Posted in Opinion on July 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Author: Hameeda Hossain
July 27, 2007: Last week, I accompanied members of the “Jatiyo Tran Committee” (a voluntary group headed by Justice Gholam Rabbani, formed to provide assistance to distressed citizens) who had collected funds to help the jute workers of Khalishpur tide over the very difficult times they faced, with the sudden termination of their [...]
Posted in Knowledge for Development, Opinion, South Asia on July 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Fazle Hasan Abed is the founder and chairperson of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). He gave up a thriving accounting career to help Bangladesh’s independence movement. After the birth of the country in 1971, he started BRAC to help refugees and victims of war integrate into society.
He spoke with Nepali Times columnist Ashutosh Tiwari [...]
Posted in Knowledge for Development, Opinion, Rural Women on July 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
“Child marriage” is an acute problem in Bangladesh, being largely symptomatic of the extent of poverty which exists. And the suffering of a child after becoming a house wife in early age is really horrible.
A few months ago, I heard a story from on of my media colleges about Khadija Khatun who is staying in [...]
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