‘Knowledge for Development’ Archives
Indian couple wins Alternative Nobel Prize
Krishnammal Jagannathan, 82, and her husband, Sankaralingam, 95, have spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of the deprived, especially the Dalits, the former untouchables, who form the lowest rung of India's ancient caste ladder. The couple - named Wednesday among the recipients of the 2008 Right Livelihood Awards, often called the [...]
School feeding programme begins in 5 districts
School Group Feeding Programme has been introduced in five districts of the country to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) by the year 2010. The main target of introducing the programme is to reduce number of dropouts in primary schools, ensure quality education, increase number of children in primary schools, combat malnutrition and [...]
Biswa Sahitya Kendra gets UNESCO award
Biswa Sahitya Kendra has been selected for one of UNESCO's most prestigious awards, the Jan Amos Comenius Medal, for outstanding achievement and innovations in the field of education. Chairman of Biswa Sahitya Kendra's trustee board, Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed will (more...)
Nobel laureate Yunus blasts Telenor ethics in Bangladesh
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor, which recently tightened ethical procedures in Bangladesh, still has sub-contractors there using child labour, (more...)
Success that takes society into account
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus founded a bank that has helped 7.5 million beggars and borrowers escape abject poverty in his native Bangladesh.Speaking to about 1800 people this week, he encouraged them to do what they could to change the world by using business techniques to solve everything from poverty to pollution. "We can create a [...]
