Hijra community is a very small portion of the total population of Bangladesh, who are generally neglected, trampled and mistreated in the society. According to a preliminary survey conducted by the Department of Social Services (DSS), the number of Hijras in Bangladesh is around 12,000. They are...

Uploaded Date : 2020-03-12

Over the last 3 decades Bangladesh has largely transformed itself from a chronically food-deficit country to one more or less sufficient in rice, the main staple. While the population of the country has more than doubled, the output of rice has risen from nearly 11-12 mn mt to 34-35 mn mt now i.e.,...

Uploaded Date : 2020-03-10

In late 2017, a surge of Myanmar nationals fleeing violence in their country entered Bangladesh. This wave of more than 600,000 Rohingyas added to earlier inflows, so that by early 2018 there were an estimated 800,000 to 1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (FDMN) residing in Cox’s...

Uploaded Date : 2020-03-04

Youth refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather somewhere in-between. It is transitional period between childhood and adulthood that starts from onset of puberty. The most significant characteristic is the transition from childhood and dependence, to adulthood and...

Uploaded Date : 2020-01-29

College Education Development Project (CEDP) aims to improve the teaching and learning environment of National University (NU) affiliated tertiary colleges in Bangladesh. CEDP comprises of three components: (1) strengthening strategic planning and management capacity; (2) improving teaching and...

Uploaded Date : 2019-12-23

The British Council in Bangladesh is implementing a three-year programme titled “Platforms for Dialogue (P4D): Strengthening Inclusion and Participation in Decision Making and Accountability Mechanism in Bangladesh” in partnership with the Cabinet Division of the Government of Bangladesh funded...

Uploaded Date : 2019-11-24

Realizing the potential role of SMEs to enhance growth and poverty alleviation in the country, in 2007 the SME foundation was formed with a vision of becoming the one-window service delivery center for all small and medium enterprise. Since then the Foundation is working as a facilitator for...

Uploaded Date : 2019-10-29

The Government of Bangladesh has initiated a number of nationally and internationally acclaimed programmes to address climate vulnerabilities, one of which is the creation of Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT) to provide administrative and organizational support for overall management of the...

Uploaded Date : 2019-10-15

This study extends the recent debate on the rate of return of cattle rearing in India, triggered by Anagol et al (2017), Gehrke and Grimm (2018) and others, to the Bangladesh context and finds that the apparent paradox of widespread cattle rearing despite negative return in India absent. We use a...

Uploaded Date : 2019-09-04

While the role of financial market, particularly the stock market, in promoting economic growth through efficient allocation of capital is well recognized, the investors of the developing economies have little knowledge about the return and risk of the markets they operate in. Even in the...

Uploaded Date : 2019-07-07