Introduction: On March 1, 2012, I along with my partner visited an Old Age Home in Gazipur. It was perhaps first time for us visiting an old age home. The moment we entered inside the home we got wrapped in the tranquility surrounding the home. Everybody was inside. Soon, we met a lady – care taker of the home, she led us to an office where we were made to sit. Next to our room, we saw some 15-16 people all old aged; all were engaged in their daily activity. This centre started its activities
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Pension System in Bangladesh M Alimullah Miyan Doctor Vice-Chancellor & Founder IUBAT — International University of Business Agriculture and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh E-mail: miyan@iubat.edu Abstract The retirement issue mostly relates to those who are in job situation and the retirement age in public service is 57 years. The agriculture sector has no retirement concept as also the case in self-employment. The aspects of retirement in terms of age, old age welfare and social
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capital. The participation of children in work in home and outside is often considered to be one of the important reasons for low school enrolment in Bangladesh. An important effect of child labor is on demographic development in a country. It is generally found that poor countries with high rates of population growth have higher incidence of child work. In this study, the actual child laborers in Bangladesh are 3.2 million (ILO, report/ BBS, 2006) which age is 5-17years. About 421000 are domestic workers
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Getting and Staying Active in Later Life On the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, ASM ATIQUR RAHMAN discusses the plight and prospects of ageing in 21st century Bangladesh. Old age is neither a disease nor an individual problem; rather, it has become a worldwide challenge that must be addressed globally. "Later life" is unavoidable, inevitable, universal and excessively troublesome. No one can stop the process of ageing. The quality of life and the rate of ageing both vary considerably
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average 10-13-year-old as playful, immature, and adventure seeking. They get spend majority of their time hanging out with numerous friends; however, the sad reality is that thousands of girls in Bangladesh don't get to experience life as a normal, corky, adolescent, or have the privilege of furthering their education past middle school. Instead, they are most likely waiting for a potential spouse or preparing a traditional wedding at age 13. According to sources, about 52% of Bangladesh girls are expected
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Old Age Allowance Programme of Bangladesh: Challenges and Lessons Sharifa Begum Senior Research Fellow Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Background of the Old Age Allowance • As in other countries, Bangladesh too started experiencing population ageing; • According to UN Population Projection, share of older people by 2050 will reach around 20% and absolute number would become more than 40 million. • Government’s concern for older people until 1990’s was limited
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Malnutrition in Bangladesh 1. Introduction: Malnutrition is globally the most important risk factor for illness and death, contributing to more than half of deaths in children worldwide. It is one of the most important underlying causes of child mortality in developing countries, particularly during the first 5 years of life; the major causes for this are poverty, world conflicts, lack of education, natural disasters and poor access to health care. Nearly one-third of children in the developing
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Economics Faculty: Faculty of Arts & Social Science (FASS) American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Banani Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh Dear Prof. Neaz Here is the report on the topic “Child Labor in Dhaka City & Their Social & Economical situation in the society.” To aid you to understand the present social & economical situation of the child labors in the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka we gathered what we believe to be the most complete information available at present
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1.1 Prelude to Child Labour Child is the father of a man. Child is the wealth of a state. Child is the hope and future of a nation. Child is the precursor of human civilization. When the child is so important in the life of a nation; he can neither be ignored nor neglected in the onward march of a world civilization. Children should therefore be properly reared up for the sake of human civilization, for the sake of a nation and its government. Environment should be so created that a child may
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health, and major new initiatives in the worldwide battle against poverty, hunger and disease. Child mortality continues to decline worldwide. The total number of deaths of children below five years of age fell from 12.4 million in 1990 to 7.7 million in 2010. Mortality in children below five years of age (under-five mortality) has fallen from 89 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 60 per 1000 live births in 2009, representing a reduction of
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