well off IT infrastructure and making technological services on vernacular language is also challenging task. Jamilur Reza Choudhury, former adviser of caretaker government and vice chancellor […]
“Development is about human being”: Fazle Hasan Abed
Fazle Hasan Abed is the founder and chairperson of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). He gave up a thriving accounting career to help Bangladesh’s independence movement. After the birth of the country in 1971, he started BRAC to help refugees and victims of war integrate into society. He spoke with Nepali Times columnist Ashutosh […]
Poor technology and designs kill Bangladesh’s jute carpets
Once famous for its jute carpets, Bangladesh has not only lost the world market to countries like Spain and Turkey but domestic consumers too, thanks to obsolete technology, outdated designs and bad marketing. Bangladesh continues to grow the finest quality of raw jute, but carpet exports during the first half of 2006-07 were a mere […]
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