May Day, 2009 Bangladesh Environment Network, a global network of non-resident Bangladeshis, greets all on the occasion of May 1, the International Labor Day, the day to celebrate labor and to affirm the right of laborers in the society. Though not observed widely in the US (which has instead instituted a separate Labor Day weekend … Read more…
BEN Newsletter, Vol.5, Nos. 11-13 (March 29, 2009) [Editor’s Introduction: The nation is celebrating the 38th anniversary of March 26, the Independence Day of Bangladesh. BEN has issued a statement marking the day, and today’s BNL begins in item [1] with this statement. Item [2] presents a news report on the recent program organized in … Read more…
Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), a global network of non-resident Bangladeshis, greets all on the occasion of 26th March 2009, the 38th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence Day. This year the day comes amidst a new fervor to uphold the spirit and values of the Liberation War as well as ominous challenges to them. Many analysts have … Read more…
BEN Newsletter, Vol.5, Nos. 7-10 (March 8, 2009) [Editor’s Introduction: Today is March 8, the International Women’s Day. BEN greets all its female members and women of Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world on the occasion of this day. Item [1] presents the BEN statement marking the occasion. The past two weeks have been very … Read more…
International Women’s Day! Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), a global network of non-resident Bangladeshis, greets all its female members, all the women of Bangladesh , and also women elsewhere in the world, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. The Day originated with thousands of working women in New York taking to streets to protest … Read more…