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WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An innovative program in Bangladesh that caused unusually large reductions in child malnutrition will come to life May 9 at an event featuring experts from the poverty-fighting organization CARE and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). They'll provide an inside look at a program called SHOUHARDO that combined nutritional support with women's empowerment initiatives to reduce child stunting, a key measure of...
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A Bangladeshi labor rights activist and former apparel worker was tortured and murdered last week in Dhaka. His body was dumped outside of the capital city and was found by local police last Thursday. According to the police report, Aminul Islam's body bore signs of brutal torture. Aminul's family, who had been searching for him since he disappeared last Wednesday, identified him on Saturday from photos appearing in local newspapers....
Daniel Ng, a student at the University of Virginia, won the BRAC Innovation Challenge with his idea of a community playground project to create safe accessible spaces for underprivileged children to play. Dhaka, Bangladesh (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 Today, BRAC announced that Daniel Ng, a student at the University of Virginia, won the BRAC Innovation Challenge with his ‘Play’ Project – a community playground project to create safe, accessible spaces where underprivileged children can...
BETHESDA, Md., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Partnership International (SPI) announces the official signing of an exclusive contract to provide consultancy services to the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for the launching of the country's first communications satellite -- Bangabandhu. The contract, which was signed in Dhaka by Major General Zia Ahmed, psc (retd.) Chairman of the BTRC and Bruce D. Kraselsky, a Managing Director of SPI,...
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail Holdings N.V. (Symbol: RHDGF) Retail Holdings N.V. ("ReHo" or the "Company") announced today record operating results for the year ended December 31, 2011. The ReHo Board of Directors anticipates recommending for shareholder approval a distribution of at least $1.00 a Share. Financial highlights from today's announcement include: Consolidated revenue up 25.4% to $331.3 million in 2011.Revenue at the operating units in Sri Lanka,...
A Michigan State University anthropologist who spent more than a year infiltrating the black market for human kidneys has published the first in-depth study describing the often horrific experiences of poor people who were victims of organ trafficking. Monir Moniruzzaman interviewed 33 kidney sellers in his native Bangladesh and found they typically didn’t get the money they were promised and were plagued with serious health problems that prevented them from working, shame and...
International Women's Day Report Sounds Call for Greater Measurement of Gender Equality ATLANTA, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This International Women's Day, CARE isn't just celebrating women's empowerment. The poverty-fighting organization is measuring it too, centimeter by centimeter. In a new report titled "Reaching New Heights: The Case for Measuring Women's Empowerment," CARE sounds the call for gathering more evidence in the movement to empower women and girls...
Outdated approaches to teaching must give way to modern schooling that prepares the poor for a 21st century knowledge society, says founder of the world's largest development organization Dhaka, Bangladesh (PRWEB) March 02, 2012 Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of the world’s largest development organisation, BRAC, called for innovative solutions to address the needs of the burgeoning youth population in developing countries in an address delivered in February celebrating the 40th...
Providing clean delivery kits and improving birthing practices could halve the number of neonatal deaths following home births in South Asia, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. Around half a million babies die in the first month of life from sepsis and around a third of these infections are transmitted at the time of birth. In South Asia, more than half of deliveries occur at home, most without skilled birth attendance. Maintaining clean delivery practices at home can be...
A large-scale genomic study conducted in Bangladesh has discovered genetic variants that control arsenic metabolism and elevate the risk of skin lesions in people chronically exposed to arsenic. In PLoS Genetics, researchers from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research in Bangladesh, and the University of North Carolina report that genetic variants found near the enzyme for metabolizing the chemical into a less toxic form are...
Latest Bangladesh Reference Libraries
The Greater Yellownape (Picus flavinucha) is a species of bird found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountain regions. The adult is large and has a prominent yellow-crested nape and throat. It is mainly a dark olive-green bird with gray underparts. The crown is brownish and the flight feathers are...
The Short-billed Minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris), is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountain habitats.
The Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus), is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and possibly Bhutan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Chital Deer, Axis axis, is a species of deer that is commonly found in the wooded regions of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and most of India. It is the most common species of deer in Indian forests. Other common names given to this species are the Spotted Deer, and the Axis Deer. Its coat is reddish fawn, marked with white spots, and it's under parts are white. Its antlers, which it sheds annually, are usually three-pronged and curve in a lyre shape and may extend to 30 inches. Chital...
The Mugger Crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, also called the Iranian, Marsh, or Persian Crocodile, is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries. These countries include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Iran. Mainly a freshwater species, the Mugger crocodile is found in lakes, rivers and marshes. Muggers prefer slow-moving, shallower bodies of water rather than, fast-flowing, deep areas. The Mugger Crocodile is also known to thrive in man-made reservoirs and...
