Project for the extreme poor
The performance of a three-year project called Jibika initiated jointly by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and Chevron, a US oil company, and implemented by BRAC and a Sylhet-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) looks commendable indeed. Under the BRAC's Integrated Development Programme, as many as 110 local organisations were involved...
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Need for bilateral FTAs for mutual benefits
Signing of free trade agreement is very much essential for Bangladesh. Yet the authorities are not that much serious about it. There were lots of discussions with many countries in the past. Yet, the country is yet to sign even a single deal. The first such agreement was supposed to...
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AI to map Chinese strikes
Twenty-nine years ago, Han Dongfang survived the hail of bullets at Tiananmen Square. Now, he lives in Hong Kong and maps Chinese labour market strikes. Arbetet Global caught up with him at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) World Congress in Copenhagen.After spending time in prison, Han Dongfang moved to...
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CAB and consumer rights
This letter is in reference to an article published on December 12 in the Financial Express titled 'CAB call centre gets good responses'.The article reported that a call centre by the Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has received 324 complaints within a month after its launch. The call centre was...
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Blood donation: An act of humanity
Blood donation is a higher form of service towards humanity. The practice is prevalent in most countries of the world. But in Bangladesh, most people do not want to donate blood for various reasons. Most of these reasons are baseless. As a result, when a patient needs blood, often his...
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