------------------------------------------------- Submission Date: 18th February‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Current Energy Landscape The Government of Bangladesh through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) bears overall responsibility for the power sub-sector in Bangladesh. Consumption of commercial energy per head in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in Asia‚ if not the world. A lack of commercially priced sources of electricity has been a major factor in deterring foreign investment
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Public Confidence on Bangladesh Police Accountability mechanisms for Bangladesh police are evidently weak. Internal disciplinary mechanisms have long collapsed. Courts have failed to play a proactive role in bringing officers to account. A national human rights commission has been set up recently but it lacks the necessary powers or teeth. External accountability mechanisms solely set up for the police are absent in Bangladesh. Without external oversight‚ police are essentially left to police
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EARTHQUAKE IN BANGLADESH An earthquake is a sudden‚ rapid shaking of the Earth caused by the release of energy stored in rocks. It is a natural phenomenon like rain. Earthquakes have occurred for billions of years. Descriptions as old as recorded history show the significant effects they have had on people’s lives. Long before there were scientific theories for the cause of earthquakes‚ people around the world created folklore to explain them. In simple terms‚ earthquakes are caused by the constant
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Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations in the Context of Recent Developments in Myanmar 3. Bangladesh-Myanmar relations: Challenges and Opportunities Bangladesh and Myanmar share approximately 200 kilometre of land border. Both the countries have a long history of sharing political‚ cultural and economic affairs prior to their emergence as modern nation states. They have also common heritage of British colonial experience. However‚ after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971‚ Myanmar expressed willingness
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Colonization of Bangladesh Bangladesh‚ a developing country‚ is relatively unknown in the globalized world and is often confused with its dominant neighbor‚ India. The country as we see it now did not exist even 50 years ago. The purpose of this paper is to detail how the region was colonized‚ how Bangladesh came to be and a brief overview of how it is doing now. As most geographers know that there is an intense relationship between Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh‚ for good reason too. They were
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so the required resources do not become extinct. What causes Overpopulation? Overpopulation is excessive human population in an area to the point of overcrowding‚ depletion of natural resources and environmental deterioration (Dictionary.com‚ 2009). Right now there is estimated to be 6.765 billion people in the world. Based on several causes of overpopulation this number is expected to increase to 8.9 billion by 2050. These four causes are the decline in death‚ the rise in birth rate‚ migration
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consumers must take a share of the responsibility for the deaths in the Bangladeshi clothing factory. By: David Blair Published By: The Telegraph Date: 25 Apr 2013 Summary: This article is about the distressing incident which took place in Bangladesh where 228 people died in the fall down of eight storey’s Rana Plaza. Rana Plaza had shops‚ offices and factories crowded with many people. But due to its substandard construction building got collapsed and fell down killing many people. While
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vertical Knit composite)‚Benetex Industries Ltd. (BIL)‚ a public limited company has established itself in Bangladesh as a prominent supplier of both knit fabrics and knit and woven garments. In 1992‚ the company first started as a private limited company and step by step‚ in 1997- after several expansions and joint ventures‚ the company established a public limited company. Currently‚ over 8‚000 people are working with 250 people in management positions. The Board of Directors includes representation
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monopoly provider of telecommunications services the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB). Significant changes in the number of fixed and mobile services deployed in Bangladesh occurred in the late 1990s and the number of services in operation have subsequently grown exponentially in the past five years. The incentives both from government and public sectors have helped to grow this sector.It is now one of the biggest sector of Bangladesh. As a populous country‚ it’s huge market has attracted
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IV WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT IN BANGLADESH: CONUNDRUMS AMIDST PROGRESS Summary • • • • • • • • • • • Women’s work participation rates have doubled in Bangladesh since 1995 but they are still extremely low at 26 percent. The dramatic growth in women’s employment is led by the health and community service sector. Younger women’s employment has seen the largest increase. Higher education is an important predictor of both entry into the labor market and wages. Micro credit has had direct and indirect
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