Dear Alochoks
So we have a population of 160 million - due to be 250 million by
2050. Looks like the population control program has been going well -
well done AL and BNP governments.
250 million.
And we're worried about foreigners screwing the country when we're
screwing the country into the sea...
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
--- In alochona@yahoogroup s.com, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@. ..> wrote:
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> Bangladesh population reaches 16.13 crore ( 160. Million ) : UNFPA
report
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> ....population with the present growth rate will reach 25.41 crore
( 250. 4 million ) in 2050
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> The population of Bangladesh has reached 16.13 crore marking a 1.7
per cent growth in the last one year, according to the latest global
population report released by the United Nations Population Fund in
Dhaka on Wednesday.
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> The Bangladesh population with the present growth rate will reach
25.41 crore in 2050, says the report, released simultaneously in
other countries of the world. The country¢s population in 2007 was
14.71 crore.
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> The total fertility rate has, however, decreased to 2.81 in 2008
compared to 2.98 in 2007, says the report.
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> It said the per capita gross national income dropped to $1,230 in
2008 from $2090 in 2007. The GNI of Bangladesh lies far below than
other countries of the subcontinent like India, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka where the per capita income is $4,000, $2,410 and $3,730
respectively. The Bangladesh¢s GNI is slightly better than Nepal
where it is $1,010.
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> Unveiling the report on the State of World Population 2008 at the
National Press Club, UNFPA acting representative Pornchai Suchitta
said this year¢s report was focused on culture, gender and human
rights.
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> ¡This year is the 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and the report calls for culturally sensitive approaches
to development, promote human rights in general and women rights in
particular,¢ he said..
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> Gender inequality remains widespread and deep-rooted in many
cultures and the report calls for action to increase cultural
knowledge, Pornchai added. ¡Men are primary decision makers about
child bearing, contraceptive use while women themselves have no power
to decide issues of their reproductive health,¢ the UNFPA official
said.
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> He said the denial of women¢s right to take decision on
reproductive life along with malnutrition, early marriage and
violence are the reasons of incredibly high population growth,
maternal mortality and child mortality and key impediments to achieve
the millennium development goals.
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> ¡It is a striking fact that women and girls are three fifths of the
world¢s one billion poorest people, women are two thirds of 960
million adults who cannot read and girls are 70 per cent of the 130
million children who are out of school,¢ he said portraying the
global situation.
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> The UNFPA executive, quoting the report, said cultural constraints
rather than poverty held women back from using family planning and
programmes could succeed even if there had been little economic
development.
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> ¡In Bangladesh, some laws are not women friendly and therefore they
do not enjoy equal rights to marriage, divorce, guardianship and
inheritance although the constitution provides equal rights to men
and women in public life,¢ he observed.
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> Despite Bangladesh¢s commitment to the Beijing platform for action
to enact and periodically review domestic legislation to punish and
redress violence against women in the home, workplace, community and
society, very little is progressed in amending discriminatory laws
and some of the provision of the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women, he said.
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> In all stages of life, women suffer from malnutrition more than men
and lack access to healthcare, the UNFPA executive said. ¡The UNFPA
is committed to contribute towards achieving the goals of
international conference on population and development and the
millennium development goals.¢
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> Other demographic, social and economic indicators of the report
show that the energy consumption per capita is very much low in
Bangladesh, which is 158 units compared to 491, 490, 338 and 477
units respectively in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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> Additional director general of health services Hosne Ara Tahmin and
UNFPA¢s programme officers Noor Mohammad and Mozaharul Islam Khan
were also present.
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> http://www.newagebd .com/2008/ nov/13/front. html
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