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Britain, Bangladesh urge climate change action

Britain, Bangladesh urge climate change action

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0iZiivYJc]Britain joined forces on Wednesday with Bangladesh, one of the countries most prone to climate change, in calling for more money and a new world deal to combat the catastrophic consequences of

September 10, 2008 | By | Reply More
Floods displace thousands in central Bangladesh

Floods displace thousands in central Bangladesh

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGgDCtN9S_E&feature=related]Floods in northern and central Bangladesh displaced thousands of families Thursday as rescuers braced for another day of

September 4, 2008 | By | Reply More
Flash floods grip Bangladesh washing away homes of thousands

Flash floods grip Bangladesh washing away homes of thousands

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ax_v1Bnjc&feature=related]Tropical rains lashed northern Bangladesh Sunday unleashing flash floods which washed away scores of mudflat villages,

September 3, 2008 | By | Reply More
Will we lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty: Obama

Will we lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty: Obama

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBqbGe0rNdg]Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke to a huge crowd estimated at more than 200,000 people in Berlin, Germany on Thursday as a “proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world.” “I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city,” Obama said, “The

July 25, 2008 | By | Reply More
Television progremme calls transgender people ”human monsters”

Television progremme calls transgender people ”human monsters”

Television watchdogs were investigating after transgender people were described as “human monsters” in a Chinese language television programme, a media report said Sunday. The expression “yan yiu,” which translates as “human monster,” was used 23 times during a report on transgender people in Thailand broadcast by the ATV television station, the South China Morning Post

July 21, 2008 | By | Reply More