Bangladesh and B Guide - Resources and Review

Concerned with the dissemination of information regarding Bangladesh. Offers access to daily weather information, the currency rate, stock markets, and Bangladeshi newspapers, and addresses subjects such as disadvantaged children, the liberation war, trade, and legal issues.
 
Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Asia.
 
Conducts research on developmental issues, mainly focusing on Bangladesh. Offers information on the divisions, staff, and research themes within the institute, provides details of recent publications, and outlines support services provided to researchers.
 
Official information from the government of Bangladesh, which includes the likes of poverty alleviation, econmoy, local government, education and the vision for the future.
 
Listing of political resources relevant to Bangladesh, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
 
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Bangladesh. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
 
Basic reference information about Bangladesh, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
 
Report of a study assessing the state of knowledge about gender inequality and trade, informing the development of policy in this area, and identifying areas for future policy relevant research. Reviews existing research on gender and trade, and provides case studies for Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Jamaica. PDF.
 
Regular FAO report, which asserts that many poor countries have seen their prospects for food security further improve because of their success in creating a policy environment conducive to sustained economic and agricultural growth. Although economic and food security problems remain serious in Africa, there are improvements in many areas, while a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a good performance of the agricultural sector. The report includes regional overviews, detailed reviews of certain countries, and a special chapter on the agroprocessing industry. Online reports available for 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998.
 
Detailed handbook describing the history of Bangladesh and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
 
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Bangladesh, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
 
Basic reference information about Bangladesh, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
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