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BRAC puts Entrepreneurs to Work Providing Clean Toilets for Millions
1 February 2012, Dhaka. In Bangladesh, The Development Organization's Water, Sanitation And Hygiene Program Gives Millions Of The Rural Poor A Fresh Start With Latrines At Prices Fair To Buyers And Sellers Alike. Rushada Shahad doesn't run your typical home improvement showroom. You'll find no stainless steel fixtures and chrome faucets in her backyard in the Bhaluka subdistrict of rural Bangladesh, where she runs a business selling latrine slabs and pillars. But what this enterprise and othe......Read More

BRAC Innovation Contest Winners Announced
30 January 2012, Dhaka. The results are in! There were a lot of great ideas and feedback from all of our supporters. Congratulations to the ten innovators who have made it to the next round: Sydul Sayeed (Organic Farming) Justin Uniatowski (Project Maya) Jannat Ferdous (Self-Defense techniques) Daniel Ng (Playgrounds) James Arinaitwe (BRAC Entrepreneurship Academies) Tonmoy Islam (BRAC Peace Corps) Rob Wheeler ( Global Ecovillage) Nadia Afrin (Global Ecovillage Network) Ahamed......Read More

BRAC Inaugurates Radio PolliKontho 99.2 FM in Moulavibazar
12 January 2012, Moulavibazar,Sylhet. At Bengal Community Centre, with an aim to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged and ensure people's right to information, BRAC formally inaugurated its Community Radio, Radio Pollikontho 99.2 FM. Mr. Syed Mohsin Ali, Member of the Parliament has inaugurated Radio Pollikontho. BRAC Community Empowerment Programme Director Anna Minj , Upazila Executive Officer Mohd. Ashraful Alam Khan, Executive Director of Bangladesh NGOs Network......Read More

Deepshikha, an initiative by BRAC to bring out hidden talents
11 January 2012, Dhaka. at Channel i office, Dr. Mahbub Hossain, Executive Director- BRAC, Safiqul Islam, Director- Education Programme , Faridur Reza Sagar, Managing Director, Impress Telefilm Ltd and Channel-i have attended the press conference event of Deepshikha, a cultural competition programme by BRAC Primary and Pre-primary school students. On press conference officially BRAC and Channel i declared details about 'Deepshikha' and the reason behind starting the competition. At the beginnin......Read More

Decade of Excellence celebrated by – Advocacy for Social Change
11 January 2012, Dhaka. At the evening from 06.00pm to 09.00pm on January 07, 2012 the amazing and colorful function had get started through tuning the flute with drumbeats as keep hold the heritage of Bengal. Accordingly inaugural session of a few minutes went with different fine tuning activities of Art culture, specified by the starting song "Sob Cota Janala Khule Dao Na ....." and 10 candles lightening with recalling memory / reflections sharing from participants having past or present relat......Read More

BRAC and Ministry of Youth Sign Memoranda
09 January 2011, Dhaka. At BRAC Centre, DG of Youth Development Directorate AKM Manjurul Haque and BRAC Education Programme's Director Safiqul Islam attended the ceremony of signing Memoranda of Understanding between BRAC and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The MoU will enable BRAC Multipurpose Community Learning Centres' members to receive institutional and non-institutional skill development training provided by Youth Development Directorate.Every year 10,000 members (50% female) of BRAC Mul......Read More

99.83% pass rate in Primary Terminal Examination 2011
28 December 2011, Dhaka. On 26 December 2011 Primary Terminal Examination results came out. BRAC Primary School students have excelled in achieving a pass rate of 99.83%, with 70% of them receiving, A+, A or A- grade. This is marginally higher compared to country's aggregate pass rate of 97.26%. However, BRAC students complete the 5 years primary cycle in 4 years while formal/mainstream primary schools in 5 years.From BRAC Primary Schools 1,65,234 students attended the exam, 1,65,006 students p......Read More

BRAC distributes around 2 crore worth warm clothes
27 December 2011, Dhaka. BRAC Education Programme has been distributing a warm clothes worth around two crore taka. Warm clothes are distributed in 14 districts amongst 1,08,750 students of underprivileged backgrounds. In the middle of this month multiple individuals in Bangladesh's northern regions lost their lives due to lack of adequate warm clothing. The temperature recently significantly dropped, leaving many villagers unprepared for the elements, often leading to tragedy. BRAC Education......Read More

See BRAC's 'Army of Housewives' on ABC News
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player 15 December 2011, Dhaka. Tune in to ABC this Friday, Dec. 16, at 10 pm (EST) for a "20/20" special with Diane Sawyer featuring BRAC - and Rina, a new mother who lives in a slum in Bangladesh.Bearing a child should be the happiest day of a woman life - but too often, for reasons that are entirely preventable, it ends in the death of the mother, the child, or both. BRAC has figured out a low-cost yet ingenious solution for reducing pregnanc......Read More

Leading the way in innovation for Development
10 December 2011, Dhaka. The 5th annual e-Asia event, Asia's largest ICT for Development Conference and Exhibition convened in Dhaka from 1st - 3rd December 2011 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The conference focused on e-technology and the progress, prospect and problems faced in Bangladesh with regards to innovative technology in an Asian context. With the slogan 'Realising Digital Nation', the event commemorated the launch of Digital Bangladesh 2021, an initiative to increase ......Read More