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Bangladesh's Hindu women fight for divorce rights Unlike her Muslim compatriots, Tarulata Rani is unable to inherit anything from her family, cannot divorce and cannot claim maintenance from her absent husband -- all because she is a Bangladeshi Hindu.

01 July 2012

The flood-tolerant rice to be grown in Bangladesh It was developed by the University of California and the International Rice Research Center in the Philippines. Other crops are under research.

23 October 2011