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Agri-business

Bangladesh Tea Workers Get a Pittance After 18-Day Strike

The tea workers had thrust the ball in the court of prime minister Sheikh Hasina – but the settlement comes for a pittance. The...

OWSA Contributor - 30 August 2022

Accountability

The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity

For the hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees who entered southern Bangladesh through beaches and paddy fields in 2017, “they brought with them accounts...

Inter Press Service - 25 August 2022

Bangladesh

A Second Chance: Released from Juvenile Detention and Back in School

Advocates and defenders of child rights are advocating for virtual courts to become a permanent fixture of the justice system. The say that virtual...

OWSA Contributor - 17 August 2022

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Finance Minister Warns Against Chinese Loans Through BRI Projects

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal pointed out the case of Sri Lanka where an economic crisis was exacerbated due to infrastructure projects funded by...

OWSA Contributor - 11 August 2022

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning

Authorities in Bangladesh are devising an SMS service after devastating floods killed many people and destroyed harvests. They believe that people in far-to-reach rural...

Inter Press Service - 2 August 2022

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Gender Ratio Tilts Towards Women for the First Time Ever

Bangladesh’s total population increased from 14.4 crore in 2011 to 16.51 crore in 2022. The country recorded an average annual population growth rate of...

OWSA Contributor - 28 July 2022

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Tops Gender Parity Ranking in South Asia – But That is Old News!

The Global Gender Gap report 2022 is out and, once again, Bangladesh leads SouthAsia – an evidence of the commitment the highest office of...

OWSA Contributor - 25 July 2022

Bangladesh

Hydropower Collaboration Offers High Prospects of Energy Security and Trade in the SouthAsian Subcontinent

The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration programme prompted by USAID is geared towards regional energy integration and cross border energy trade in...

OWSA Contributor - 23 July 2022

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