Dealing with digital imperialism
Even to find the recipe of a favourite dish, we have got used to asking Google. Google's mighty search engine goes through millions of options to take us to the most appropriate one to satisfy our needs. And we are happy to have such great help. But if we ask...
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Dilly-dallying with repatriation of Rohingya refugees
The ethnic cleansing operation carried out by the Myanmar security forces against the Rohinyas since August, last year caused the fastest growing humanitarian crisis that the United Nations has ever faced. Nearly 0.7 million Rohingyas have fled their homes in Rakhine state to take shelter in Bangladesh.A ray of hope...
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Financial inclusion: Hope is the face
In the coastal swamps of western Bangladesh, there are a few options for making a living. Three million people live on the edge of the mangrove forest - their houses are on six-foot poles to protect them from rising waters, crocodiles and the Bengal tigers. For hundreds of years, honey-collectors...
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