Benjamin Parkin So, Bangladesh has long had domestic gas reserves, and that has been the sort of backbone of its energy system for many, many years. But those have depleted over the years and, about 15 or so years ago, realised the country had a major energy crisis. You know, it was...
According to the report, Bangladesh has successfully eliminated the practice of open defecation. Still, about 50 million people use shared, rudimentary toilets, and only 28 percent of toilets are equipped with soap and water. In urban areas, slums have poor access to clean water and safe sanitat...
About half the rural target population and less than 20% urban slum population were being reached. Risk of night blindness was halved for children reportedly given VAC, although 2.5% of the reportedly protected population were still night blind. There was no significant reduction in prevalence of ...
Participatory planning for water and natural resource management has also been adopted at the local level. Good practices have been developed to ensure that disadvantaged, poor stakeholders can articulate their views and find consensus with other local stakeholders. The management of smaller water-...
It has also strongly invested in and promoted family planning programs since the 1950s. Fertility rates have fallen sharply to 2.2 births per woman in 2011. But despite this drop, its population is projected to grow to 202 million by 2050 (Population Division of the Department of Economic and...
valuable areMatiur RahmanandNaeem Hasan,Iron Bars of Freedom(1980);Anthony Mascarenhas,Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood(1986);Talukder Maniruzzaman,Group Interests and Political Changes: Studies of Pakistan and Bangladesh(1982); andAsoka Raina,Inside RAW: The Story of India’s Secret Service(1981)...
"In recent years, the government of Bangladesh has taken concrete steps to promote a greener, cleaner, and more climate-resilient economy," said Kazi Shofiqul Azam, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Government of Bangladesh. "This project will contribute to faster and more sustainable growth....
Spatially, the drought intensity shifted from the northern to central and southern zones of Bangladesh, which had an adverse impact on crop production and the livelihood of rural and urban households. So, this precise study has important implications for the understanding of drought prediction and ...
The 2017-18 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (2017-18 BDHS) was implemented under the authority of the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Mitra and Associates, a private resear...
Those from Motijharna slum represent typical urban slum population of Bangladesh. These sites were chosen based on the fact that limited research has been conducted on SRH issues of married men living in the disadvantaged and rural communities in Bangladesh. Participants for the qualitative phase ...