Biswajit Mandol from Shyamnagar, Satkhira There had been rich agro-biodiversity in almost every household in the coastal region. The people leaving in that region had livestock and along with different types of crops in the fields. But due to the climate induced disasters and manmade disasters (such as unplanned shrimp farming, biodiversity depletion) the rich […]
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By Shimul Biswas from Manikgonj 60-year-old Krishani Rahima Begum of Nayabari village of Singair upazila has become an ideal farmer. She helps her husband in all his work to provide food for the family. In order to provide nutrition and safe food to the family members, she has developed an ideal agricultural farm on
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Harirampur, Manikganj to Muktar Hossain Char means a tract of land surrounded by water of ocean. People of living in the char area many times faces natural disasters such as flood and riverbank erosion. These disasters often wash away their homes, kill life and destroy their crops and other resources. However, the women of Harirampur
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Ayesha Tabassum from Rajshahi Women are such a community about which songs, poems, novels, have been created. Women are sometimes our mothers, sometimes our sisters, sometimes our spouses and sometimes our life partners. These women co-exist with us in our society in various forms. Therefore, we should not show discrimination and negligence towards the women.
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By Brojendranath from Rajshahi Bilkis Begum (40) a housewife of village Karigarpara of Poba upazila of Rajshahi district. Her husband Abdur Rashid fell ill with liver complications and could not earn. Bilkis Begum thus has to work to bear children’s education expenses, food cost and treatment cost. Due to not having much wealth and lands
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By Monika Paik from Satkhira Where there is a will, there is a way Madhobi Rani (29) a woman farmer in south-western coastal Bangladesh believed in this truth and pursued it diligently. She lives in Burigoalini village in the Satkhira District of Bangladesh. Her husband Nimai Gain, who worked as a farm labour, has been
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Gazi Asad, Satkhira: A ‘Disaster Bank’ has been inaugurated in Asashuni of Satkhira with the support of BARCIK through its Paribesh Project funded by Nezt Bangladesh. Yesterday (July 18) the UNO (Upazila Nirbahi Officer) Md. Yanur Rahman inaugurated the Disaster Bank. During the inauguration Upazila Project Implementation Officer Sohag Khan, Upazila Agriculture Officer Md. Rajibul
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ABM Touhidul Alam and Mukter Hossein 55 years old Argina Begum is a rural housewife lives with her husband Ayiub Ali. They have two sons. Their only daughter, who married, has been sent off to live with her husband in other village. Argina hails from a farm-family at Patgramchar in Lechraganj union of Harirampur upazila
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Rasheda Akhter, Ritu Rabidas, Rina Akhter, Asiya Akhter, Beauty Rani Sarkar, Sharmin Akhter, Kamal Chandra Dutta, Gazi Shahadat Hossain Badal, Samael Hasda, Satya Ranjan Saha, Shahinur Rahman and Md. Nazrul Islam from Manikgonj BARCIK along with various non-governmental and local organizations organized different events to mark the International Women’s Day recently (8 March) in Manikganj
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Shimul Biswas from Manikgonj Asma Begum is the example of success story of Baira village under Singair sub-district. She has two kids. It is through her hard work and mental strength that helps her to overcome her problems. Asma begum today earns 6 thousand per month and can support her family with the income including
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