Dhaks's position in HDI 145th among 173
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its 2002 report has ranked Bangladesh at 145th position among 173 countries in Human Development Index (HDI) and put it in the 'low human
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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1400 families rendered hapless by Padma erosion in Madaripur
The devastating erosion of the river Padma, Arial Khan and Kumer has rendered 1400 families homeless in three upazilas of Madaripur district (Bangladesh) recently. About 400 people are now homeless
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Erosion renders 272 families homeless in Kurigram
At least 272 families of Mogolbashar-Nidhiram area of Kurigram (Bangladesh) district have been rendered homeless by erosion inflated Dharla river. About 350 meters of the embankment were devoured by
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Shortage of scientists, lab equipment hamper mango research work
The research work at Bangladesh's lone mango research station in Chapai-Nawabganj district is being hindered due to multifarious problems including acute shortage of scientists and laboratory
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Flood haunting farm production
The economy of Bangladesh remains largely agro-based. The overall contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from farm sector remains around fifty versified the farm sector and successfully
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Cost of malnutrition Tk 5700 cr annually
Bangladesh's current cost of malnutrition is estimated at one billion US dollars annually, a World Bank study available in Dhaka said. The study on 'Breaking the Malnutrition Barrier Key to
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1185 dengue patients in city so far
Admitting the outbreak of Dengue fever in the Dhaka city and elsewhere across Bangladesh at an alarming proportion, Health Minister Khondker Mosharraf Hossain has called for creating public awareness
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Dhaka to get $40m IDA aid for arsenic mitigation
Bangladesh will receive 40 million US dollars from International Development Agency (IDA), a World Bank Group member, for arsenic mitigation under a public health project to be undertaken from next
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Poverty alleviation parameters
As one of the least developed countries Bangladesh has yet to ensure the elimination of poverty. Almost half of the population remain in an environment of uncertainty about their living. They have no
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Arsenic king of poisons
After the latest horrifying tale of the effect of arsenic poisoning on the people of Bangladesh as published in the New York Times, and after a foreign diplomat has cautioned the Bangladesh