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Virtual
Bangladesh - Hot Link! - http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/
This is an excellent site providing a wide range
of information. The tour icon allows the user to
access a wide range of resources including an impressive
collection of maps of both the country as a whole
and Dhaka, statistics, satellite images. One criticism
of the site is that the hypertext links to information
are not clear, different coloured text is used but
not underlining.There is a link to the EarthRISE
website for the photographs of bangladesh from the
space shuttle.
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The
Official Bangladesh Government site - Hot
Link! - http://www.bangladeshonline.com/
This site includes a variety of useful data including
some general information about the Geography of
the country, of which the information about population
is perhaps the most useful. At the time of writing
there was a special link on the index page of the
site to a section about the 1998 floods, this is
very useful particularly the section about the type
of aid which the country currently needs. The site
also includes a statistical data sheet for 1997
with tables of statistics and graphs for a wide
range of topics including 1. Geographic Data 2.
Demographic Data 3. Housing and household 4. Education
5. Labour Force 6. Food and Agriculture 7 Nutrition
8 Maufacturing industry 9 Energy 10 Foreign Trade
11 transport and communication 12 National accounts
13 health and sanitation 14 reproductive health
15 Environmental statistics 16 Toilet facilities
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The
Daily Star a Bangladesh newspaper - Hot Link!
- http://www.dailystarnews.com/
This allows the user to keep up to date with the
latest events in bangladesh, for example the latest
flooding situation.
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River
Basins
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Flooding
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Official
Bangladesh 1998 flood site - Hot Link!
http://www.bangladeshonline.com/gob/flood98/
An extensive range of information was available
here at the time of writing, including maps of the
devasted areas, an excellent collection of photographs,
articles about the causes, effects and consequences
of the floods
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Bangladesh
flood appeal - Hot Link! - http://bangladeshflood98.org/
The Programme for Research on Poverty Alleviation,
Grameen Trust, have started a web site with information
on the extent of damages, the needs of the people,
and the activities of different organizations. They
feel that this web site can provide a basis for
exchanging information and networking with those
who are concerned about the crisis. We offer our
website to play the role of a clearing house of
ideas and actions to overcome the present crisis.
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To
meet the post flood situation -
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Programme
for Research on Poverty Alleviation
Grameen Trust
Grameen Bank Bhaban
Mirpur 2, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh
The site includes a wide range of information including
radar maps of the effected areas, an archive of
newspapper articles about the 1998 disaster, a collection
of photographs, as well as sections on the causes
of the flood , reaid needs and links to other related
sites.
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The
United Nations in Bangladesh - Hot Link! -
http://www.un-bd.org
This site is made up of a series of policy statements
from world organisations such as the World Bank,
International Monetary Fund,Fodd and Agriculture
Organisation, UNICEF about their work in bangladesh.
At the time of writing there was also a link to
the 1998 flood disaster providing an archive of
situation reports together with a collection of
photographs.
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Bangladesh
Water Development Board Flood Forecasting and Warning
- Hot Link! - http://www.ffwc.net/
This site provides the user with statistical information
from monitoring stations about levels of rainfall
and river water levels throughout Bangladesh.
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Reliefweb
- Hot Link! - http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The purpose of this effort is to strengthen the
response capacity of the humanitarian relief community
through the timely dissemination of reliable information
on prevention, preparedness and disaster response.
The site maintains an extensive archive of material
about natural disaters from around the world. There
is also an impressive collection of hypertext links
to related websites around the world.
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Actionaid
- Hot Link! - http://www.actionaid.org/pdf/bangla.pdf
This site includes a special topic about Bangladesh,
including facts specific to the 1998 flood together
with a more general fact file about the issues facing
the country together with, maps, photographs and
a very useful diary of an aid worker who experienced
a tropical cyclone whilst working in the country
in May 1997.
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Flood
Protection
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Farming
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Dhaka's
Land Use
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Hot
Link! - http://www.oneworld.net
OneWorld Online is a partnership: over 100 organisations
working for human rights and sustainable development.It
is possible to view material in a variety of ways,
for example - Today's Headlines,This Week,By
Country,By Theme,Special Reports,Radio News Service.
It is also possible to visit the associate organisations
affiliated to One World including aid agencies such
as Oxfam, Cafod, Action Aid, Christian Aid. The
site is the best place to start when investigating
any global issue from population to global warming.
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A
search by country selecting Bangladesh from the
Asia section downloaded the titles, dates and synopsis
of a series of articles about Bangladesh one is
outlined below :
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Poverty/Bangladesh:
Urban Poor To Be Paid To Go Back To Villages
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Fleeing
hopeless poverty in the countryside, an estimated
5,000 poor people arrive in the Bangladesh capital
every day in search of work.
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From
Inter Press Service, featured on the OneWorld
News Service 27 July 1998
Problems
of Urbanisation
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